Charleston, SC (WCSC) – The beloved Early Education and Care Collective (BEE) organized a symposium on black maternal mortality with speakers, resources and sessions in small groups to speak and learn together.
THE local organization Create a community for pregnant women and families with children to learn and rely on each other thanks to their development to ensure health and health and education.
The organizer of the event, Crystal Davis, says that the bee collective does a lot and that the symposium has taken a lot of collaboration. Participants heard doctors, doubles, minority research specialists and expert and postnatal health experts.
“We have just heard Alicia Page with the South Carolina Minority Business Committee, and shared our data for the State and for the County of Charleston in particular. Although the figures have decreased overall, black maternal rates have increased. It is therefore important for us to come together as a community, ”says Davis.
The event focuses on creating a community between affected women and people there to help them. Davis hopes that participants will be authorized to make their health decisions, to trust their bodies and to know who to contact, concerning where their resources are.
“To learn best practices, talk about advocacy, be champions for our community, for our black mothers and our black babies, as well as perinatal professionals, such as birth workers, doulas, postpartum doubles, lactation, educators with these mothers who are looking for services,” says Davis.
The BEE collective also organizes quarterly healing circles for postpartum mothers and summer walking courses so that pregnant mothers grow and reflect together on their trips.
Davis stresses how important it is to have a community that women can count when they work through the miracle of life.
“Everyone wants to see the baby and mom is somehow on the side, but if we can bring together and support mom and the way she needs. If it brings food or ensures that it remains hydrated or ensures that it has a link with a lactation specialist, meal trains that meet and have food, postpartum supplies such as nursing pads and breast pumps, these classes that help Mother, “says Davis.
The BEE collective continues its work in the advocacy of early childhood. Stephanie McFadden says their political work is called pushing and pleads with the preschool children who have been suspended.
“We have conversations around implicit prejudices, training in trauma, teachers’ remuneration and remuneration throughout the educator,” explains McFadden.
The group provides for a trip of April 3 to the state capital to contact the legislators to legally protect children and families. The organization indicates that anyone interested in joining one of their events or the day of action on April 3 can send them an email to contact each other and start conversations.
“We hope that parents and families go out with us in Columbia to our day of action where we are going to talk to the legislators and do political work,” explains McFadden.
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