YWCA Metro St. Louis Prenatal Services Team, led by LaWanda Jones, wins the 2025 Dr. Corrine Walentik Award for championing maternal and child health.| YWCA Metro St. Louis
Essex County, NJ, May 8, 2025 — Impact100 Essex, a giving circle founded and funded by women in Essex County, has awarded its annual $100,000 Impact Grant to Perinatal Health Equity Initiative (PHEI). The award was announced on May 2. Now in its eighth year, Impact100 Essex provides transformative grants to nonprofits serving underrepresented communities in Essex County.… The post Impact100 Essex Awards $100,000 Grant to Perinatal Health Equity Initiative appeared first on Community Found...| Community Foundation of New Jersey
Celebrate Black Maternal Health Week 2024 with SiX Black legislators are spearheading the advancement of Black maternal health outcomes in their states. This year, Black Maternal Health Week (BMHW) will take place April 11-17th, 2023 and the theme is Our Bodies STILL Belong to Us: Reproductive Justice NOW! Founded by Black Mamas Matter Alliance, BMHW […]| State Innovation Exchange
April 11-17 is recognized as Black Maternal Health Week. Across socioeconomic statuses, Black mothers have the highest maternal and infant mortality rate. With the increased restrictions on access to abortion and the criminalization of pregnancy loss, it's more imperative now than ever, that we continue sounding the alarm on this crisis. Did you know that| Rise Magazine