When advocates and the media talk about Black maternal health, they often go straight to mortality rates: They do, after all, paint an exceedingly grim picture of the state of obstetric care for Black women. In a country where more women are dying from pregnancy-related causes than in any other developed nation in the world, Black women, according to the CDC, are three to four times more likely to be at risk than their white counterparts. Researchers say this is largely due to implicit and explicit racial bias, both in the health-care system and in society...
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Black Mothers Share the Devastating Impact of Racism in Maternal Health Care
Kimberly Lawson - VICE
APR 17 2018, 4:29PM
In honor of Black Maternal Health Week, four Black women share their pregnancy and childbirth experiences to highlight the lasting impact of the racism and trauma Black women too often face when entering motherhood.
https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/43bp43/black-maternal-health...
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LISC CFO Christina Travers is among the impact investing leaders who contributed commentaries to a new book, The Social Justice Investor, and joined a panel discussion at today’s book launch. In her essay, “Laying the Cash Tracks,” (reprinted here) she explains the evolution of LISC’s capital markets experience—noting how discouraging Wall Street conversations eventually led to transformative, community-focused investments.Sharing the Story of Social Justice Investing
With the launch of the new book, The Social Justice Investor, LISC’s Christina Travers reflects on the ways that CDFIs have tapped the capital markets to deepen their impact—working to upend lingering misconceptions among some investors. "Whether we are financing affordable housing, small businesses, health, safety, climate resilience, racial equity or jobs, we see financial performance and local impact as part of the same whole."EPA Awards GRID Alternatives Solar for All Grant
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