3rd Annual Virtual
Forging Forward for Black Birth Justice
Thursday, April 20, 2023
9:00 am - 3:30 pm CST
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Join the Foundation for Black Women's Wellness and the Black Maternal and Child Health Alliance of Dane County for the 3rd Annual Wisconsin Black Maternal & Child Health Summit.
This one-day conference, hosted by and for Black Women, is intended for Black Women and Black Birthing People who are Mothers, Birthing Parents, Birth Workers, Community Leaders and Black Women Reproductive Justice advocates in Wisconsin who are ready to join forces to share our successes and to drive solutions together.
Wisconsin leads the nation in racial birth disparities impacting Black women and babies, and is among the top in the nation for Black infant mortality. Black mothers in Wisconsin face a 3x's greater maternal mortality rate than our white peers, and simultaneously face social, economic, and healthcare barriers that place their health and well-being at risk.
Yet, Black women continue to pioneer solutions to address this problem, from positions of community, systems, and policy. Black Doulas, birth workers, non-profit and community leaders, grassroots activists, healthcare professionals, business owners, policy makers, and Reproductive Justice advocates are doing the work and driving new critical visibility, accountability, and solutions to turn the tide.
Join us as we celebrate Black women's work, and create new synergy to drive change in Wisconsin's first-in-the-nation racial birth disparities. We will prevail!
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TAMARA THOMPSON
Doula & Child Birth Educator, Mother Earth Doula Care & Member, Black Maternal & Child Health Alliance
LISA M. PEYTON
Founder, CEO & President, The Foundation for Black Women’s Wellness
Dr. TIFFANY GREEN, PHD
Co-Chair, Black Maternal and Child Health Alliance and Assistant Professor, UW Departments of Population Health Sciences and Obstetrics & Gynecology
JANEL HEINRICH
Director, Public Health Madison and Dane County, on behalf of the Dane County Health Council
ARIEL ROBBINS, MPH
Project Director, Dane County Health Council
DÁZON DIXON DIALLO, DHL, MPH
Founder and President of SisterLove, Inc.
ADELAIDE "ADELE" APPIAH, MPH
Program Director, Creating Healthier Communities
JENNIFER PETTIE, JD, MPH
CEO of the Health Equilibrium Group and Emory University Board of Visitors Member
JASMINE JONES
Birth Doula and Grief Support Specialist
MICAELA BERRY-SMITH, B.A
Moderator
Program Manager, Maternal and Child Health Initiatives,
The Foundation for Black Women's Wellness
TAMARA THOMPSON
Moderator
Doula & Child Birth Educator, Mother Earth Doula Care & Member, Black Maternal & Child Health Alliance
SASHA BARIFFE, LM, CPM, CCM, IBCLC
Midwife, Owner Prism Birth Services
SABRINA FOULKS-THOMAS
Owner of Birth in Color Midwifery, LLC
TRACEY RUSSELL
Founder and CEO of Russell Family Doula Services
A MOTHER & FATHER SPEAK
KAMAL & CHRISTIN CALLOWAY
VIDEO: PARTNERING TO SAVE OUR BABIES
CHARLES JOHNSON
Founder of 4Kira4Moms and Birth Justice Advocate
CHRISTINE RUSSELL
Director of Health & Wellness Programs, The Foundation for Black Women's Wellness
GABE DOYLE, M.S - Facilitator
Chief Health Initiatives Officer, The Foundation for Black Women's Wellness
BROOKS GRIFFIN
Inspirational Speaker & Youth Advocate
DAVID HART
Attorney, Writer, Pastor and special assistant to the superintendent of the Madison Metropolitan School District
DR. EMMANUEL NGUI, PHD
Associate Professor, Community & Behavioral Health / Maternal and Child Health
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
KIMBERLY SEALS ALLERS
Award winning journalist, author, maternal and infant health advocate/strategist
LISA M. PEYTON
Founder, CEO & President, The Foundation for Black Women’s Wellness
Dr. TIFFANY GREEN, PHD
Co-Chair, Black Maternal and Child Health Alliance and Assistant Professor, UW Departments of Population Health Sciences and Obstetrics & Gynecology
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