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Mama Glow Webinar: Advocating for Black Maternal Health: Leveraging Your Story & Engaging Stakeholders

About this event

Advancing Black Maternal Health is a collective endeavor that requires all of us to come together in support of Black birthing peoples’ needs. In celebration of Black Maternal Health Week, we are so excited to announce a new Maternal Health Advocacy Video Training Program developed in partnership with Carol’s Daughter to engage the community in maternal health advocacy.

Join us for a webinar where we bring together a handful of our maternal health experts featured in the series, to explore how we all can come to the table and use our voices to advocate for change.

The Maternal Health Advocacy Video Training Program powered by the Love Delivered Initiative, a collaborative effort between the Mama Glow Foundation and Carol’s Daughter that seeks to bring increased awareness to the Black maternal health crisis and shine a light on ways that Black birthing people and families can be empowered before, during and after birth.

Held annually on April 11-17th, Black Maternal Health Week is a week-long campaign founded and led by the Black Mamas Matter Alliance​ to build awareness, activism, and community-building​ to amplify ​the voices, perspectives and lived experiences of Black Mamas and birthing people. This year’s theme is: Our Bodies STILL Belong to Us: Reproductive Justice Now.

In this webinar will address:

  • How to leverage your position as key maternal health stakeholder
  • How to take a multitiered approach to advocacy
  • How to advocate for a birthing person’s needs in the hospital
  • How to engage elected officials
  • How to leverage your story for social change


We will be joined in conversation with the following panelists:

  • Dr. Tia Jackson-Bey, MD, Fertility Specialist
  • Natalia Louis, MPH, Program Manager, CONNECT Mental Health Program
  • Mia Keeys, MA, Dr.P.H.(c), Director of Federal Affairs at Hologic
  • Latham Thomas - Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies, Founder of Mama Glow


This webinar is presented by:

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    Natalia Louis, MPH Program Manager of Community Strategy @ CONNECT Mental Health Program

    Natalia Louis, MPH, is a dedicated public health professional with a profound commitment to improving community health outcomes. With over a decade of experience in health program management and planning, Natalia has demonstrated expertise in addressing stigmatized health issues and fostering healthy communities through innovative approaches. Natalia's professional journey has been marked by a diverse range of roles, each contributing to her extensive expertise

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    Tia Jackson-Bey, MD, MPH REI Specialist @ RMA of New York

    Tia Jackson-Bey, MD, MPH, is a board certified reproductive endocrinologist and infertility specialist and obstetrician-gynecologist. Dr. Jackson-Bey is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Raquel and Jaime Gilinski Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She cares for patients at RMA of New York’s Brooklyn office. Dr. Jackson-Bey is passionate about reproductive justice and increasing access to fertility care for all. She is a talented surgeon and dedicated fertility expert who is focused on fertility preservation, IVF success, and great outcomes for her patients.

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    Mia Keeys, MA, Dr.P.H.(c) Director of Federal Affairs @ Hologic

    Mia Keeys is a writer, researcher, and speaker on topics involving health equity, Congressional health policy, women’s health, and health innovations/artificial intelligence. She is the Director of Federal Affairs at Hologic, Inc.—the women’s health and innovation company—and was formerly the Chief of Staff and Health Policy Advisor to Congresswoman Robin L. Kelly. Mia also previously served as the inaugural Director of Health Equity Policy & Advocacy of the American Medical Association.

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    Mama Glow Mama Glow

    Mama Glow is a global maternal health platform serving birthing people along the childbearing continuum. Through doula training programs Mama Glow is cultivating the next generation of birth workers.

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Mama Glow is a global maternal health platform serving birthing people along the childbearing continuum. Through doula training programs Mama Glow is cultivating the next generation of birth workers.