This Giving Tuesday, Support Black Women’s Health Through Art
For Giving Tuesday, the Black Women’s Institute for Health (BWIH) is holding a silent auction that centres a special original artwork created by painter Nicole Alexander. The piece, titled Voices Unheard, was made specifically for BWIH’s national health survey of Black women and girls; the first study of its kind in Canada.
The artwork is a 48 inch by 60 inch acrylic painting that serves as the visual anchor of the report. It brings forward the emotions, realities, and strength reflected throughout the findings. A group of Black women is shown standing together, carrying words that have shaped many of their experiences with the health system: underdiagnosed, understudied, overpoliced. In front, a Black woman sings with a sense of power and clarity. The letters BWIH appear across her chest. Her stance signals that this is a moment shaped by both truth and collective determination.
BWIH chose to build the Giving Tuesday auction around an art piece because creativity and storytelling are central to the way the organisation works. The report is based on nearly two thousand responses from Black women, girls, and gender diverse people across the country. These stories deserved to be reflected in a medium that honours their depth, diversity, and complexity. Art holds emotion in a way that data alone cannot. This painting carries the weight of a historic first: Canada is hearing these experiences at a national level for the very first time.
About the Auction
Auction item: Voices Unheard by Nicole Alexander
Medium: Acrylic on gallery stretched canvas
Size: 48 inches by 60 inches
Status: One of a kind original
Auction closes on December 31 at 9:15 a.m. EST
Bidding link: https://www.32auctions.
Funds raised will support both the artist and the ongoing work of the Black Women’s Institute for Health.
About the Black Women’s Institute for Health
The Black Women’s Institute for Health is a national nonprofit focused on improving the health, healing, and wellbeing of Black women and girls in Canada. Their work is grounded in lived experience and centres community leadership, research, advocacy, and education. They address the social and structural conditions that shape health outcomes, and their approach is informed by anti Black racism frameworks and disability justice.
Their core belief is simple: when Black women are healthy, communities thrive.
Website: www.
Charitable Registration Number: 746746015 RR 0001
About the Report
The Voices Unheard report is the first national health survey shaped by the experiences of Black women and girls in Canada. The report brings together stories about health care access, mental wellness, employment, education, safety, and other social determinants of health. It does not only describe gaps in the system. It also sets out recommendations for meaningful change.
Full report: https://
A Giving Tuesday Invitation
The silent auction is an opportunity to support essential work while also collecting a meaningful piece of Canadian art. The painting reflects a moment that will shape conversations on health for years to come. It stands as a reminder that Black women’s voices are being documented, acknowledged, and carried forward; not quietly, but clearly.
