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Mayor Bowser's Maternal & Infant Health Initiative

2022 Summit

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About the Summit

The 5th annual Mayor Muriel Bower’s Maternal & Infant Health Summit will feature panel discussions, community spaces, breakout sessions, and a virtual resource expo dedicated to connecting District residents with local and national resources and supports needed to families have what they need to thrive.

 

This year, Mayor Bowser is inviting DC residents, elected officials, health and education leaders, community-based partners, and moms from across the US to collaborate and explore strategies to improve perinatal health and address racial disparities in birth outcomes.

 

Summit session themes will include Economic Equity, Health Outcomes, and Culture in Parenting. The day will begin with a networking breakfast and include a Fireside Chat-style luncheon. Onsite childcare and pumping stations will be available at no additional cost.

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2022 Panelists

The Honorable Muriel Bowser

Mayor, Washington DC

Dr. Yolandra Hancock

Mom, physician, TED speaker, and public health shero

Dr. Unique Morris-Hughes

Director of the District of Columbia Department of Employment Services (DOES)

Rep. Lauren Underwood

Congresswoman

Nicole Austin-Hillery

President & CEO, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc.

Lisa Price

Founder, Carol's Daughter

Latham Thomas

Founder Mama Glow + Mama Glow Foundation

Julee Wilson

Executive Director of BeautyUnited

Jeannette Reyes

Anchor for FOX 5 Morning and Good Day D.C.

Dr. Erica Richards

Chair and Medical Director of the Department of Psychiatry at Sibley Memorial Hospital

Dr. Dorothy Fink

Director of the Office on Women's Health in the OASH at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Adrianna Hopkins

Wife, mother of two, news anchor, professor, speaker, and moderator

Monica Alba

White House correspondent for NBC News

Dr. Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha

Julia A. Okoro Professor of Black Maternal Health, Director and Founder, Center for Black Maternal Health and Reproductive Justice, Tufts University School of Medicine

Jessica Foster

Business owner, proud mom, holistic life coach, woman advocate and motivator.

Juan Pablo Segura

Founder and Healthcare Transformer, Babyscripts

Dr, Joanne Armstrong

Senior Medical Director of Women's Health, Aetna.

Panel 1 Speakers – Economic Equity

Nicole Austin-Hillery (Moderator)

President & CEO, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc.

The Honorable Muriel Bowser

Mayor, Washington DC

Rep. Lauren Underwood

Congresswoman

Rep. Shontel Brown

Rep. Cori Bush

Panel 2 Speakers – Health Outcomes

Sherenne Simon

Senior Director of Health Equity at the March of Dimes

Robin Diggs Perdue

DC Health

Dr. Erica Richards

Sibley

Dr. Dorothy Fink

US Office of Women's Health

Dr. Yolandra Hancock

American Hearth Association

Panel 3: Culture in Parenting

Lisa Price (Moderator)

Carol's Daughter

Dr. Unique Morris-Hughes

Paid Family Leave

Latham Thomas

Mama Glow + Mama Glow Foundation

Nina Damiano

Grant Thornton

Panel 4: "Baby News Network"

Jeannette Reyes

FOX 5 DC

Julee Wilson

Cosmopolitan

Summit Agenda

8:00 am - 9:30 am

Registration and Networking Breakfast

 

9:33 am - 9:45 am

Welcome & Opening Remarks

  • Jackie Reyes-Yanes, Director, MOCA – Intro Jennifer Porter
  • Jennifer Porter, Director, MOWPI – Background on Occasion
  • Health Sponsor, Sibley—Welcome via Video #2
  • Corporate Sponsor, Aetna— Introduce Mayor Bowser
  • MMB to provide opening remarks and introduce Moderator—Nicole Austin-Hillary

9:45 am - 10:35 am

Panel 1: Economic Equity

• Moderator—Nicole Austin-Hillary

• Mayor Muriel Bowser

• Rep. Lauren Underwood

• Rep. Shontel Brown

• Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha, Ph.D., M.P.H., founder, the Center for Black Maternal Health and Reproductive Justice

