Carry on the blessings

A number of our MCH students attended the 2021 Black Maternal Health Conference, hosted by the Black Mamas Matter Alliance (BMMA), April 16-17, online.  What follows is a post from one of the attendees. By Briasha Jones, BS Attending the Black Maternal Health Virtual Conference was a different, but inspiring, and great experience. Previous conferences…

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It’s the system that is broken

A number of our MCH students attended the 2021 Black Maternal Health Conference, hosted by the Black Mamas Matter Alliance (BMMA), April 16-17, online.  What follows is a post from one of the attendees. By Momi Binaifer Sagoe, BS  The second virtual conference I attended was the Black Maternal Health Conference. This conference talks deeper…

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Reimagining Child “Welfare”

A number of our MCH students attended the 2021 Black Maternal Health Conference, hosted by the Black Mamas Matter Alliance (BMMA), April 16-17, online.  What follows is a post from one of the attendees. By Margaret Major, BA I recently completed a literature review on the relationship between neighborhood conditions and child maltreatment. Early on…

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Profound and insightful

A number of our MCH students attended the 2021 Black Maternal Health Conference, hosted by the Black Mamas Matter Alliance (BMMA), April 16-17, online.  What follows is a post from one of the attendees. By Crysta Meekins, BPH This year I had the privilege to virtually attend the Black Maternal Health Conference. Virtual conferences are…

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