Black Maternal Health Week is more than a campaign; it’s a call to action! This Resolution Guide gives advocates, community members, and elected officials everything they need to introduce and champion a Black Maternal Health Week resolution in their state. Download your copy and help us take the movement from awareness to policy.
“Black Mamas Matter: In Policy and Practice” is BMMA’s comprehensive, values-based Policy Agenda — developed by and for Black and women-led perinatal, maternal, and reproductive health organizations and multidisciplinary professionals.
The agenda addresses six policy areas: Structural and Social Determinants of Black Maternal Health; Full Spectrum Maternal, Sexual, and Reproductive Healthcare; Black Maternal and Perinatal Workforce Development; Criminalization of Black Women, Birthing People, and Families; Research and Data Transformation; and Black Women and Birthing People’s Leadership.
Though presented as distinct areas, these issues are deeply interconnected in the lives of Black women and birthing people — shaped by racism, sexism, and overlapping systems of oppression.