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This is just one piece of the puzzle.
Loveis Wise
Ensuring adequate, supportive, and culturally competent care from conception to far past the postpartum period is crucial.
Making sure that shes alive is the bare minimum.
That reality is incredibly frustrating.
The NBEC also provides training and assistance for other organizations working on black maternal mortality.
Some of the solutions require us to [research] and get the real circumstances of peoples lives.
But there were so many other causes of death that told a different story.
Substance use was associated in some way with 46 percent of the non-overdose deaths.
Its all connected when it comes to saving black moms.
Learn more about theNational Birth Equity Collaborative.
She immediately realized that she wanted to do birth work, so she pivoted to midwifery.
I decided to start Sista Midwife Productions as an organization to reach families and do childbirth education.
Black birth workers can add their information to this database for free.
Learn Midwife Productionsand theSista Midwife Directory.
We should always raise that these issues are not about individual blame, Doyinsola Aina stresses.
Its the failure of our systems, our environment, our political landscape over the course of 30-plus years.
Learn more about theBlack Mamas Matter Alliance.
MomsRising members also share important and relevant stories at town halls and rallies.
Bandele says that this can make a tremendous difference when it comes to spreading awareness and pushing for legislation.
Sometimes she even brings in experts for sessions on topics likesleepor cooking demos.
Ultimately, the programs goal is to build an understanding, supportive community for new parents.
We build off the relationship that women come in needing.
They are connected to each other.
Learn Shades of Blue Project.
(This means receiving a possiblylife-threatening diagnosisor needing a life-saving procedure during or soon after pregnancy.
More research is necessary to know for sure.
She also stresses the importance of high-quality and accessible postpartum care.
This is a care continuum, not just labor and delivery.
Learn more about theBlavatnik Family Womens Health Research Institute.
As a result, Thomas launchedMama Glow, a resource to share information for would-be moms.
When we look at all this, I see it as an atrocity, Thomas says.
Women need to feel empowered, not impaired to act.
My biggest piece of advice to them: This is a really joyful time.
Its an empowering time, its a transformative time.
Learn Glow.
(Sese translates into sister in St. Lucian Creole, the site says.)
Shes also an oral historian with a Masters degree in the subject from Columbia University.
The feedback [from birth workers today] is that this story needs to be told, she says.
They have been waiting.
Learn Doula Services.
