BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH

Salvation and Social Justice seeks to liberate public policy theologically by modeling the hope and resiliency of Black faith; where historically marginalized people move from lament to liberation by envisioning and creating their own community led solutions to a structurally racist society. Those solutions are steeped in safety, equity, and accountability. Those solutions include but are not limited to establishing Black maternal health centers run by Black women for Black women throughout the state, adopting policy that would provide general income support for Black mothers, as well as significant investments in targeted workforce development and support of Black women in midwifery programs as a response to the maternal health disparities that exist in the state.