EMC Founder & President Christy Turlington Burns joined Rep. Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. Rep. Lauren Underwood, the Black Maternal Health Caucus & #MaternalHealth advocates on Capitol Hill today to call for the passing of the #Momnibus . Bc maternal health is a #humanright .

Add your voice: everymothercounts.org/what-can-i-do/…

#GivingBirthInAmerica

Thrilled that our Founder & President, Christy Turlington Burns, is participating in today's Black Maternal Health Caucus conversation. Passing the #Momnibus is key to improving maternal health outcomes in the U.S.

#MaternalHealth is a #HumanRight

Tomorrow, EMC’s founder Christy Turlington Burns will join Rep. Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. and Rep. Lauren Underwood at the Black Maternal Health Caucus 2023 Stakeholder Summit to help advance the #Momnibus .

📣 Make your voice heard! Take action now in support of Black mothers and families: bit.ly/3MvuUyF

“The U.S. spends a larger portion of its GDP on health care than any other high-income country, yet our infant and #MaternalHealth outcomes are among the worst. We continue to invest in a system that is broken.”

Veronica Gillispie-Bell via @NYTOpinion: bit.ly/3Q4Vp0i

✨ Do you want to join a team who works to ensure pregnancy and childbirth is safe & equitble for everyone, everywhere?

We’re seeking a Director of Finance who will develop & implement key financial management strategies for @EveryMomCounts.

Apply now: bit.ly/44viH3D

✨LIVE NOW! Watch the screening of our film “Giving Birth in America: Arkansas” now at #WD2023 ! ✨

Let us know if you’re there! Use the hashtag #GivingBirthInAmerica !

So thrilled to see Ndinini Kimesera Sikar, co-founder and executive director of mwedotz at #WD2023 !

❗The U.S. is the only high-resource country with a maternal mortality rate that has been consistently rising over the last 20 years.

🎞️Watch “Giving Birth in America: Arkansas” at #WD2023 tomorrow, which highlights the challenges of the postpartum period.

Will you be there? ⬇️

“No mother should ever go into childbirth fearful that the cost of bringing in a life will be the loss of her own”- Veronica Gillispie-Bell via @NYTOpinion ⁦Every Mother Counts⁩ #givingbirthinamerica nytimes.com/2023/07/16/opi…

🎬 Our film, “Giving Birth in America: Arkansas”, will be screened at #WD2023 , Tue, July 18 at 2:30 pm (CAT) at the Kigali Convention Center!

Will you be there? ⬇️

If you’re heading to Women Deliver next week, be sure to join us and White Ribbon Alliance's Midwives’ Voice, Midwives’ Demands Campaign for an evening of storytelling about the transformative impact of midwives and midwifery.

Register here: bit.ly/3PzDBdc

📣 Will you be attending #WD2023 next week?

Don’t miss our film, “Giving Birth in America: Arkansas” at the Arts & Film Festival screening!

🗓️ Tuesday, July 18
🕓 2:30-3:00 PM (CAT)
📍 Kigali Convention Center | Virunga Tent

➡️ Learn more: bit.ly/43iv69O

Grateful for the opportunity not only to advocate but to also bring solutions🌟

At the policy, payer, hospital and provider level, systemic change is needed to address systemic #maternalhealth issues

CMQCC
Mahmee

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📕✨New research on #doula care + provider accountability, co-authored by Marna Armstead, Alli Cuentos + Marlee-I Mystic of SisterWeb | San Francisco Community Doula Network!

The qualitative study suggests '...providers’ personal sense of accountability increases when doulas are present.'
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'Despite random coverage, these tragedies are not isolated incidents. They reflect the impact of ongoing medical + public health neglect. These deaths expose the cost of systemic inaction.'

More from Lisa Fitzpatrick,MD in Forbes:
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#MaternalHealth is a #HumanRight

Happy #Pride to all who enter parenthood. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

As the month comes to an end, we affirm our commitment to building a world where all people receive quality, respectful, and equitable maternity care.

#Pride 2023
#MaternalHealth is a #HumanRight

Proud to see the work we have been doing through Changing Woman Intiative be recognized along side our amazing partners with Every Mother Counts at the International Confederation of Midwives meeting in Bali this month🔥