Tracy L. Brown served as keynote speaker at the 20th Anniversary, City of Bellevue and Bellevue Alumnae Chapter, Delta Sigma Sorority Theta Inc., Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Health Equity Fair, at Crossroads Bellevue Mall. Ms. Brown’s keynote was titled: “Our Work is Not Done.” She focused on the “continuation” work that needs to eliminate health inequities across seven (7) areas: Access to Healthcare / Quality Healthcare, Economic Stability, Housing Security, Quality Education that has diverse curriculum, Environmental Justice, Civic Participation (representation) and Public Safety.

Tracy L. Brown, co-wrote and served as Lead Qualitative Researcher and co-lead Quantitative Research, to produce the 2023, “Facing Our Health and Wellness with Courage and Fortitude”, a Black / African-American health and wellness report for Washington State Commission on African-American Affairs and state legislators. The report is framed around the following five (5) determinants of health: 1) Access to Healthcare, which spotlights critical areas impacting healthy outcomes, including a call for competent and culturally-competent health providers, and the devastating deaths of Black / African American women and children, either during or within the first year of birth, 2) Education and Child Welfare, which spotlights the wide gaps of disparities and inequities in: a) pre-kindergarten, b) graduation rates, c) lack of culturally-competent curriculum, a call to reform special education, a continued discussion regarding the school-prison pipeline, and the high discipline and expulsion rate, 3) Economic Stability in Employment, Housing and Wealth, 4) Environmental Justice, and 5) Justice, Civil Rights and Safety.