By the Time the System Responds, It's Already Too Late | Dr. Krystal Redman | TEDxBuckheadAve

What if better health begins long before a crisis? Drawing from her personal experiences as a mother and public health leader, Dr. Krystal Redman challenges us to rethink how we build healthier communities. She explores why lasting health depends not only on systems that respond to emergencies, but on the relationships, resources, and support structures we create before they happen. Dr. Krystal Redman, DrPH, MHA, is a public health leader, strategist, author, speaker, and community builder working at the intersection of reproductive justice, Health Justice, public health, and liberation. Their work spans executive leadership, community organizing, public health strategy, and movement building, advancing community-driven solutions rooted in justice, bodily autonomy, and collective well-being.

Rooted in a legacy of Black liberation organizing, Dr. Redman examines how anti-Blackness, white supremacy, colonialism, and capitalism shape health and life opportunities for marginalized communities. They are committed to transforming systems that produce inequity while building structures grounded in justice, care, freedom, and health liberation.

Dr. Redman serves as Executive Director of SPARK Reproductive Justice NOW!, Founder and CEO of the S.E.J.H. Institute, Adjunct Faculty at Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health, and Creator and Host of OurPanel TV. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx