Next WEDNESDAY, our Director of Maternal and Child Health, Dr. Kanika Harris, will be joining Morgan State University’s Center for Urban Health Equity’s Virtual Symposium 2023!
Hear from powerful advocates, researchers, and community leaders as they discuss strategies to address #BlackMaternalHealth.
Register NOW via link in bio!
#BlkWomensHealth #WorldDoulaWeek
They did THAT!! 👏🏾👏🏾🔥
Having a workout partner just gives you that extra fire 🔥 under your feet! This duo is pow•HER•ful! Who needed this motivation? Tag your workout partner! ⬇️
Motivation courtesy of @fitnessformentalhealth1 @sino_ngcikiza 💜
Community makes everything better. Our virtual CYL2 program comes with a FREE life coach and a network of likeminded women on their path to optimal health. Join today by visiting bwhi.org/cyl2 and download our BWHI app! See you there!
#blkwomenshealth #BWHIcyl2
Join the MSK Academy Spring 2023 Cohort and advocate for Black women's wellness and policy change!
Learn about the impact of tobacco, smoking, and vaping, and how to use storytelling to create change.
Our virtual program is facilitated by experts, at no cost to you, and includes incentives for participation. Register now to secure your spot! #LinkInBio
#MSKAcademy #BlackWomenWellness #Advocacy #AntiTobacco #AntiSmoking #AntiVaping #VirtualLearning #NoCost #Incentives #BlkWomensHealth
Other than pure #BlackGirlMagic, there’s something else these women have in common.
Before you SWIPE, we’ll give you a hint, its health related. Drop your answers in the comments! ⬇️
#BlkWomensHealth
We too, are deserving of wellness!
Yoga, meditation, therapy - all of it!
Great reminder via @theswdiva by way of @blackgirlssmile. 💜
#BlkWomensHealth #Wellness #Healing #Yoga #Meditation #Therapy
Empowered + Educated + Affirmed + Sisterhood = Black Birth Joy 💛
Earlier this month, our Maternal & Child Health Team hosted their N.O.U.R.I.S.H. Doula Postpartum Training at Morgan State University! Students learned how to provide postpartum support such as baby wearing, swaddling, belly binding, lactation, nutrition, and grief support to birthing families during the first year post-birth.
N.O.U.R.I.S.H. stands for New Opportunity to Uncover our Resources, Intuition, Spirit and Healing and is a year-long community based doula program for college students to become a certified full-spectrum doula. Through the program, students are educated and exposed to the importance of holistic health & wellbeing through our model “knowing is by doing” to learn what it takes to show up to pregnancy healthy and whole. Students have also received hands-on training in traditional frameworks of care and support that have protected Black birthing families for generations. N.O.U.R.I.S.H. helps to further address the disparities in maternal and child health training at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and support the needs of new birthing families, save lives, become community doula leaders, and facilitate self-nurturing and healing.
Learn more about the N.O.U.R.I.S.H. Doula Program here: https://padlet.com/nourishdoula/eazh4tmg4wjk9q9e
Contact the Maternal & Child Health Team at mch@bwhi.org, if you have any questions.
#NOURISHDoula #NOURISHDoulaProgram#blackmaternalhealth #maternalhealth #birthequity #womenshealth #doulas #morganstateuniversity #fullspectrumdoula
The facts are indisputable: Medication abortions are safe!
Medication abortions became the preferred method for ending pregnancy in the U.S. even before the Supreme Court overturned #RoevWade, the law that protected the right to abortion care for 50 years.
Our EVP of Policy, Advocacy & Science, Dr. Ifeoma C. Udoh, issued a statement in response to attacks on medical abortions in Wyoming and Texas. Read the full statement via link in bio.
#BlkWomensHealth #ReproductiveJustice
Quiet hiring is a strategy companies are using to fill in holes without hiring new full-time employees. Sound familiar? ⬇️
Before you take on those new responsibilities in hopes of raise, watch @thebizslayer breakdown what might actually get you a raise, without overworking yourself into the ground.
Our #FairWorkInitiative was designed to protect Black women’s health in the workplace. Share your experiences and learn more at FairWork.BWHI.org.
#BlkWomensHealth #BWHIFairWork
As if menstrual cycles needed anymore stigma. What is going on in Florida? SWIPE
Tell us your thoughts on the new wave of bills that are attacking Black thought, vital education, and race & gender diversity. ⬇️
#BlkWomensHealth #HouseBill1069 #menstrualcycle #periodstigma
Who else is in their JOMO era? 🙌🏾
Rest, saving money, and me-time, just makes JOMO even more LIT! 🔥😅
In many ways, jomo can be considered the opposite of “fomo” – the fear of missing out. Fomo involves experiencing anxiety and other negative emotions because of a concern that somehow other people are having more fun, living a better life or having better experiences than you are.
