Community Film Screening flyer
Join the Maternal and Infant Health Innovation Authority for a community film screening in recognition of #BlackMaternalHealthWeek.
📅 Tuesday, April 14
⏰ 5 PM– 7PM
📍 Children's Home Society of NJ
🔗 Register today at bit.ly/4ckahm2
Our community is coming together for a packed week of events this Black Maternal Health Week! 💜 Join us and our collaborators across Pennsylvania for a week full of events rooted in justice and joy!
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#BlackMaternalHealthWeek #BMHW2026 #rootedinjusticeandjoy
Save the date: 2026's Black Maternal Health Week will take place April 11 - 17 with the theme, "Rooted in Justice & Joy!"
Follow Black Mamas Matter Alliance (IG: @blackmamasmatter) to keep up with updates year-round!
#BMHW26 #BlackMaternalHealthWeek #RootedInJusticeAndJoy #BlackMamasMatter
2026 marks 10 years of the Black Mamas Matter Alliance, a decade of establishing the #BlackMaternalHealth Movement!
Become a 2026 sponsor and stand with BMMA as we shape the next decade of transformative work. Learn more at bit.ly/bmmaspon.
#BlackMaternalHealthWeek #BMMA #Sponsor
📣 It’s here! Our 2025 Black Maternal Health Week Impact Report is now live! #BMHW25
This year’s theme guided a powerful week of action, storytelling, policy wins, and community care. 💜
📖 Tap the link in our bio to read the full report!
#BlackMaternalHealthWeek #BMHW2025 #ReproJustice #BMMA
🖤 This #BlackMaternalHealthWeek, SiX backed 20+ state proclamations, amplified bold legislators, and centered Black-led leadership in collaboration with @blackmamasmatter.bsky.social!
We’re not stopping. Learn more about how we showed up for #BMHW25 ➡️ six.community/bmhw25-recap
#StatePower
Physician colleagues
Physician colleagues
Physician giving a talk
Physician giving a talk
I’m on a world tour #BlackMaternalHealthWeek is over but I’m still speaking on equity in perinatal mood and anxiety disorders at #YaleU Dept of ObGyn grand rounds #obskyn #obgynsky #reprosky #medsky #Blackmedsky #maskon after talk
“Black mothers & birthing people continue to carry the weight of a crisis that we did not create. … We are leading the fight to solve it and dismantle it.”
“DEI is not about politics. It’s about survival.”
@tuftsmedschool.bsky.social @momsrising.org @ansirh.bsky.social
#BlackMaternalHealthWeek
Info post for Black Maternal Health Week: “The 2025 Black Maternal Health Week’s powerful theme, to me, means healing from the legacy of injustices and inequalities causing the Black Maternal Health Crisis, which continue to affect far too many, including me and my first child I lost at birth; Jonah Bichotte Cowan. This week of advocacy is focused on healing through action: although our losses will always remain and we cannot completely erase the pain, there is power in using our collective voices and experiences to address the leading causes of this crisis, and make motherhood safer for all, together.” - Quote by New York State Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn
Why is it so urgent to transform maternal and reproductive care for the better, during #BlackMaternalHealthWeek, and year-round? Assemblymember Bichotte Hermelyn reflects on the theme of "healing legacies" and her personal call to advocacy.
Teyona Parris plays a pregnant woman in No Good Deed. Her fiancé is concerned he might be dying. She tells him that it's she, a Black woman, who is most at risk of dying. Liz Feldman shows how we can educate amidst entertaining viewers. This line was perfectly delivered. #BlackMaternalHealthWeek
During #BlackMaternalHealthWeek, it's important to acknowledge the erasure of Black women that we're seeing on the national level. We must continue to demand systemic change because #BlackMamasMatter and deserve to be heard and supported.
A photo of a smiling Black mom holding her sleeping baby. The text reads BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH WEEK “We ought to interrogate why the narrative that Black women are dying because they are unhealthy has been as believable as it has been to so many observers.” - Khiara Bridges
This quote is so important, it is in the email signatures of BMC staff. It's time to stop blaming individuals, & start addressing the systemic problems at the root of the Black maternal mortality epidemic! Culturally-congruent birth care saves lives. #BlackMaternalHealthWeek
SALEM, Ore. "Black women are nearly 3.5 times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women in the U.S."
www.kgw.com/article/news...
