This year marks the fifth anniversary of Black Maternal Health Week, which will be held from April 11-17, 2022! In order to uplift Black women and their families, we at NACPM are joining forces with Black Mamas Matter (BMMA) to center Black women’s scholarship, maternity care work, and advocacy across the full-spectrum of sexual, maternal, and reproductive health care, services, programs, and initiatives. Join us today! Learn more at blackmamasmatter.org/.

Founded by BMMA, Black Maternal Health Week is a week of awareness, activism, and community-building aimed at amplifying the voices of Black Mamas, and centering the values and traditions of the reproductive and birth justice movements.

BMHW22 is, above all, a week dedicated to educating and advocating for Black Mamas. Through a series of digital events and community engagement, BMHW uplifts Black women-led organizations to focus on

the root causes of poor maternal health outcomes, while engaging Black voices to lead immediate conversations around community-driven policies and programs.

The #BMHW22 theme is “Building for Liberation: Centering Black Mamas, Black Families, and Black Systems of Care,” which reflects BMMA’s work in centering Black women’s scholarship, maternity care work, and advocacy across the full-spectrum of sexual, maternal, and reproductive health care, services, programs, and initiatives. Additionally, this theme reflects the critical need for learning about Black Feminist and womanist approaches in strengthening wellness structures within our communities and across the Diaspora as a revolutionary act in the pursuit of liberation, and in the global fight to END maternal mortality.

For a full schedule of events, visit: Blackmamasmatter.org