Missouri passes Postpartum Medicaid Extension! Why is this important?

Read more about it here:
missouriindependent.com/briefs/missour…

#BirthEquity #Postpartum #Medicaid #PublicBenefits #HealthEquity #health #PostPartumMedicaidExtention #Equity #MOHealthNet

I'm a Black mama who almost died during childbirth when my daughter was born 9 weeks early. She spent the next 6 weeks in the NICU.

Long-standing racial disparities contribute to the staggeringly high maternal mortality rates Black mamas face. We deserve #BirthEquity .

#Nurses are uniquely positioned to promote #birthequity and ensure that Black mothers in their care are listened to and respected. For #BMHW23 , learn how nurses are leading the charge: ow.ly/2OrB50NHeHc Via American Nurse

Completed the Maternal and Child Health Fellowship program NCSL. A quarterly interactive agenda with health experts & legislators coming together to address infant and maternal mortality, postpartum mental health, and strategies to improve access and care. #BirthEquity

YES! @BirthEquity

Thanks to all who came to support the March for Babies! Thank you to March of Dimes MO for inviting us. Thanks to Kelly McKay & Brittany Jones for representing IHN. Thank you Laumeier Sculpture for hosting. It was a beautiful day!
#BirthEquity #MarchForBabies #MarchForBabies 2023

Get fired up for #BMHW23 with us on Wednesday, April 12 at 12:30 PM ET for our Policy Virtual Rally to launch “Black Mamas Matter: In Policy and Practice,” BMMA’s new policy agenda! Meet us there by registering at bit.ly/BMHW23RALLY
#BMHW23 #BlackMamasMatter #BirthEquity

@birthequity #BlackMaternalHealthWeek #BMHW24 with my baby boy 👶🏽🤴🏽, Cayaba Care, Black Mamas Matter Alliance Kira Johnson. Such much joy and justice 🥳⚖️ Next up…The Du Boisian Biologist 👊🏽🤩

Happening this evening #WomensHealth #pregnancy #maternalhealth #ChildHealth #postpartum #motherhood #reproductivehealth #birthequity #maternalmortality #newmom #parenting #fertility #birthsupport #breastfeedingmom Join us at Ndere Centre along Ntinda-Kisaasi Road Sabrina Kitaka

Can you dig it! Today we finally broke ground on the future site of Birth Detroit birth center. And so it begins….stay tuned.
#buildbirthdetroit
#moreblackmidwives
#detroit
#midwives
#birthjustice
#birthequity

Wish I was with these two in person, but grateful for the zoom #GrandRounds opportunity to discuss leveraging #qualityimprovement techniques to address #maternalhealth disparities with Georgetown Medicine #OBGYN department

Experiencing #birthequity is possible for ALL our patients

Exciting news! I received the 2023 Norm & Sibby Whitten Research Fund for a pre-dissertation project on #birthequity #maternalhealth & in collaboration w/ Kichwa & Waorani midwives & healers across the #Amazon . So excited to keep building on #healthequity
bit.ly/3TDEtxB

Join us on April 28-29 for Midwifery is Public Health Mini-Conference.

Register online today. sites.google.com/view/midwifery…

Space is limited! #MidwiferyIsPublicHealth #MidwiferyisPH #BlackBirthWorkers #BirthJustice #BirthEquity #ReproductiveJustice

We know extending #Medicaid coverage for Doula services is important for maternal health. #SB288 with Janet Buckner passed Senate 3rd Reading and is headed to the House! Doulas play a critical role for the health of birthing moms & babies. #BirthEquity #coleg #copolitics

Join @ucsd_obgyn in commemorating #BMHW2023 Black Maternal Health Week as we deepen dialogues and amplify strategies for #BirthEquity to address the Black Maternal Health Crisis and end maternal mortality. Culture & Justice Quorum event invites:
obgyn.ucsd.edu/culture-justic…

The #BirthJustice Fund, led by SisterSong: National Women of Color RJ Collective, Ms. Foundation for Women, @BirthEquity, Groundswell Fund, The Praxis Project, and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is accepting applications from BIPOC individuals & organizations!

Apply by April 26: birthequity.org/birth-justice-…

#reproductivejustice #maternalhealth

Join me and my colleagues Nicole Purnell of MoMMA's Voices and Kelly Wagner of @abtassociates on March 14th as we draw on our experiences in supporting community-driven solutions to improve #maternalhealth and #birthequity : abt.associates/41ksqIY

Babies love their midwives. More Black babies should know what it is to be loved and cherished by a village from the day they were born.

#BirthEquity