Advancing Black Maternal Health
Black Mamas Matter Alliance is a Black women-led cross-sectoral alliance. We center Black mamas to advocate, drive research, build power, and shift culture for Black maternal health, rights, and justice.
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We are much stronger together! Watch @LincolnListensFirst hosted by @angelarye, to hear from the Black women creating safe spaces in our communities including Angela Doyinsola Aina of @blackmamasmatter, Linda Blount of @blkwomenshealth, & Shanti Das of @SilenceTheShame. pic.twitter.com/oRqHdcCX6f
Advancing Black Maternal Health: Check out these AMAZING op-eds from advocates as they press on issues on medicaid, women’s health, and the push for investments in Black Maternal Health today! #BlackMamasMatter #BlackMaternalHealth pic.twitter.com/7W4bQIcy94
Systemic racism permeates every aspect of American life + is woven throughout our segregated + woefully fragmented healthcare system. The #Momnibus can address system-level failures by providing policy solutions that will allow Black moms + babies to thrive. #BlackMamasMatter
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RT @MamatotoVillage Yolanda Kadima, and so many whose names we must continue to remember, lives mattered! The #BuildBackBetterAct must prioritize Black mamas, babies, and communities #Momnibus #blackmaternalhealth #SayHerName @POTUS @chuckschumer @SpeakerPelosi instagram.com/tv/CU8IkVyp-uu…
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RT @MamatotoVillage Black mamas cannot wait! Black families cannot wait! Justice for the lives of every mother lost must be reconciled. The #Momnibus is an investment that boldly states Black mamas matter! That Shalon Irving, Sha’asia Washington, Amber Rose Issac, Tatia Oden French, Kira Johnson,
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Bringing us back to Black Maternal Health Week 2020! Check out this webinar, Shifting and Advancing Black Maternal Health Policy: youtu.be/ibZBfIDUWZs #Momnibus #BlackMamasMatter
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By advancing comprehensive investments in community-based organizations & perinatal health workers, we can save lives, end disparities, & advance birth justice for all. There's no time to wait! #BlackMamasMatter #Momnibus
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RT @BMHCaucus "Permanently expanding postpartum Medicaid & advancing comprehensive investments in the #Momnibus will uphold a principle that is fundamental to #BuildBackBetter: that in America, every family has a right to thrive—a principle that begins with a safe & healthy pregnancy & birth." twitter.com/RepUnderwood/s…
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