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Black Maternal Health Week 2024
April 12, 2024
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For Black Maternal Health Week 2024, we intend to highlight local UW events with BLK MAMAS Collective. The collective is focused on Black liberation and mobilizing access for maternal autonomy and solidarity in greater Seattle and Tacoma areas. Please join us as we observe this important week!
Events
- April 11th – “A Black Woman’s Story” Film Screening & Discussion at Health Sciences Education Building, Room 345 from 6:00-7:00pm. Light food served. Register https://forms.office.com/r/iX6axSDCex
- April 14th – BLK MAMAS Collective “Together We Celebrate...Educate...Liberate!” at Washington Hall from 12:30pm - 5:00pm. Complete this survey https://forms.office.com/r/2tGHsP3tGS to let them know if you are interested in volunteering and would like to receive more info.
- April 17th – Good Black Birth: Reckoning with Maternal Health Disparities through Black Authoritative Knowledge at Health Sciences Education Building, Room 145 from 9:00am - 10:00am
Media
- Protecting Your Birth: A Guide For Black Mothers: How racism can impact your pre- and postnatal care — and advice for speaking to your Ob-Gyn about it https://www.nytimes.com/article/black-mothers-birth.html
- The Impact of Systemic Racism on Black Maternal Health https://everymothercounts.org/anti-racist-reading/
- NATAL: A Podcast about having a baby while black https://www.natalstories.com/
Conferences
- April 13th – Shades of Urgency: Black Maternal Health Conference at Washington State University from 9:00am - 5:00pm. For more information, please visit https://givebutter.com/BMHWConference
Resources
- BLK MAMAS COLLECTIVE https://linktr.ee/blkmamas
- UW Health Sciences Library https://hsl.uw.edu/black-maternal-health_2024/
- Black Mamas Matter Alliance https://blackmamasmatter.org/
- National Birth Equity Collaborative https://birthequity.org/
- National Association to Advance Black Birth https://thenaabb.org/
Funds
- Obstetrics and Gynecology DEI Council Fund
- Black Health Justice Pathway Fund