Birthdays, Resurrection Sunday, more distance learning, more working {inside and outside of the hospital for Mommy}, a weird Spring Break, stopping to smell the roses, and more adjusting to our new normal.
Oh! And 10 years of marriage!
Thursday, April 30, 2020
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
Black Maternal Health Week 2020
It’s #BlackMaternalHealthWeek and I know that today, more than ever, we are inundated with terrible statistics and bad news, but that doesn’t change the fact that we all have a part to play in ending health disparities for all.
One way to start is to get yourself educated on why, for Black women, having a baby in the United States is more deadly than in any other developed nation.
You don’t have to be on the front lines of the clinic or a full time researcher to make a difference.
You can become an ally. You can use your voice to educate others on how implicit bias and structural racism have contributed to this disparity for hundreds of years - impacting the health of generations. Don’t believe me? Just look at the disparities related to #Covid19.
This problem didn’t appear overnight, so it’s going to take persistent, intentional, and complex efforts to reverse it - just take a look at this poignant visual from a paper on the association between mass incarceration and preterm birth rates by Dr. Shawnita Sealy-Jefferson (@dr.shawnita). “Free”?! #MicDrop (I HIGHLY recommend you read her full manuscript, which can be easily found on her twitter page @Dr_S_Jefferson)
So, go follow a new account that is leading the charge (or two, or three) this week.
Trust me you can only be inspired by these change-makers:
@nationalblackdoulas just to name a few...
Elevate their work. Share one of their posts. Raise awareness.
Elevate their work. Share one of their posts. Raise awareness.
Help us in ending the disparities in Black maternal health. #RacismNOTRace #BMHW20
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