Asantewaa Boykin, R.N., MICN

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PRESENT – Asantewaa Boykin, R.N. MICN
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Asantewaa Boykin, R.N. MICN uses her knowledge of nursing and activism to provide Street Medic training for direct actions and community training on Trauma Centered First -Aid. Along with being a RADICAL nurse, she is also a founding member of the Capital City Black Nurses Association. Asantewaa along with a brave group of organizers and medical professionals developed Mental Health First or MH FIRST a mobile mental health crisis response team aimed at minimizing police contact with those who are in the midst of a mental health crisis. Her happy place is working in the intersection of psychiatric and emergency medicine.

Asantewaa Boykin is an Activist, Author-Poet, and ER Nurse. She is the daughter of Valerie and granddaughter of Bertha and Gladys. Her poetry and art combine her intense love of words and resistance. Exploring topics like; space-travel, black-femme militancy & motherhood. Asantewaa is co-founder of The Anti Police-Terror Project an organization committed to the eradication of police terror. While her greatest honor is being the mother of her son Ajani, bonus daughter Aryana and granddaughter Lilith. Continuing the work of our ancestors on behalf of our children is the highest calling one can have.