In recognition of Black Maternal Health Week from April 11 to April 17, Carol’s Daughter has launched its “Birthing While Black” campaign.
The initiative highlights real-life experiences of Black individuals navigating the maternal health crisis by inviting Black birthing people to share their birthing stories on social media using the hashtag #BirthingWhileBlack and tagging @carolsdaughter. For each post, a donation will be made to the Mama Glow Foundation, which helps fund doula support for families in need. Dr. Jackie and Audra Curry of “Married to Medicine,” and musical duo Lion Babe have joined the cause, sharing their experiences and encouraging their followers to do the same. A recent CDC study found that Black women had the highest maternal mortality rates across racial and ethnic groups during the pandemic in 2020 and 2021.
“While the recent statistics are alarming and sobering, they only serve to further fuel our drive and commitment to this cause,” said Carol’s Daughter founder Lisa Price in a press release. “The work of birthing people should only be the work of giving birth and that experience being as beautiful as it can be. Our work is to advocate for them to have what they deserve.”
Love Delivered, an extension of Carol’s Daughter, provides events, doula grants, education, and webinars and is committed to empowering, supporting, and equipping Black birthing people and their community. Mama Glow Foundation is hosting a webinar on birth worker burnout, and families living in NYC, Miami, Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Washington D.C. can apply for doula services through its grant program.
“This year’s theme for Black Maternal Health Week is ‘Our Bodies Belong to Us: Restoring Black Autonomy and Joy,’” said Latham Thomas, founder of Mama Glow Foundation, via press release. “It’s so important that as we center our health outcomes that we also lift up joy,…
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