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We run for @EveryMomCounts to raise the awareness & funds needed to get women closer to lifesaving maternal healthcare. Join us.
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Today Every Mother Counts launched the #myarrivalstory platform to collect & spotlight birth stories from our community in tandem with the launch of Christy Turlington Burns and Amy Schumer new book Arrival Stories published by Penguin Random House 🐧🏠📚. Join the Zoom event now and follow for live tweets.
"Being heard and appropriately treated was the difference between life or death for me; I know those [maternal death] statistics would be different if the medical establishment listened to every Black woman’s experience." -Serena Williams in ELLE Magazine (US) bit.ly/3NLJy3s
“We try to see ourselves as doulas for community-based care providers and direct service providers. They need the support that we’re advocating for women to have." Christy Turlington Burns speaking about EMC's approach to grantmaking in support of maternal health at today's #CGI2022
"Abortion bans will exacerbate already abysmal maternal mortality rates." -Dr. Jamila Perritt, MD MPH Thank you to Jamila Perritt MD MPH for your powerful testimony at yesterday's The White House Repro Rights Taskforce meeting. Abortion care & maternal health are inextricably linked.
Resolve to move your body & help make the world a bit better this year? Register to Run with Team EMC in Big Sur, Chicago, Brooklyn & Massachusetts! 4 dynamic courses, 4 epic adventures, & 4 impactful ways to declare #MaternalHealth is a #HumanRight. everymothercounts.org/team-emc-races/
Join us this April for the iconic Big Sur Marathon We have bibs for the 5K, 12K, 11-miler. Registration deadline is March 1st so reach out today #everymileeverymother #runteamemc #whywerun
" I found a cause I was proud to run for & a purpose." Thanks to Team EMC's new strength trainer Kalen Imani Norton for sharing his experience running the TCS New York City Marathon w/ Team EMC! katotrainmeplease.com/post/announcin… For upcoming race info: everymothercounts.org/team-emc-races/ #EveryMileEveryMother
Didn’t get selected in yesterday's drawing for the 2023 #TCSNYCMarathon? Rob Simmelkjaer, CEO of New York Road Runners, has good news that there are still ways for you to join us on the start line on November 5! Head to nycmarathon.org for all this information and more.
"There needs to be broader recognition of racism within systems like #HealthCare for things to truly change." .Context News talks with Kenda Sutton-EL of @BirthinColorRVA & other advocates for #MaternalHealth about how we move towards #BirthEquity. context.news/socioeconomic-…