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Dr. Justina Ford -- pioneering healthcare in emerging denver | Jasmine Armstrong | TEDxMileHigh

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Channel: TEDx Talks · 2014 · Nonprofits & Activism

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This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Denied her medical license and so the ability to work in a hospital after graduating medical school in 1899, Dr. Justina Ford went on to practice from her home in the emerging city of Denver, Colo. She treated whoever needed medical attention, including many turned away from hospitals for financial, ethnic or gender-related reasons. In this witty and informative performance, Jasmine Armstrong plays Dr. Ford, Colorado's first female African-American doctor.

A passionate advocate for racial and gender equity, Jasmine served as a panel member for the "Breaking the Color Barrier" Conference in Atlanta; and in 2012, she was a keynote speaker for the University of Akron's "Rethinking Race" conference. As a student intern for the National Park Service's Intermountain Regional Office in Denver Jasmine focused on diversity recruiting, cultural competencies and improving the park service's relevance to all Americans. After graduation, she was hired as a park ranger at the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site in Washington, D.C. While there, Ranger Jasmine was invited to lecture on Douglass and 19th century American history at two universities. 

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