Developing a more grateful mindset can help foster jomo. Shifting focus to what you have rather than what you don’t have makes it easier to appreciate the positives in life.
Enjoy your weekend!
#BlkWomensHealth #JOMO #FOMO
It’s Match Day!! Did you know that less than 3% of doctors in America are Black women? Well, these young women are trying to change that.
Each year, medical students await Match Day with anticipation. On the third Friday of every March, graduating medical students learn where they will spend their residency.
Congratulations @kaylachanelthomas @_dani_h__ @carmenrose_m @alyiacamille @a.double.ly @thefav18 and all of the Black women who represent the future of medicine!! #matchday2023 #blackdoctorsmatter #blackwomenshealth
The Black Maternal Mortality rate is more than a health crisis, with far-reaching effects on our community.
Our Director of Maternal and Child Health, Kanika Harris, makes a powerful case for action in a recent article on the Washington Post.
Click the link in bio to read more.
#blackmaternalmortality #blackmotherhood #blkwomenshealth
#MatchDay has come! 🥳
And this reel by @projectdiversifymedicine just got us SO hype! 😍
Did you know that only 5.7% of US doctors are Black, and experts warn the shortage harms public health? With that said, s/o out to all of the phenomenal Black women who worked SO HARD to get here! We see you and we need you!!
Tap in with us in the comments! Know someone who matched? Tag them! ⬇️
#BlkWomensHealth
Our Founder Byllye Avery was recognized by @coloradoblvd as a "Local Hero" and "renowned trailblazer for women’s rights”. 🙌🏾
She will keynote the ACSA Region #15, Pasadena Unified School District Women’s History Month event, alongside Dolores Huerta, on Wednesday, March 22, 2023 from 6:00 – 7:30 pm at Marshall Fundamental Secondary School (990 Allen Ave., Pasadena).
We are looking forward to this event! Learn more via link in our bio!
#BlkWomensHealth #WomensHistoryMonth
Are you a busy woman who struggles to find time to cook #healthymeals? Sis, we got you!
Check out our list of convenient and #nutritious foods so you can stock up and make nutritious meals in a pinch! SWIPE
What are your go-to convenience foods? ⬇️
#BlkWomensHealth #EatToLive #BWHIcyl2
Reason # 20,067 on why “I will fill my cup first” should be at the top of your daily affirmations.
Taking #PersonalInventory means reflecting inwardly and taking stock of what makes you, you. And if you’re in deficit, it’s time to pivot.
Great advice via @cherylpwilliamson 💜
#BlkWomensHealth #MentalHealth
We need affordable insulin now. Too many lives depend on it.
Our President and CEO, Linda Goler Blount, MPH talks prioritizing the health and wellness of Black women, who are disproportionately affected by #Diabetes.
SWIPE and read more via link in bio.
BWHI created the first CDC-approved culturally tailored lifestyle change curriculum that equips Black women with the tools needed to prevent type 2 diabetes. You can take this FREE class virtually. Just download our App.
#BlkWomensHealth #Diabetes #Insulin #BWHIcyl2
Charlotte, honey, you’re speaking for us all! 🙌🏾
The next generation of advocates are truly special. Yesterday was #EqualPayDay and young Charlotte understood the assignment. ✍🏾
Swipe for the @POTUS response.
The world needs more change makers. S/o to all the parents that are educating and empowering their little ones!
#BlkWomensHealth #EqualPayDay #FairWorkInitiative #BWHIFairWork
Today is #BlackMidwivesDay 🥳
Thanks to the good folks at @blackmidwivesalliance, Black Midwives will be honored, celebrated, and amplified every year on March 14th!
SWIPE to learn more about the inception of this very special and overdue day of celebration.
Here at BWHI, we honor Black midwives and doulas every day of the year. We are committed to training and developing upcoming postpartum doulas to help support Black families - through our NOURISH program, championed by our director of maternal and child health, Dr. Kanika Harris.
#BlkWomensHealth #BlackMidwives #BlackDoulas
#BWHINourish
When it comes to seeking validation from a gas lighter, @nedratawwab has something to say. Not all validation is equal - find out why!
Let’s discuss in the comments. ⬇️
#Repost @theminimalists
#BlkWomensHealth #MentalHealth #GasLighting