CDU’s Maternal Health Center and BWW Celebrate Black Breastfeeding Week
August 31, 2023
Black Women for Wellness and the Black Maternal Health Center of Excellence celebrated Black Breastfeeding Week and Black mothers everywhere.
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Black Women for Wellness
Black Women for Wellness Plans Annual Reproductive Justice Conference
August 3, 2023
Black Women for Wellness presents the 24th Annual Reproductive Justice Conference on August 10, from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., at The California Endowment, 1000 North Alameda Street in Los Angeles.
Black Leaders Call on Voters to Vote ‘YES’ for Reproductive Freedom – Proposition 1
November 4, 2022
Prominent Black Leaders across California held a virtual press conference on Thursday, Nov. 3, calling on registered voters to say ‘YES’ and vote in favor of Proposition 1.
Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson Convenes Public Health professionals for Community Health Forum
October 22, 2020
Racism and inequality continue fueling coronavirus-related deaths among Black and Brown Angelenos. Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson recently hosted a public forum for residents in South Los Angeles to hear directly from Black public health professionals about how to protect our community from COVID-19.
Census Crunch Time: Activists Say Every Black Californian Must Be Counted Before New September Deadline
August 6, 2020
African American stakeholders are ramping up their outreach to undercounted census tracts where Black Californians live after the U.S. Census Bureau announced this week that it will stop the national count at the end of September. The state too is intensifying its last-ditch initiatives to achieve an accurate count of all Californians as enumeration goes into its final stretches. Federal legislation that would have extended it through October has stalled in the U.S. Senate.
Census 2020: “Making Black Count” During a Global Pandemic
April 30, 2020
Since then, all the major African-American community-based organizations, political leaders and other advocates in California — concerned that there may be an undercount of Black Californians during the 2020 census count — have found themselves grappling.
Black Women for Wellness Holds Vote Center Placement Community Meeting in South L.A.
January 17, 2019
The Los Angeles County Registrar Recorder/County Clerk partnered with multiple community organizations to educate and prepare the public about the transition from polling places to vote centers.
Black Women For Wellness Annual Reproductive Justice Conference
July 30, 2018
The conference, now in its 15th year will feature activists, community members and health professionals seeking insights and knowledge to positively impact the health and well-being of Black women and girls. Power Forward, Forward Ever Backward Never Reproductive Justice Conference features topics on the centered with the intersection of social and reproductive justice issues. Pregnancy Justice, abortion, Fake News and Real Lives, liberation theology and religion as well as building collaborations for reproductive justice across silos are all on the agenda. Programs, policy and insights that influence the health and well-being of black women and girls are central to this year’s theme, Power Forward Ever Backward Never, and it is of critical importance that women, health professionals, community activists and advocates cull together our collective energy and attention to these issues.
Let’s Help Children of Color Breathe Easier
November 20, 2015
When breathing is easy, we can think, create, and live fuller lives. But for many communities in Los Angeles, breathing is easier said than done. There are days where I look out the window, and can’t see the mountains that surround Los Angeles. On those days, I unconsciously avoid looking at the air we are breathing, yet I know that the smog will be heavier in the lungs of children in my community who have asthma.