BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//54.174.170.3//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Massachusetts Nonprofit Network X-WR-CALDESC:The voice of the nonprofit sector in Massachusetts X-FROM-URL:http://massnonprofitnet.org X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-37062@massnonprofitnet.org DTSTAMP:20240328T120007Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Kelley Bryant\; 413-529-0087\; kbryant@mywomensfund.org DESCRIPTION:This event is hosted by The Women’s Fund of Western MA. Please click “Read more” for contact information.\n“Wait…What?!” is a bi-monthly discussion offering a chance for our community to convene on emerging issu es we all face\, albeit with varied challenges.\nThis panel discussion wil l center on Racial Disparities in Maternal Health. April 11-17 has been de signated Black Maternal Health Week during Black Minority Health Month. T his year acknowledges the fourth annual national Black Maternal Health Wee k campaign founded and led by the Black Mamas Matter Alliance (blackmamasm atter.org/bmhw).\nThe discussion will include:\n– Strategies for pregnant folks on advocating for care\, specifically pregnant folks from Black com munities\n– Awareness for the connection between lack of appropriate and timely care with maternal morbidity and infant loss\n– Education on how t o establish a team of caregivers from the range of options available to pr egnant folks including nurse midwives\, doulas\, families\, and community members\n– Ways to address provider bias and racial microaggressions prod uced by structural racism in medical care and the existing barriers to rec eiving pre- and post-natal care\nTickets: http://bit.ly/maternal-health-di sparities. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210415T110000 LOCATION:Zoom @ Online SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Wait…What?! Racial Disparities in Maternal Health URL:http://massnonprofitnet.org/blog/event/wait-racial-disparities-maternal -health/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n
\\nThis event is hosted by The Women’s Fund of Western MA. Please click “Read more” for contact information.
\n“Wait…What?!” is a bi-m onthly discussion offering a chance for our community to convene on emergi ng issues we all face\, albeit with varied challenges.
\nThis panel discussion will center on Racial Disparities in Maternal Health. April 11- 17 has been designated Black Maternal Health Week during Black Minority He alth Month. This year acknowledges the fourth annual national Black Mater nal Health Week campaign founded and led by the Black Mamas Matter Allianc e (blackmamasmatter.org/bmhw).
\nThe discussion will include:
\n– Strategies for pregnant folks on advocating for care\
, specifically pregnant folks from Black communities
\n– Awareness f
or the connection between lack of appropriate and timely care with materna
l morbidity and infant loss
\n– Education on how to establish a team
of caregivers from the range of options available to pregnant folks inclu
ding nurse midwives\, doulas\, families\, and community members
\n–
Ways to address provider bias and racial microaggressions produced by stru
ctural racism in medical care and the existing barriers to receiving pre-
and post-natal care