Closing the Gap in Black Maternal Health Disparities with Race Talk Revolution

From Race Talk Revolution:

Black women in the United States are more likely to die from pregnancy or childbirth than women in any other race group, being three to four times more likely to experience a pregnancy-related death than white women.   Please join us on Wednesday July 13th at 12 EDT for a panel discussion – Closing the Gap in Maternal Health Disparities.   Panelists: – Cheryl Hunter-Grant, LMSW, a leader in Maternal and Child Health and recipient of the NYS Perinatal Association’s L. Stanley James Award – Cheryl Brannan, MS, Founder/CEO of Sister to Sister International, an advocacy organization for the health and education of females of color – Nubia Earth Martin, a Community Birth Worker and Founder/President of Birth from The Earth Inc., a non-profit organization steeped in education and empowerment – Shawnee Benton Gibson, LMSW / FLDC, CEO of Spirit of A Woman (S.O.W.) Leadership Development Institute and the Co-Founder of the ARIAH Foundation. Ms. Gibson’s story is the subject of the award-winning documentary “Aftershock”; a film that chronicles her family’s experiences of grief, trauma and activism after the tragic and preventable death of her eldest daughter, Shamony Makeba Gibson, due to maternal mortality and reproductive injustice.   The documentary is currently streaming on Hulu. Watch the trailer – “Aftershock”: https://youtu.be/k63RC0rJEd8   Join the conversation! Register at www.tinyurl.com/talkracenow or join us live on Facebook @Race Talk Revolution.   Can’t make it? Watch the recording on YouTube!