#BlackMaternalMortality
PART #3: #BlackHistoryMonth Serena Williams' fame, wealth, and winning 4 Olympic gold medals, 23 Grand Slams, and 6 US Opens didn't stop her from experience near lethal medical racism.

#BlackHistory #Disability #BlackSky #DisabilitySky #Diversity #MedicalRacism #BlackMaternalMortality #Misogynoir
February 20, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I pray for Black birthing women in America. And Sen. Bill Cassidy can fuck off.

Though this Business Insider article is from 2022, the prevailing GOP culture makes addressing #blackmaternalmortality more critical than ever. And I wrote about it...

nursing.uci.edu/news-events/...
February 12, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Just in time for #BlackHeritageMonth, my own Black history story of the transgenerational impact of my maternal grandmother's postpartum death.

Because her life still matters.

Read the article at nursing.uci.edu/news-events/...

#blackmaternalmortality
February 1, 2025 at 8:47 PM
⚠️➡️ More than 80% of pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S. are PREVENTABLE. Black women 👑🕊are 3x more likely to die from a pregnancy-related cause than White women.
#SayTheirNames 👑 #ProtectBlackMothers 👑 #BlackMaternalHealth 👑 #BlackMaternalMortality 👑
May 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
We talk a lot about the #BlackMaternalMortality crisis—and rightfully so. But what about the trauma that Black birthing people survive?

This ESSENCE piece lifts the voices of Black mothers who lived thru traumatic birth experiences—and are still healing from the scars. #BMHW2025
Had A Traumatic Birth Experience? You're Not Alone. | Essence
The maternal mortality crisis gets the spotlight—but what about the Black women who survive childbirth, yet lose a part of themselves in the process?
www.essence.com
April 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
@booker.senate.gov College students are changing their majors due to changes in education and research funding for #environmental and #equity, etc. like programs working to reduce #blackmaternalmortality and #blackinfantmortalityrates in the US. Brighter futures are being erased overnight! 😢😢#Hope
overnight.today
April 1, 2025 at 5:29 PM