Wellness Education · Health Advocacy · Coaching
Your voiceis your power.
Advocate for Yourself, Elevate Your Health
Amplify Noire gives Black women the tools, language, and confidence to navigate healthcare spaces with clarity — and to be heard.
Wellness Education · Health Advocacy · Coaching
Advocate for Yourself, Elevate Your Health
Amplify Noire gives Black women the tools, language, and confidence to navigate healthcare spaces with clarity — and to be heard.
"Every Black woman deserves to leave the exam room feeling heard, informed, and in control — regardless of education or income."
Why We Exist
Amplify Noire was founded after a pattern became impossible to ignore: friends and family were walking out of medical appointments feeling dismissed — not because they lacked education or resources, but because they lacked the specific tools healthcare spaces require.
Founded by Makeda Black, RN — a Registered Nurse and Public Health Nurse Specialist with 12 years in communicable disease and immunization — Amplify Noire is built on one truth: knowledge is not enough. You need language, strategy, and the confidence to use both.
We are here to close that gap.
Meet the Founder
Makeda Black, RN, NCCPHN, is a public health nurse, wellness educator, and founder of Amplify Noire — a health advocacy and wellness platform dedicated to empowering women to confidently navigate healthcare systems and advocate for their well-being.
With over a decade of nursing experience across public health, behavioral health, dermatology, and community care, Makeda brings a compassionate, culturally aware, and education-focused approach to wellness and patient empowerment. She currently serves in public health leadership within communicable disease and immunization programming, overseeing clinic operations and community-centered health initiatives.
Through Amplify Noire, Makeda combines clinical expertise with health literacy education to help women feel more informed, prepared, and empowered in healthcare spaces. Her work centers on the belief that self-advocacy is a critical part of wellness — and that every woman deserves to feel heard, respected, and supported in her healthcare journey.
The Flagship Program
An in-person masterclass designed to help women feel more confident, informed, and empowered in healthcare spaces.
Navigating the healthcare system can feel overwhelming — especially when you're unsure what questions to ask, how to communicate concerns effectively, or how to advocate for yourself during medical appointments. Amplify Noire was created to help change that.
Led by public health nurse and wellness educator Makeda Black, RN, NCCPHN, this interactive masterclass provides practical tools to help participants strengthen their health literacy, prepare for healthcare visits, communicate more confidently with providers, and better understand their role in the healthcare process.
This experience blends education, guided reflection, and real-world strategies in a supportive and welcoming environment.
During This Masterclass, Participants Will Learn:
What's Included:
Whether you're managing your own healthcare journey, supporting a loved one, or simply looking to become more informed and proactive about your wellness, this masterclass is designed to equip you with tools you can begin using immediately.
Space is limited to maintain an intimate and engaging experience.
Your legal and ethical rights as a patient — from informed consent to requesting your records to filing complaints. You cannot advocate for what you do not know you have.
Join the Next Cohort
American Underground · American Tobacco Campus · Durham, NC
Premium small-group format · Under 10 participants · The Amplify Method™ Journal included
Advocate for Yourself, Elevate Your Health
Self-Advocacy Skill Building — Guided exercises and prompts designed to help you communicate more confidently, ask informed questions, and actively participate in your healthcare decisions.
Appointment Preparation & Wellness Tracking — Dedicated space to organize symptoms, concerns, medications, questions, and notes so you feel more prepared before, during, and after medical visits.
Reflection & Empowerment Tools — Thoughtful journaling prompts and wellness reflections that encourage greater self-awareness, intentional care, and confidence in advocating for your needs.
The Amplify Method™ Journal
The Amplify Method™ Journal is the physical anchor of every masterclass — and a tool you will use long after the session ends.
The Amplify Method™ was designed to help women strengthen the self-advocacy skills needed to navigate today's healthcare system with greater confidence and clarity. Through guided exercises, reflection prompts, and practical advocacy tools, this journal supports communication, preparation, decision-making, and the ability to speak up for your needs throughout your wellness journey.
Coil-bound for flat, hands-free use during appointments. Printed at premium quality through The Amplify Method™ press run.
How We Advocate
These are not ideals. They are legal and ethical standards every healthcare provider must uphold — and that every patient deserves to know by name.
Your symptoms, concerns, and experiences deserve attention and documentation. "I want to make sure this is in my chart today."
You have the right to understand every procedure, medication, and treatment before agreeing — in plain language, with time to decide.
Seeking another perspective is not disloyalty. It is good medicine. Any provider who discourages it is worth questioning.
You own your health information. You can request, review, and correct your records — and providers must respond within a defined window.
Informed refusal is as valid as informed consent. You may decline any treatment — and your provider must document and respect your decision.
When care falls short, you have channels — hospital patient advocates, state licensing boards, and federal agencies. Using them is not confrontation. It is accountability.
"I advocate for myself. I trust my body. I deserve to be heard."
The Amplify Method™ · Amplify Noire™
Upcoming Event
A Masterclass Event · Amplify Noire™
A healthcare self-advocacy workshop designed exclusively for Black women in the Durham and Triangle area. Intimate by design. Transformative by intention.
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