2022 IN THE PRESS

WORKING TOGETHER TO REDUCE BLACK MATERNAL & INFANT MORTALITY
Each year in the United States, about 700 women die during pregnancy, delivery, or within the year following birth. Another 50,000 each year have spontaneous labor and delivery outcomes

HUSBAND OF WOMAN WHO DIED AFTER C-SECTION SPEAKD ABOUT BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH
Charles Johnson became a maternal health activist after his wife Kira, died from childbirth: “There is no reason that Kira should not be here with her boys today”

LEADING ADVOCATE AGAINST MATERNAL MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY SPEAKS AT GADDIPATI LECTURE
Charles Johnson, whO works to end the maternal mortality crisis in the United States, delivered an inspiring and passionate presentation to the Ob/Gyn department.

THE DOULA EXPO BY MAMA GLOW RETURNS!
These last few pandemic years- one thing many mothers -to- be and new mothers have been missing is support. The kind of support that is BIG.

TRUSTING YOUR BODY AND TEAM : THE KEY TO RECLAIMING POWER IN PREGNANCY
Every pregnancy is different—but it’s also true that, regardless of what you’re going through, you’re not alone. Families of color can face many challenges along their path to parenthood.

THE BUMP CONTINUES TO HELP COMBAT THE MATERNAL MORTALITY CRISIS W/ EXPLANSION OF ITS BLACK MATERNAL
In the United States, Black women are three to four times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women. That is one of the highest maternal mortality rates.

ON THE FRONTLINES OF THE FIGHT FOR BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH EQUITY
Charles Johnson IV lost his wife, Kira, to this country’s maternal mortality crisis. After a routine c-section to deliver their second child, Kira bled internally for more than 10 hours.

MOTHERS OF GYNECOLOGY HONORED IN BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH CONFERENCE IN MONTGOMERY
 the 1800s, the man known as the father of gynecology advanced the field through painful experiments on enslaved women. Now three of those women…

STATUE CELEBRATES ‘MOTHERS OF GYNECOLOGY’ AT BLACK WOMEN’S BIRTHING CONFERENCE
Birth professionals from around the country gathered in Montgomery, Ala., to heal, to learn and to honor the lives and sacrifices of three women: Anarcha, Lucy, and Betsey…

AFTER LOSING HIS WIFE TO DELIVERY COMPLICATIONS, GEORGIA MAN URGES LAWMAKERS TO DO MORE

Charles Johnson, IV says his wife Kira Dixon Johnson was thrilled about becoming a mother for the second time. “We’d even talked about how cool it would be to have boys…

THE BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH CAUCUS WITH REP. LAUREN UNDERWOOD
One of the most galling examples of inequity in America continues to be the stunningly high rate at which Black mothers die in pregnancy and childbirth…

A CALL TO ACTION : RESPONDING TO THE CRISIS OF MATERNAL HEALTH
In the U.S., Black women are over three times more likely to die in childbirth than white women. An online discussion will unpack how we stem the high death rates and fight back.