Black Eyecare Perspective | A Resource for Black Eyecare Professionals

Black Eyecare Perspective was designed and created to cultivate and foster lifelong relationships between African Americans and the eyecare Industry

IMPACT HBCU INITIATIVE

We're redefining the color of the eye care industry 1% at a time by creating a pipeline for black students into optometry. Black Eyecare Perspective and Optometrists of the black community are being intentional in our impact and on Tuesday, October 6. 2020 we will create a pipeline for students at every HBCU to not only the field of optometry, but the eyecare industry.

Our Goals

To increase the number of leaders of black addressing the biases in the eyecare industry.
To help eyecare professionals and companies stay effective and relevant in a forever changing landscape by aligning their values based on equity and inclusion within the eyecare industry.
To help facilitate better dialogue between non-minority eyecare professionals and the black demographic in an eyecare setting.

Meet Our Founders

Drs. Adam Ramsey and Darryl Glover are well respected key opinion leaders in the eyecare industry. They are passionate and dedicated to helping create an environment that is inclusive and recognizes the importance of diversity in the eyecare industry. Drs. Adam Ramsey and Darryl Glover are committed to facilitating open and authentic dialogue surrounding implicit bias, organizational structure, and policies which lead to a lack of diversity and exclusion.