Virtual Town Hall on Black Maternal Health w/ ERA Coalition & FWE

Join the ERA Coalition and Fund for Women's Equality as we talk to experts and advocates in the field of Black maternal health. We'll discuss the need for Black maternal health prioritization in the fight for health equity, and the ways forward.

January 19, 2022 @ 1 PM - 2 PM PT (4 PM - 5 PM ET)

RSVP: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYuce-trzgtH9NFliP3uFyAoI68rNqyB1oF


SPEAKERS:

--Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-IL), Co-chair, Black Maternal Health Caucus

--Rep. Alma Adams (D-NC), Co-chair, Black Maternal Health Caucus

--Breana Lipscomb, Senior Advisor of Maternal Health & Rights,
Center for Reproductive Rights

--Charles Johnson, Founder of 4 Kira 4 Moms

--Linda Villarosa, Writer on Black maternal health, New York Times Magazine


ABOUT: The ERA Coalition and Fund for Women’s Equality

https://eracoalition.salsalabs.org/erasos/index.html

The Fund for Women’s Equality and ERA Coalition are independent, sister organizations. The organizations were formed simultaneously and conduct complimentary work to promote fair and equal treatment for women and girls in the United States.

While the effort to amend the constitution to include sex equality began many decades ago, our renewed efforts are centered on Black, Indigenous and Women of Color, gender-nonconforming and transgender women and girls, and nonbinary people– those who are most impacted by systemic inequities.

The COVID-19 pandemic, the rise of the BLM movement and all movements at the intersection of race and gender bring us to this moment. Codifying the Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th Constitutional Amendment is not/will not be easy. Making it part of our daily experience, even harder. You are part of this movement.