Nationwide — Black Girls for Wellness presents The twenty fourth Annual Reproductive Justice Convention on August 10, 2023. It’s going to happen at The California Endowment in Los Angeles from 8am to five:30pm. This impactful occasion will characteristic consultants, healthcare suppliers, dwell podcasting, advocates, and authorities officers. The occasion will embody workshops, panel discussions, and keynote audio system on subjects starting from maternal well being to reproductive rights to environmental justice.
This yr’s theme emphasizes the necessity of figuring out and therapeutic from previous traumas whereas defending the current and constructing a greater future for Black girls and women. The convention hopes to offer an area the place attendees can be taught from each other, share sources, and collaborate to create tangible and constructive change by bringing the neighborhood collectively.
In keeping with the Los Angeles County Division of Public Well being, there have been 11 Black girls who died in childbirth in Los Angeles County in 2023. It is a fee of three.3 deaths per 100,000 dwell births, which is considerably increased than the speed for white girls, which is 1.2 deaths per 100,000 dwell births. Black girls are much less prone to have entry to contraception than girls of different races. In 2019, 49% of Black girls had entry to efficient contraception, in comparison with 68% of white girls. Black women and men are more and more in want of help and assist with the reproductive journey, maternal well being, and breast well being in an equitable means.
For this and plenty of different causes, Black Girls for Wellness is proud to deliver The Annual Reproductive Justice Convention again to The California Endowment in Los Angeles for the twenty fourth time. This yr’s occasion might be extra dynamic and interactive than ever earlier than.
What to anticipate from the convention:
• Early hen tickets at $100 on Eventbrite: TICKETS• Renown audio system like Dr. Deidra Cooper-Owens, Dr. Byron “B.Ok.” Edmond, Professor, Professor Deleso A. Alford, and extra to be introduced.• A particular exhibit, by Michelle Montgomery entitled, The Moms of Gynecology Monument.• A males’s monitor to debate the function that they play within the reproductive justice neighborhood with breakout classes, panels, and open discussions.• As much as 5 Licensed Well being Training Specialist (CHES) items.• Networking {and professional} improvement alternatives• Distinguished authors in attendance.• Breakfast and lunch.
Moreover, there might be two pre-conference occasions and one post-conference occasion:
• July twentieth -Black Love and Pleasure: Celebrating and Nurturing Relationships within the Black Group• August third – Invisible Moms: Addressing Inequality and Enhancing Start Outcomes for Black Girls in Jail• TBD – Intersection of Psychological Well being and Reproductive Justice: Advocacy for Black Girls and Women
To buy a ticket, go to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/black-women-healing-from-our-past-present-and-preparing-for-our-future-tickets-595125976817
AboutBlack Girls for Wellness began as a grassroots program matching pregnant girls with “sister-friends” mentors who coached anticipating moms all through their being pregnant till the kid was not less than a yr outdated. Inside 4 years of implementation, BWW started transferring upstream to handle methods and political coverage by changing into a California 501(c)3 nonprofit in 1997. It has grown from a volunteer group of ladies to a neighborhood establishment. BWW works in Los Angeles County the place over a million of all Southern California residents dwell and Black girls of all age teams are served. Be taught extra at BWWLA.org
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