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This week’s Health Justice newsletter focuses on different facets of reproductive justice across the United States. First, how a nonprofit-led childcare business incubator can boost community childcare options for families. Next, when Black birthing people are centered, healthcare is transformed. Then, a conversation between Cyndi Suarez and Kaytura Felix about medical racism, health justice, and what it means for a system to support people’s health. Finally, a clip from an NPQ webinar discussing the ongoing organizing efforts within the reproductive justice, health, and rights movements.
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To incubate financially sustainable childcare businesses requires careful design—including peer cohorts, mentoring, flexible financing, and a well-designed curriculum. Read more…
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“BCE was founded on values of safety, abundance, and liberation to grow and sustain birth centers led by Black people, Indigenous people, and people of color. . .Together, we are building community among birth center leaders of color, growing efforts to transform the culture of birth, and stewarding capital to seed vibrant and lasting community birth infrastructure for generations to come.” Read more…
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“When I saw patients in Washington Heights, in New York City, Black and Brown people would come in about their blood pressure—they were worried about the violence in their communities, they were worried about their grandchildren in jail. It was the violence in the streets, it was the family problems they were having that consumed them... Upstream is where small, just actions can have big impacts on many people.” Read more…
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A clip from an NPQ webinar discussing the ongoing organizing efforts within the reproductive justice, health, and rights movements. Watch the video and read more…
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