ZAMI NOBLA: Preserving history and fostering wellness in black lesbians

Mary Anne Adams; Tonia Poteat

ZAMI NOBLA: Preserving history and fostering wellness in black lesbians

Mary Anne Adams, Tonia Poteat

Bloomberg School of Public Health

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Abstract

ZAMI NOBLA (National Organization of Black Lesbians on Aging) provides informal on-linesupport and community-building via closed Facebook groups and a listserv for hundreds of black lesbians, ages 40 and older, across the United States. Based in Atlanta, they also lead in-person community-basededucational forums, discussion groups, and social events for more than 200 black lesbians in the Southeast. ZAMI NOBLA has implemented breast cancer screening interventions in the black lesbian communityand conducted formative qualitative research among black lesbians ages 40 years and older in metropolitan Atlanta.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	80-82
Number of pages	3
Journal	Generations
Volume	40
Issue number	2
State	Published - Jun 1 2016

Keywords

Black lesbians
Black women
Breast cancer
Lesbians
ZAMI NOBLA

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Geriatrics and Gerontology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Life-span and Life-course Studies

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