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News Posted in Maternal Justice

  • Echoing Ida

MamaHood and Community Healing: A Q&A w/ Ruth Jeannoel

“I’ve been having a lot of dreams of what it actually looks like for mamahood and motherhood in this time period.”

  • Echoing Ida

Now That We Know There’s a Maternal Mortality Crisis, How Can We Help Fix It?

“There is something that can be done. This is not the end of the story; it’s just the beginning and we have the power to shape the story.”

  • Echoing Ida

Black birth workers support sacred birth and self-determination for Black mamas

Black women are uniquely able to better support each other in birth because we experience and understand the impacts of racism on our relationships, to our bodies, and our ability to self-determine our health care.

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