About this Event
Ancient Song is excited to invite you to our 2024 Black Maternal Health Week (BMHW) Partnership Breakfast. In alignment with this year's BMHW theme “Our Bodies STILL Belong to Us: Reproductive Justice NOW!" Widespread restrictions on abortion care access coupled with rising cases of criminalization due to pregnancy loss continue to widen the gaps of adverse maternal and birth outcomes in the U.S. We want to center our breakfast conversation around ways we can continue to provide evidence - based solutions through creativity and innovation for our collective communities.
This event is open to all community based organizations, advocates, and community members who have a desire to connect, build, and partner on strengthening a community care framework for all.
We would also like to center our event in celebration of the hard work that you all do. So, come and join us for a delicious breakfast spread and refreshing mocktails! We will do a raffle giveaway and have a photo booth available, so that you can pose with newly networked friends. We look forward to seeing you there!
Background on Black Maternal Health Week:
Held annually on April 11-17th, BMHW is a week-long campaign founded and led by the Black Mamas Matter Alliance to build awareness, activism, and community-building to amplify the voices, perspectives and lived experiences of Black Mamas and birthing people. The week is intentionally held during National Minority Health Month and begins on April 11th annually to join dozens of global organizations in marking this day as International Day for Maternal Health and Rights – an opportunity to advocate for the elimination of maternal mortality globally. The activities and conversations hosted throughout the week intentionally center the values and traditions of the reproductive and birth justice movements.
Ancient Song:
Ancient Song is a national birth justice organization working to eliminate maternal and infant mortality and morbidity among Black and Latinx people. We provide doula training and services, offer community education, and advocate for policy change to support reproductive and birth justice.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Ancient Light Studio BK, 521 Halsey Street , Brooklyn, United States
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