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Summit 2021

We Aim to Rectify: Self- Advocacy as a Solution to Maternal Health Crises

September 16, 2021

Description: A history of medical racism has removed Black, Indigenous, Queer, Trans, and People of Color from the personal agency to generate and co-create health-centered solutions within our public and private medical systems. Mamatoto Village invites you and your people to the most dignified future where all of us have the resources to safely participate within and alongside health institutions to rectify a history of harm that manifests as risks and adverse health conditions. Participants will review the overlapping tenets of racial justice and self-advocacy to promote personal and institutional investment in culturally congruent healthcare models during the perinatal period and throughout the lifespan.

Theme(s): Expansive Birth Options, Mental Health, Reproductive Healthcare Needs, Respectful and Anti-Racist Maternal Care

Raven Freeborn, Senior Policy & Advocacy Manager

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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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