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April 12, 2019 85 mins
This episode, we sit down with Rose Aka-James, Program Coordinator with the Black Mamas Matter Alliance (BMMA) and discuss BMMA's objectives for improving black maternal health, available resources, and Black Maternal Health Week 2019. The second annual Black Maternal Health Week is from April 11 - 17, 2019. You can check for events happening near you here: https://blackmamasmatter.org/bmhw/ Read BMMA's policy agenda here: https://blackmamasmatter.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/BMMA-PolicyAgenda-Digital.pdf Here's the link to the article about the Georgia "Living Infants and Fairness Equality (LIFE)" Act - HB 481: https://rewire.news/legislative-tracker/law/georgia-living-infants-fairness-and-equality-life-act-hb-481/ Follow Black Mamas Matter Alliance on social media: @blackmamasmatter on Instagram and @blkmamasmatter on Twitter Follow @blkhlth across all platforms! Subscribe, comment, and rate our podcast wherever you listen to it! Check out our new "Health is a Human Right" shirts here: blkhlth.com/shop
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