10:45 am - 11:35 am

Panel 2: Health Outcomes

• Moderator—Sherenne Simon, March of Dimes

• Robin Diggs Perdue, DC Health

• Dr. Erica Martin Richards, Sibley Memorial Hospital, Johns Hopkins Medicine

• Dorothy Fink, US Office of Women’s Health

• Dr. Yolandra Hancock, American Heart Association

• Dr. Joanne Armstrong—Aetna

11:45 am - 12:35 pm

Panel 3: Culture in Parenting

• Moderator—Lisa Price, Carol’s Daughter

• Unique Morris-Hughes, Paid Family Leave

• Latham Thomas, Mama Glow

• Juan Pablo Segura, Baby Scripts

• Jessica Foster, Wolomi the pregnancy companion app

12:35 pm - 1:05 am

Movement Break: DJ Farrah Flosscett and FitDC Powered by Aetna

1:05 pm - 1:55 pm

Luncheon: “Baby News Network” Conversation with Moms in Media

  • Jeanette Reyes, FOX 5 DC
  • Julee Wilson, Cosmopolitan
  • Adrianna Hopkins, WJLA ABC 7
  • Monica Alba, NBC

2:15 pm - 3:00 pm

Break Out Sessions #1-3: First Round

Session 1: What Comes First? How to make financial sense of motherhood

  • Jennifer Luray, DC Commission for Women- Moderator
  • Alexis Thomason Martha’s Table
  • Alisa Hugley/Purvee Kempf DC Health Benefits Exchange
  • Michelle Hammonds DC DISB—Financial Empowerment Center

 

Session 2: Teams and Timelines for Shifting Maternal Health Outcomes

  • Alix Lowe-Server, Lyft- Moderator
  • Dr. Mati Davis, St. Louis Department of Health
  • Megan Simmons, National Birth Equity Collaborative
  • Dr. Jennifer Seo, Chicago Department of Public Health

 

Session 3: What’s the 411 on Prevention

  • Veronica Nelson, DC Commission for Women- Moderator
  • Dr. Tonoah Hampton, BALM Inc.
  • Ebony Wren, Mom Congress

3:15 pm - 4:00 pm

Break Out Sessions #4-6: Second Round

Session 4: Finishing What You Started: Higher Education as a Mom

  • Giovanney Bishop, DC Commission for Women- Moderator
  • Leigh-Kirstin Sims, DC Resident working with DCHA
  • Nkechi Feaster, Community Advocate and Consultant
  • Dawnn Leary, Jane Bancroft Robinson Foundation

 

Session 5: Before pregnancy, during, and beyond: Innovative Access to Reproductive Health Care

  • Athena Cross, DC Commission for Women- Moderator
  • Sara Beckwith DC WIC
  • Aza Nedhari Mamatoto Village

 

Session Title 6: Respectful and Inclusive Care in the Capital

  • Rakiya Moore DCHA Perinatal Quality Collaborative Project Manager
  • Kacey Holland Social Media Influencer; Autism Mom
  • Sharonna Ford Blues Brothers Therapeutic Play
  • Nicole Austin-Hillary Congressional Black Caucus Foundation

2022 Partners

DC Health

Department of Employment Services (DOES) Paid Family Leave

Department of Behavioral Health (DBH)

Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD)

Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking (DISB)

Department of Recreation (DPR) FITDC

 

2022 Sponsors

 

Health Sponsor

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Corporate Sponsor

Aetna

Breakout Session Partners

MedStar

GW Hospital

Affinity Space Partners

Better Starts For All

March of Dimes

United Healthcare

Community Hosting Partner

Lyft

Maternal Monday Partner

AmeriHealth

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This project was supported by the Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five Initiative (PDG B-5), Grant Number 90TP0045, from the Office of Child Care, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Office of Child Care, the Administration for Children and Families, or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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