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The Miami-Dade County Black Affairs Advisory Board (BAAB) will co-host with the Women’s Fund a public forum about maternal and infant mortality statistics revealing the disparity for the Black and Brown community.
The free event will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., on Saturday, May 13, at Florida Memorial University, 15800 NW 42 Ave., Miami Gardens, FL 33054. Registration is required at www.eventbrite.com/e/the-crisis-black-brown-womens-maternal-and-infant-mortality-tickets-519188896967.
Of all women who die during pregnancy or within one year of the end of pregnancy, 60 percent are Black, 15 percent are Hispanic, and 14 percent are White. Not only does this beg the question “why,” but it just as importantly compels us to answer the question “what can we do about such blatant disparity?”
The community forum will be led by a team of renowned panelists whose work centers around reproductive health and maternal and infant mortality. They are: Dr. Alexandra Cornelius, Tenesha Avent, Joanne Ruggiero, and Esther McCant. Community leader Yolanda Cash-Jackson will engage the audience in advocacy training so that we have the tools that will be most effective in addressing this crisis. Women, men, youth, and the entire community are invited to participate in this important conversation.
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