More Than a Lounge: Delayna Watkins Is Rewriting the Rules of Black Women’s Health - Stacey Abrams Newsroom https://stacey-abrams-ecosystem.mmcxchange.com/ Thu, 21 May 2026 11:38:46 -0400 en-US hourly 1 Baltimore Times RSS Hub More Than a Lounge: Delayna Watkins Is Rewriting the Rules of Black Women’s Health https://stacey-abrams-ecosystem.mmcxchange.com/detail/more-than-a-lounge-delayna-watkins-is-rewriting-the-rules-of-black-womens-health_1777209037 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 08:25:00 -0400 https://stacey-abrams-ecosystem.mmcxchange.com/detail/more-than-a-lounge-delayna-watkins-is-rewriting-the-rules-of-black-womens-health_1777209037 More Than a Lounge: Delayna Watkins Is Rewriting the Rules of Black Women’s Health

There is a word that Delayna Watkins chose with purpose. Not “clinic.” Not “office.” She chose “lounge.” “When I came up with the Women’s Wellness Lounge, that word lounge was specific,” she explained. “I wanted it to feel like they were coming into another woman’s living room—another woman’s bedroom—so that we could have that conversation without judgment, without reservation.” That intentionality—the kind that lives in the naming of things—tells you something essential about Watkins. A registered…]]>