The question, from a single Gary mom, fell on the empathetic ears of nearly 20 other women at J’s Breakfast Club in Gary. But the query, all too common, has reached far beyond the walls of the eatery ...
There are so many aspects of health that disproportionately affect the Black community, and yet less than six percent of US doctors are Black — a deficit that only further harms public health. Many of ...
Angela Doyinsola Aina can't pinpoint exactly when things changed for Black birthing mothers. Nevertheless, through her knowledge, work and experiences, the co-founder of the Atlanta-based Black Mamas ...
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Black Mamas Matter Alliance will launch its 9th annual Black Maternal Health Week on April 11, highlighting advocacy around maternal health and rights. The 2026 theme, “Rooted In Justice and Joy,” ...
This week marks the sixth celebration of Black Maternal Health Week, an annual event founded by the Black Mamas Matter Alliance as a national call to support education and advocacy and to amplify the ...
In 2025, Black mamas deserve better. We deserve to be heard and cared for by our health systems. We deserve to be mamas without losing our life in the midst of a maternal health crisis. We deserve to ...
Black Mamas Matter Alliance (BMMA) is mobilizing support for Black maternal health. April 11–17 is Black Maternal Health Week (BMHW), an initiative created by the Black women-led, cross-sectoral ...
The 7th annual Black Mama's Bail Out (BMBO) is underway in honor of Mother's Day. The Philadelphia Community Bail Fund leads this initiative to reunite families and prioritizes Black pregnant people, ...
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Black Mamas ATX is a nonprofit culturally centered around educating, protecting and empowering black mothers in Central Texas before, during and after birth. On the heels of Black ...
Black people have a superpower, a healing agent that weaves between a sedative and a stimulant, recalibrating resilience and reviving resistance. It’s the spirit of Black Joy. In August 2015, that ...
MORE THAN AN HOUR THIS MORNING. THEY SHOULD PICK IT BACK UP ON MONDAY. WELL, HERE IN OMAHA, ONE LOCAL MUSEUM HONORS BLACK HISTORY ALL YEAR, AND THEY’RE DOING IT IN AN UNCONVENTIONAL WAY. KETV ...