The Melanin Wellness Podcast: Holistic Health and Healing for Black Women’s Wellness · Cori Dunn

Silence Isn’t Strength: Why Black Women Deserve Safe Spaces to Speak and Soften

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Leslie Welch champions Martin Luther King Jr.'s definition of love as 'creative, understanding, and redemptive goodwill' that could transform healthcare and politics.
Host Kori interviews public health strategist and poet Leslie Welch about why silence isn't strength for Black women and the urgent need for safe spaces in healthcare and personal wellness. Leslie shares her journey from pre-med to founding Birth Detroit, discusses redefining safety beyond physical survival to dignity and love, and connects her poetry to her advocacy work.

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A grounded reminder that safety, rest, and voice are health work.

This episode stays close to Black women’s right to be heard, held, and cared for without being asked to perform pain. Kori’s conversation with Leslie Welch, MPH, MBA, moves through birth equity, community care, and the idea that safety has to mean more than physical protection…

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Hear a conversation that treats softness as a real form of strength.

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