A Mother’s Day event hosted by MP and cohosted by MAE, celebrating the unique lived pregnancy experience of Black women across the US. Speakers discussed the impact of maternal and infant mortality on the Black community, and the role of tech in combating the rising rates.  

Technological innovation is the wave of the future. Public and private sector collaboration is essential to improving the systemic causes of the Maternal and Infant Mortality/Morbidity Crisis in the US. The National Birth Equity Collaborative hosted Dr. Renaisa Anthony, Founder and CEO of MOMentum Park, Maya Hardigan, Mae's Founder and CEO, and Crystal Adesanya, Founder and CEO of Kiira, to discuss how technology is shifting the women's health and MCH landscape. Afterwards, the Founders hosted an engaging session, "Meet & Mastermind with the Founders," to collectively innovate with participants towards maternal and child health equity.

Momentum Park closed the year with its very first Holiday Extravaganza: A Family Affair. Donors, sponsors, social media followers, friends and family were invited to the virtual event celebrating the first full calendar year of Momentum Park “where moms come first and every moment matters.” The platform was used to increase awareness of maternal and infant mortality, current MP efforts and the progress of the SHERO program. The evening concluded with a moment of silence for moms, women and children who were no longer with us due to an aggregate of factors contributing to the maternal and infant mortality/morbidity crisis.

Momentum Park partnered with Zurena to launch our first private-public partnership event. Nigel Smith, Founder of Zurena and presenter at Stanford’s Black Founder’s Event co-sponsored a Mock and Cocktails for Mom’s Event to increase awareness of the maternal mortality crisis in the US. DJ Farah Flawcett and Adi B cohosted the event sharing their personal journeys to motherhood as women of color in the US. 

Francis Bradley, fine artist commissioned and donated her piece entitled “When She Matters” for auction to highlight the motherhood and pregnancy journey. The piece was captured through a new-age digital process and prints made available in memory of moms who have lost their lives and are a part of the eradicate maternal mortality movement in the US.  

 A Mother’s Day event celebrating the unique lived pregnancy experience of Black women across the US. Speakers discussed the impact of maternal and infant mortality on the Black community. Dr. Shalon Irving is one of many women remembered and celebrated during the event who lost their lives during or after childbirth due to inequities in health care, etc. in the US.  

Tales from the Frontlines. Physicians from around the nation told their stories about being on the frontlines.  Participants were able to get their answers from credible professionals.