Don't Miss This Year's Summit on Tuesday, September 19!
Join Mayor Muriel Bowser and the Mayor’s Office on Women’s Policy and Initiatives (MOWPI) at the 6th National Maternal & Infant Health Summit!
The 6th 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 support needed to help families have what they need to thrive.
2023 Speakers
Annika Anderson
Childhood Prosperity Lab Program Coordinator
Anushay Hossain
Bestselling Author, Podcast Host
Ashwini Davison
Healthcare Executive Advisor
Ayanna Bennett
Acting Director
Bill Deal
Market Head, Public Sector & Labor, Aetna
Brooke Goodwin
Social Work Team Lead
Candace Montague
Reporter
Christiana Jolda
Social Worker
Christina Henderson
D.C. Councilmember, At-Large
Christina Grant
State Superintendent of Education
Ciana Creighton
Interim Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services
Connie Chang
President, CKNC Enterprises, LLC
Crystal Jackson
Mama Glow Certified Birth and Postpartum Doula
Dr. Ebony Marcelle
Director of Midwifery
Ebony McMorris
American Urban Radio Networks White House Correspondent
Fadesola Adetosoye
Expert Associate Partner
Fernanda Ruiz
Home Visiting Director
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar
U.S. Representative (MN-05)
Imani Shanklin
Pre Licensed Art Therapist
Jacinta Ma
Director, Office of Communications and Legislative Affairs
Jenn Ross
Grief Therapist MSW, LICSW
Jennifer Floran
Manager of Social Work Services/Clinical Social Worker
Jummy Olabanji
News4 Today Anchor, NBC4
KaNikki Jakarta
Poet
Karen Kwok
Family Nurse Practitioner, Health Advisor, DC Commissioner
Leah Lewis
Artist Mother Studio: Caring For Caregivers
Lisa Price
Founder
Lisa-Marie Cook
Birthing Basics, LLC CEO/ The George Washington University Hospital- RNC-OB
Marquis Mix
Poet Stage name: 13 of Nazareth
Matthew Hoffman
Marie E. Pinizotto Endowed Chair Christiana Care , Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Melisa Byrd
Interim Director
Michaela Brown
FITDC Ambassador and Mother of Two
Mila Kofman
Executive Director
Monica Coley
Sr. Business Development Manager
Monique Samuels
Multi-Media Personality and Entrepreneur
Natasha Dupee
Executive Director, Mayor's Office on Women's Policy and Initiatives
Paulette Bell-Imani
Educator, SKY Breath Meditation Instructor
Philip Barlow
DISB Associate Commissioner for Insurance
Renthia Jackson
Vice President of Client Management, Public & Labor Sector
Rochanda Mitchell
Maternal Fetal Medicine Physician
Ruth Pollard
Developing Families Maternal Health Fund at The Community Foundation
S. Roxana Richardson
Medical-Legal Partnership Director
Victoria Revelle
Public Health Practitioner and Program Manager
Wendy Chun-Hoon
Director
LEARNING LABS
ART ACTIVATION - SYMBOLS OF POWER
207-A
| 02:10 – 03:00 |
| Participants will use art as a means to explore their relationship to power. They will work independently to create personal power symbols using line, shape, and color. As a group, Imani Shanklin will lead a discussion examining what unification of the power symbols mean and the ways in which we do and don’t tap into that collective energy. |
CARING FOR MOM: BUILDING YOUR CARE TEAM
206
| 02:10 – 03:00 |
| Be a part of an exercise in patient advocacy. Join an interdisciplinary panel ranging from certified doulas to physicians. We will have a dynamic discussion around tools birthing persons can use to ensure that they are centered in their medical care followed by an extended question and answer session. |
BUILDING AND SUSTAINING GENERATIONAL HEALTH
202 A/B
| 02:10 – 03:00 |
| Children’s National Hospital, with the support of generous seed funding from the James A. and Alice B. Clark Foundation, embarked on comprehensively meeting the mental health needs of the perinatal, infant and child population in the District through 10 initiatives across the Clark Infant-Toddler and Prenatal Pillars. Attendees will learn how these initiatives invest in services, policy, and research that improve the health and well-being of infants, children, and their families upstream and multi-generationally. The ultimate goal of these efforts is to support families achieving long-term, generational health and wellness by serving the gestational parent, caregiver-child dyad and the whole child. |
IMPROVING MATERNAL/CHILD HEALTH WITH DATA
201
| 02:10 – 03:00 |
| This session highlight the field work of the Perinatal Research Consortium (PRC),which is an 11-site collaborative formed by several leading Ob/Gyn and Maternal Fetal Medicine specialists from Academic Medical Centers & Non-Profit Hospitals in the United States. As a collaborative focus of this session, we will explore ways with District of Columbia stakeholders to expand the partners that are contributing to PRC’s data ecosystem, which will be in partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS). |
MOTHERHOOD AND MOVEMENT
207-B
| 02:10 – 03:00 |
| Women are always working – as a mom, friend, employee, entrepreneur, family member and more! What are we each doing for SELF CARE? Learn fast and effective ways to incorporate wellness into your day with breathwork and meditation. |
MOTHERHOOD AND MOVEMENT
207 B
| 02:10 |
| Art of Living SKY Breath Meditation Team will promote mental wellness through a Postpartum Demonstration (with audience participation) of breathwork with sound. Attendees will also explore the available offerings of free FITDC/SKY classes. |
SYMBOLS OF POWER—ART ACTIVATION
20 A7
| 03:15 – 04:00 |
| Participants will use art as a means to explore their relationship to power. They will work independently to create personal power symbols using line, shape, and color. As a group, Imani Shanklin will lead a discussion examining what unification of the power symbols mean and the ways in which we do and don’t tap into that collective energy. |
GETTING RESOURCES TO WORKING MOMS IN WARD 8
206
| 03:15 – 04:00 |
| The Ward 8 Health Council Maternal Working Group will share current resources available for Mothers in the Great Ward 8 with support from Howard’s Center of Excellence, A Queen Mother’s Doula and Dynamic Wellness |
HEALING AFTER INFANT LOSS
202 A/B
| 03:15 – 04:00 |
| Losing an infant is one of the most devastating events a mother or birthing person can experience. Black parents shoulder the grief while continuing to balance careers and other obligations. Join the Washington City Paper and a certified counselor in a listening session about losing an infant ages 0-12 months and how to heal while enduring the economic and social pressures of living in DC. |
MENTAL HEALTH: MULTIDIMENSIONAL MOTHERS & INDUSTRY LEADERS
201
| 03:15 – 04:00 |
| At the intersection of women’s mental health, motherhood, home life, and the workplace bring potential stressors that require intention, resourcefulness, and community. From this list of distinguished panelists in a variety of sectors, the audience will learn how to integrate women’s mental health for personal wellness and professional success. We hope session takeaways will demonstrate how working mothers win and how you can be one of these working mother winners. |
CLOSING CELEBRATION
202 A/B
| 04:10 – 05:00 |