The week of Feb. 19, Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37) hosted a reproductive justice roundtable with Kindred Space LA, Black Women for Wellness, Planned Parenthood LA, and California Latinas for Reproductive Justice, to discuss their continued efforts to support Black and Brown women, mothers, and mothers-to-be post the repeal of Roe v. Wade.
More than 150 people converged at the top of Hotel Indigo on Dec. 7, to enjoy the 40th anniversary celebration of the California Black Health Network (CBHN), the only Black-led statewide organization that advocates for the health of Black Californians.
Black Women for Wellness and the Black Maternal Health Center of Excellence celebrated Black Breastfeeding Week and Black mothers everywhere.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.