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Date: Monday, May 10th, 2021
Time: 12:00pm to 1:00 pm CST

This panel will reflect on how racism in health care shapes Black maternal health outcomes and what we can do to influence improvements in maternal health care delivery.

Maternal health is more than just family planning and reproductive health—it is about birth justice, an upstream, trauma-informed framework that calls for collective action to build intersectional solutions that address the disparate maternal morbidity and mortality gap that exists for Black womxn. The growing effects of systemic disparities on Black womxn’s bodies—such as a disproportionate amount of Black womxn dying from preventable postpartum morbidities—makes birth justice even more critical today. Join our Black Maternal Health Crisis Series discussions as we reflect on the systemic barriers that exist in maternal health care and public policy, as well as actionable steps we can take to address those barriers.

PANELISTS:
Carmen Green, MPH
National Vice President of Research & Strategy
National Birth Equity Collaborative

Brownsyne Tucker Edmonds, MD, MPH, MS
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Assistant Dean for Diversity Affairs
Indiana University School of Medicine

Suzet McKinney, DrPH, MPH
Principal and Director of Life Sciences
Sterling Bay

Christina Urbina
Director of Maternal Child Health Programs and Initiatives
Cook County Health

MODERATOR:
Melissa Simon, MD, MPH
Founder/Director
Center for Health Equity Transformation