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Year after year, it s the same story: the maternal mortality rate in the U.S. is rising, and pregnant women of color are dying at disproportionate rates. The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association unveiled a national strategy on Tuesday that aims to halve racial disparities in maternal care through a combination of data collection, scaling existing local initiatives and lobbying for state and federal policy changes. Your health shouldn t depend on the color of your skin or the neighborhood you live in. That s just unacceptable, unconscionable, and we can have an impact where we can change the trajectory of racial disparities, said Kim Keck, president of the not-for-profit association, which represents the 35 Blues plans across the nation.
‘Married to Medicine’ star Dr. Jackie Walters working to save more Black moms
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As a two-time breast cancer survivor, it only makes sense that Dr. Jackie Walters decided to take a stand with Blue Cross Blue Shield in its fight against racial disparities and, specifically, maternal health. An obstetrician and gynecologist, Walters also stars on the popular Bravo series, “Married to Medicine,” where she provides superior service and advice to her Atlanta patients.
Walters’ decision to join Blue Cross Blue Shield Association as part of its health equity initiative in collaboration with a national advisory panel comes at a time when African American women have lost faith in medical practices and practitioners.
Presiding Bishop Emeritus Blake Joins The PuLSE Institute Advisory Panel
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Presiding Bishop Emeritus Charles E. Blake Sr. (The PuLSE Institute)
The Right Reverend Charles E. Blake Sr., presiding bishop emeritus of the Church of God in Christ (COGIC), the largest Black Christian denomination in the country with a membership of 6.5 million, and an international statesman and humanitarian, has been named to the National Advisory Panel of The PuLSE Institute (Institute for Public Leadership and Social Equity), a national anti-poverty think tank headquartered in Detroit.
Blake will join Dr. Arun Gandhi, the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and a member of the board of the Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital in South Africa; Sister Simone Campbell, a leading Catholic social justice advocate who gave the invocation at the 2020 Democratic National Convention; Dr. Bernard LaFayette, a top aide to the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. and the National Coordinator of the 196
An exhibition to honor the life of Breonna Taylor and the nationwide struggle for racial justice is coming to Louisville s Speed Art Museum.
Following a year defined by the largest racial justice movement in United States history, the exhibition, titled Promise, Witness, Remembrance, will reflect on the life of Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman who was shot and killed by LMPD officers on March 13 during a botched drug raid at her apartment, and the protests that ensued in Louisville for 100-plus days.
Expected to open to the public on April 7 and run through June 6, the exhibit will explore the dualities between a personal, local story and the nation s reflection on the promise, witness, and remembrance of too many Black lives lost to gun violence, according to a news release announcing the planned exhibit.
Speed Art Museum announces new details for Breonna Taylor exhibit. Here s what to expect Andre Toran, Louisville Courier Journal
An exhibition to honor the life of Breonna Taylor and the nationwide struggle for racial justice is coming to Louisville s Speed Art Museum.
Following a year defined by the largest racial justice movement in United States history, the exhibition, titled Promise, Witness, Remembrance, will reflect on the life of Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman who was shot and killed by LMPD officers on March 13 during a botched drug raid at her apartment, and the protests that ensued in Louisville for 100-plus days.