Black Maternal Health Week

Ben and Jerry's Black Maternal Health Week Campaign Puts Incarcerated Black Mothers at the Center

The ice cream brand's viral Instagram carousel opens with four words: 'The US Is Failing Black Mothers.' Its partner, National Bail Out, has reunited more than 1,000 Black mothers with their families since 2017.
04/14/2026

Why Pregnant Black Women Are Delegating Doulas During Delivery Against Biased Medical Care

As traditional healthcare spaces become more systemically oppressed, Black women are choosing ancestral practices to foster birth equity that is qualitative before, during, and after childbirth.
04/14/2026

How Doulas are Leaning on Ancestral Practices to Advocate for Black Pregnant Women in the Hospital

For centuries, doulas have been impactful in the Black community by providing families with safe prenatal, labor, and postpartum pregnancy care.
04/13/2026
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Sacred Hands: The Rise of Black Doulas

In this new documentary from BET Digital, we speak with Black doulas in Los Angeles about how they advocate for mothers, confront systemic bias, and transform the childbirth experience during Black Maternal Health Week.
04/10/2026

Dear America: Stop Telling Black Women to Be Strong in the Delivery Room

This Black Maternal Health Week, we’re calling out the myth of the “strong Black woman”—a trope that’s silencing pain, delaying care, and costing lives in delivery rooms across America.
04/17/2025

Black Maternal Health Week: How Insurance Gaps Are Putting Black Moms at Risk

Even with coverage, too many Black women are forced to switch doctors mid-pregnancy or face postpartum care delays due to insurance red tape. This Black Maternal Health Week, we examine how broken systems—not bodies—fail Black mothers.
04/16/2025

The States Failing Black Mothers — And the Grassroots Heroes Fighting Back

From Mississippi to Texas, Black maternal mortality rates remain dangerously high. But community organizations are stepping up to save lives where the healthcare system falls short.
04/15/2025

From the ER to the Funeral Home: How Hospitals Are Failing Black Mothers Postpartum

Black Maternal Health Week exposes a deadly truth: for many Black women, the danger doesn’t end after childbirth—it's just beginning.
04/14/2025

Focus on YOU! Reducing the Risk Factors that Contribute to Pregnancy Complications & Black Maternal Death

Most maternal deaths are preventable--here are practical steps to prepare for motherhood and to reduce the risk of complications.
04/15/2024
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Dear Mama: The Black Maternal Health Crisis

Let's talk about the joy and grief of Black motherhood.
06/01/2023