Watch this Virtual Press Conference - presented by the Mobilize Maternal Health Coalition (MMHC) - for a brief overview of the bills and initiatives critical to materializing birth justice and keeping birthing people and babies in NY safe.

Live Discussion - Interactive Q&A - Free!

Featured guest speakers:

• Kimberly Seals Allers – Maternal Health Advocate and Author (The Irth App ‪@irth2626‬ )

• Myla Flores – President, New York State Birth Center Association (The Birthing Place ‪@thebirthingplacefdn‬ )

• Tisha Graham – Certified Professional Midwife (CPM Licensure, NYCPM Inc.)

• Solomon Acevedo – Deputy Public Advocate of New York City (‪@newyorkcitypublicadvocate5629‬)

• Vanessa Gibson – Bronx Borough President (‪@bronxbp‬)

• Chanel Porchia-Albert – Founder, Ancient Song + Just Birth Space, Birth Equity Advocate (‪@ancientsong08‬)

• Samantha Banerjee – Executive Director, PUSH for Empowered Pregnancy (‪@pushpregnancy‬)

• Cassidy Perrone – Stillbirth Mother and Advocate for Paid Leave after Stillbirth Bill

• Jesse Workman – Senior Staff Attorney, A Better Balance (‪@abetterbalance4821‬)

• Bruce McIntyre – Advocate for Maternal Health Equity, saveArose Foundation (‪@savearosefoundation2200‬)

• Trinisha Williams – President, American Association of Birth Centers (AABC ‪@americanassociationofbirth2379‬)

• Ashlie Butler – Doula, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Women's Mental Health (Columbia UMC)

• Jennie Joseph – Midwife, Women’s Health Expert, TIME Woman of the Year (‪@JennieJoseph‬)

• Ashley Spivey – NYC Stillbirth Mother, Advocate & Influencer; PSA: NY Paid Prenatal Leave