This Mother’s Day, Raise Your Voice for Black Maternal Health

“The March for Moms, which will take place on Mother’s Day in the nation’s capital, is extremely timely. Thousands of people will march on Washington, D.C., and gather on the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Lawn for the first-ever national rally that specifically raises awareness for the health of moms, babies and families. We march because we believe that all moms and their families have the right to affordable health care. Because we believe that all moms deserve to survive pregnancy and childbirth, regardless of class or race. Because we believe it’s wrong and unjust that black women are three times more likely to die from pregnancy and childbirth than white women, and it must stop. Thousands of people of all colors and creeds standing up for healthy moms, babies and families … now, that’s an image I want to remember.”