Question 1

Reproductive Health Impact

Accepted Answer

In collaboration with communities, RH Impact (https://rhimpact.org/)challenges systemic inequities to achieve reproductive health equity. Through Black women-led scholarship, we apply research & evaluation to policy advocacy, capacity-building, and power-shifting strategies.

Question 2

Black Mamas Matter Alliance

Accepted Answer

The Black Mamas Matter Alliance (https://blackmamasmatter.org/)is a national network of Black women-led and Black-led, birth and reproductive justice organizations and multi-disciplinary professionals, working across the full-spectrum of maternal and reproductive health.

Question 3

Black Maternal Health Caucus

Accepted Answer

The Black Maternal Health Caucus (https://blackmaternalhealthcaucus-underwood.house.gov/)is organized around the goals of elevating the Black maternal health crisis within Congress and advancing policy solutions to improve maternal health outcomes and end disparities.

Question 4

National Black Doulas Association

Accepted Answer

The National Black Doula Association (NBDA®) (https://www.blackdoulas.org/)is dedicated to connecting Black (BIPOC) birthing families with Black (BIPOC) Doulas across the nation. Their mission is to combat the alarming rates of Black maternal mortality and morbidity by providing comprehensive education and training through the NBDA Leadership Academy™ and our Multi-level Doula Training Program.

Question 5

Sista Midwife Productions

Accepted Answer

Sista Midwife Productions (SMP) (https://www.sistamidwife.com/)is a birth advocacy training and consulting agency. They create educational events for communities, birth workers, and organizations that work with childbearing families. They provide lectures, consultations and individualized training to organizations, institutions, and governments, at the local, regional, and national level.

Question 6

Melanated Midwives

Accepted Answer

Melanated Midwives m(https://www.melanatedmidwives.org/)ission is to diversify the midwifery profession and empower Black birth parents with resources and tools to successfully navigate their prenatal and postpartum care. They are actively engaged in addressing the maternity health care desert and Black Maternal mortality and morbidity rates on the Southside of Chicago.

Question 7

Shades of Blue Project

Accepted Answer

The Shades of Blue Project (https://www.shadesofblueproject.org/)is dedicated to breaking cultural barriers in maternal mental health by raising awareness and ensuring action is being taken to break the stigma surrounding seeking treatment in the minority community when experiencing complications after childbirth.

Question 8

Sésé, Birthing Freedom

Accepted Answer

Sésé, Birthing Freedom (https://www.sesebirthingfreedom.com/)is a Bronx, NY-based cooperative providing doula services, movement classes and educational workshops for people before, during and after childbirth.

Question 9

Justice for Black Girls

Accepted Answer

Justice for Black Girls (https://www.justiceforblackgirls.com/)is a social justice education space that serves Black girls ’ needs for protection, safety, and belonging through a holistic culture of care coupled with Black feminist curriculum, grassroots collaborations, and academic partnerships.

Question 10

Reaching Our Sisters Everywhere

Accepted Answer

Reaching Our Sisters Everywhere (ROSE), Inc. s(https://breastfeedingrose.org/)eeks to enhance, encourage, support, promote, and protect breastfeeding throughout the USA, by working to reduce the breastfeeding disparities among African American women, and to strengthen the health of their babies and families through, mentoring, training, breastfeeding support groups, social support, outreach, education, legislation, health policies, and social marketing.

Question 11

The National Association to Advance Black Birth

Accepted Answer

The National Association to Advance Black Birth w(https://thenaabb.org/)orks to improve the care and treatment of Black women, infants, and persons to combat the effects of structural racism on Black maternal-infant health through: advocacy, research, educational programming, activism, and policy change; equipping birth workers and maternity health institutions with the practical tools and education they need to improve outcomes for Black women and persons.

Question 12

Mama Glow

Accepted Answer

Mama Glow (https://mamaglow.com/)is New York’s premiere maternity lifestyle brand committed to supporting women along the childbearing continuum. They support women and families during the fertility period, during pregnancy, after birth and into new motherhood offering a full spectrum approach to holistic wellness.

Question 13

Black Supermamas

Accepted Answer

Black Supermamas i(https://www.blacksupermamas.com/)s a safe and transparent space created to support and uplift Black mothers as they navigate motherhood. Their purpose is to support the emotional, mental, and physical well-being of every Black Mom by providing a space where they are seen and heard.

Question 14

Sisters in Loss

Accepted Answer

Sisters in Loss (https://sistersinloss.com/)is dedicated to replacing silence with storytelling around pregnancy and infant loss and infertility of black women.  Sisters in Loss provides educational and doula services in pregnancy, birth, postpartum, bereavement, and grief support to help women step beyond anxiety and fear and into trust and peace after loss.

Question 15

Every Mother Counts

Accepted Answer

Every Mother Counts (https://everymothercounts.org/)works to achieve quality, respectful, and equitable maternity care for all by giving grants and working with partners and thought leaders to increase awareness and mobilize communities to take action.