@senlisareynolds.bsky.social
#blackmaternalhealthweek #oregon #portland #momnibus #BirthingJustice #PerinatalHealth #CulturallyResponsiveCare
By promoting diverse and relevant data, the data dashboard responds to research showing that when pregnant women lack accurate health information, both mothers and babies face increased risks.
#BMHW25 #BMHW #BlackMaternalHealth #BlackMaternalHealthWeek
Pittsburgh has one of the worst Black maternal mortality rates.
This is a preventable crisis. Our neighbors, friends, loved ones deserve equitable care that centers their safety and their lives.
I’ll fight for Black mothers during this #BlackMaternalHealthWeek and every week.
As #BlackMaternalHealthWeek comes to a close, we highlight the power of Black-led perinatal, maternal, and reproductive health organizations in driving systemic change and fostering community healing, so that all people have access to the health care they need.
At NLSLA, we’re fighting for better healthcare access and equity through legal advocacy. Bernadette Manigault, Director of Litigation, explains how we’re working to support Black mothers. #BlackMaternalHealthWeek www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVVO...
It's #BlackMaternalHealthWeek, and as a mom of two daughters I'm sounding the alarm. Black women are over 3x as likely to die from pregnancy-related complications. Three. Times.
Healthcare is a human right.
Standing up for mothers and daughters everywhere.
In the background, a photo of a pregnant Black person's torso. The text reads BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH WEEK 2025 Rooted in Care: Doulas, Midwives, & the Fight for Better Outcomes at Shipt with Shiphrah Israel Student Midwife, Doula, Educator, Star August Ali Midwife, Executive Director & Founder of Black Midwifery Collective Susanna Israel Student Midwife, Doula, Educator, and photos of the three Black women and also a small BMC logo in the corner.
Black Midwifery Collective is thrilled that delivery service company Shipt commemorated #BlackMaternalHealthWeek with a panel featuring our Executive Director Star August Ali, plus two doulas who are student midwives!
I absolutely agree, Mr. Booker. But right now it's necessary to save the country from the fascist coup going on right now. If you fail to do that, there will be no more #BlackMaternalHealthWeek ever again...
When Latrice came to the Red Cross, she wasn’t sure where to turn for breastfeeding support. That changed when she was introduced to the Red Cross WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counselor Program. Now, she is helping other Black mothers navigate their breastfeeding journeys. #BlackMaternalHealthWeek
This #BlackMaternalHealthWeek @ucsd-obgyn.bsky.social recommits to a shared vision: A maternal health system that honors lived experience, fosters healing, & ensures every person—regardless of race, background or circumstance—has access to safe, respectful, high-quality care. #BMHW25 #MaternalEquity
When Ellen Rucker Sellers experienced severe hemorrhaging after giving birth to her twins, 13 units of blood products saved her life.
This health crisis turned Ellen into a powerful advocate for Black maternal health and blood donations. Read her story: rdcrss.org/4cGKx20 #BlackMaternalHealthWeek
It's Black Maternal Health Week! Check out our evaluation of the Michigan Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies pilot. This program closed the gap in meeting needs between Black and White families and has now gone statewide!
myumi.ch/Mkr4R
#maternalandinfanthealth #blackmaternalhealthweek
Black mothers in America face disproportionately high rates of maternal mortality and morbidity. We must do more to ensure access to affordable, quality care. #BlackMaternalHealthWeek
As we wrap up Black Maternal Health Week 2025, we are proud to release the official Black Maternal & Environmental Health Progress Report. Read + Download the report: bit.ly/bmehreport25. #BlackMaternalHealth #BlackMaternalHealthWeek #EnvironmentalJustice #YoungGiftedGreen
Jasmine Rainer is one of our Take 10 Ambassadors and Maternal Health Advocate who shares her story with #preeclampsia #NICUbaby
Jasmine writes, “My first time seeing my baby was a photo."
preeclampsia.org/take10
#BMHW25 #BlackMamasMatter #BlackMaternalHealthWeek
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This week - and every week - we’re replacing silence with storytelling. Because every voice matters. And every loss demands that we do better.
#BlackMaternalHealthWeek #HealthEquity #PatientAdvocacy #BlackHealth #EquitableCare
🧵1/ This #BlackMaternalHealthWeek, we’re honoring the strength of Rachell Dumas - a case manager at #IncludedHealth whose road to motherhood included 9 devastating losses & a fight to be heard.
Her story is one of resilience, advocacy & hope: www.essence.com/lifestyle/ce... #BlackHealth
