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The California Preterm Birth Initiative (PTBi) is searching for a rockstar Creator & Storyteller to join our team! Do you have a passion for creating engaging video, social media content, and digital media?
Head to the link in bio to learn more and apply! #ContentCreator
The Preterm Birth Initiative is hiring an Operations Manager who will provide high-level project management, administrative and training support for the PTBi operations team.
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The @IrthApp is accepting applications for its Doula Ambassador Program as an opportunity for doulas working with families to receive professional development support and more!
Application: bit.ly/IrthAmbassadors
We have an amazing opportunity for a Black Trans activist to join us for a live in person discussion on Thurs. Jan 8 @ 11am-2pm with @TheConsciousLee
To submit please email a paragraph explaining your interest and links to your social accounts to [email protected]
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Nice to see this 25 years after the paperback edition of Killing the Black Body was first published and now when our reproductive rights & freedoms are under even greater attack than they were then. #ReproductiveJustice
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“➡️'I'M GOOD'⬅️ is not a solution for Black birthing mental health struggles.”
May is #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth.
Birthing parents deserve
💞supportive
💞culturally-responsive
💞community-led
healing!
@yourcbhn @CABWHP @UCSFPTBi @AsmMiaBonta
There's still time to register for the second annual Hackathon for Birth Justice!
bit.ly/birthjusticehackathon
Join us for our second annual Hackathon for Birth Justice in collaboration with @twilio where tech and birth equity meet to improve Black infant and maternal health outcomes.
Register for the hackathon: bit.ly/birthjusticehackathon
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Op-Ed: How We Can Reimagine Black Maternal Health in the Changed Landscape of Dobbs bet.com/article/yodc62/op-ed…
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One of the many failures of public health and science communication is the lack awareness and understanding of the manufactured Black maternal and perinatal health crisis. From Savannah, GA to Kāʻanapali, HI, educated & affluent white communities know nothing about this crisis.
Join us for our second annual Hackathon for Birth Justice in collaboration with @twilio where tech and birth equity meet to improve Black infant and maternal health outcomes.
Register for the hackathon: bit.ly/birthjusticehackathon
Amy unexpectedly gave birth to her baby at home and everything seemed to be okay. But less than 12 hours later, Amy had to have a series of surgical procedures that ultimately led to her passing. bit.ly/AmyLamHarlem
Tune into the The San Francisco Board of Supervisors hearing discussing the #Reparations plan and the Dream Keepers initiative
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After a routine stress test, Sha-Asia’s doctors noticed her blood pressure was high and recommended inducing her as well as an epidural. After that, she went into cardiac arrest and her baby was delivered via C-section. bit.ly/shaasia
Amber literally tweeted on April 17, 2020 about how she could write a whole expose on “dealing with incompetent doctors” in the Bronx while Black and pregnant. Less than four days later, she died during an emergency C-section gone wrong.
On August 30, 2021, Denise’s mother Linda Magee received a call from an unknown 212 number. The coroner on the other end of the line informed Linda that her daughter had died without providing any information about Denise’s passing.
This #WomensHistoryMonth we are honoring the Black women who passed due to pregnancy related causes. It is time that we put faces to the #maternal mortality crisis.
April never got to meet her daughter, Aniya. Her family and supporters are continuing to seek answers, and have called on public officials to investigate April’s case and the hospital.
This #WomensHistoryMonth we are honoring the Black women who passed due to pregnancy related causes. It is time that we put faces to the #maternal mortality crisis.
This #WomensHistoryMonth we are honoring the Black women who passed due to pregnancy related causes. It is time that we put faces to the #maternal mortality crisis.
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Joel Bervell (@joelbervell) is a medical student, public educator, and medical myth buster. He's committed to fighting health disparities in the field of medicine. #BlackHistoryMonth. 1/3
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It was a pleasure to work with amazing community and academic collaborators on this, including @repair_project mentees @fionarmiller @anjali__walia & senior authors @drbdchambers @DrMelissaSimon
Very grateful to @UCSFPTBI for funding!
As we celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth we are honoring how Black people have created and maintained family bonds throughout slavery to the present day 🧵1/4
The constant disruption in the family unit forced Black people to be flexible in how they created communities & adapted their family structure. 3/4