WHY/OPPORTUNITY
We want mothers to survive. In a December 2021 study, University of Maryland researchers found that in the U.S., late postpartum deaths were three and a half times more likely among black moms compared with white ones. In New York City, they are 12 times as likely to pass away from pregnancy-related causes.
Put in simpler and grimmer terms—versus their white peers, our sisters of the African diaspora are more likely not to survive by 243%!
After birth, love, attention, and care can easily and naturally shift to the newborns/children, thus leading people to lose sight of the mothers. There’s also no comprehensive system of postpartum care; such programs are usually underfunded, cut, or lack sustainability of connection. In joint efforts with organizations that have this social economic issue at the forefront agenda we look forward in collectively creating a new vision of what postpartum looks like for Woman of the African Diaspora.
We want to ensure that mothers have community, support, and are seen because they need a village, too.