Join us for Speak! Move! Change virtual series in honor of Black Maternal Health Week. This transformative two-day event, taking place on Monday, April 15th and Tuesday, April 16th, 2024, from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm EST, aims to address the urgent need for transformation in the reproductive healthcare system for black women, birthing people, their families, and communities.

Led by a collective of stakeholders from across the nation and abroad, Speak! Move! Change utilizes art, ritual, information, education, and collective discourse to speak truth, move systems, and change outcomes. In this year's event, we will present a virtual dramatization of a "community hearing" focused on addressing the inhumane treatment endured by enslaved black women during the antebellum period, particularly at the hands of J Marion Sims and his colleagues.

Facilitated using an indigenous-centered practice called Mbongi, originating from the Bakongo Bantu people of Africa, our gathering embodies the essence…