At Chacruna - Ensuring Psychedelic Liberty in Black and Brown Communities: Questions to ponder

NiCole T. Buchanan and Nicolle Greenheart

Our current coronacrisis connects to what we will be discussing at the Psychedelic Liberty Summit—the need for the inclusion and focus on communities of color in our work. Over the past several days, media has been covering a startling trend. Brown and Black communities are suffering from Covid-19 at an alarming rate. In my state of Michigan, the death tolls are steadily climbing, and despite only 12% of the population being Black, 40% of the deaths are Black people. In Chicago, over 70% of those killed by this virus are Black, while only 29% of Chicago’s residents are Black. In Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, 81% of those who died are Black, and this trend has been found in Tennessee, Louisiana, and the list goes on and on... continue reading.