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. Your $25 donation helps further Shades of Blue’s initiatives, and by sharing your reason for walking with others, you help spread the message of Black Maternal Mental Health Week.Show your support for new legislation brought to Congress by reaching out to your senators and telling them that Black maternal mental health matters.
Raise public awareness and understanding around maternal mental health conditions and their disproportionate impact on Black birthing people and families.Push for further research on maternal mental health treatment models that reduce racial and ethnic health disparities. Encourage federal, state, and local governments and individuals across the country to support Black Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week.
However you choose to get involved this Black Maternal Mental Health Week, your effort is needed and will make a difference. Tina Sherman, senior campaign director for maternal justice at MomsRising, adds, “It is essential that we shine a light on the mental health challenges Black moms face and fight for change. Our country urgently needs programs and policies that will improve Black moms’ mental health and address these shameful disparities.
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