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National Maternal Health Symposium Agenda

Wednesday, September 23, 2020

All times listed in Eastern Time

2:00 PM ETWelcome
 Dorothy Cilenti, DrPH, MSW, MPH Director, Maternal Health Learning and Innovation Center  
Congresswoman Alma Adams, Ph.D.  (NC-12)  
2:15 PMCentering MoMMA’s Voices: Panel Presentation
 It’s critical that affected families be at the center of any effort to address maternal mortality. This panel discussion will feature several patient partners from MoMMA’s Voices, a national coalition of patient organizations and individuals with “lived experiences” – or those that represent them – using their voice to reduce maternal complications in pregnancy and the postpartum period.  
Molly Firth, Seattle, Washington
Sarah Johnson, Owasso, Oklahoma
Kay Matthews, Houston, Texas
Moderator: Nicole Purnell, MoMMA’s Voices  
3:00 PMBreak  
 Please use this time to explore the Spark Sessions and Partner pages in the Chime platform.  
3:10 PMRemarks from U.S. Surgeon General and Health Resources and Services Administration
 Thomas J. Engels, Administrator, HRSA
VADM Jerome M. Adams, M.D., M.P.H., U.S. Surgeon General  
3:30 PMReproductive Justice and Maternal Health
 This presentation will describe landmark cultural and legislative actions that have created the current context of inequities in maternal and reproductive health, including the history of structural racism in reproductive health care, as well as discuss the importance of centering intersectional groups to advance maternal health equity.  
Loretta Ross
4:00 PMBreak
 Please use this time to explore the Spark Sessions and Partner pages in the Chime platform.  
4:10 PMSparking Innovation: Initiatives to Improve Maternal Health
 In this session, presenters will discuss ways their organizations have developed innovative programs or strategies to improve maternal health, including a discussion of how the programs were developed and how organizations can keep innovating in the face of challenges.   The presenters represent three of the Spark Sessions included in the National Maternal Health Innovation Symposium. You can learn about all the Spark Session innovations via the on-demand videos available in the Chime platform. 
Saleemah J McNeil, Oshun Family Center, It Takes a Village: The Maternal Wellness Village
Elizabeth Simmons, National Doula Network, National Doula Network: Changing lives one birth at a time
Chris Tilden, Kansas University Center for Public Partnerships & Research, Engaging Community Voices in a Statewide MCH Needs Assessment Moderators: Piia Hanson, MSPH, MBA and Kristin Tully, Ph.D.    
5:00 PMClosing

Thursday, September 24, 2020

All times listed in Eastern Time

2:00 PMWelcome
 Dorothy Cilenti, DrPH, MSW, MPH  
Maternal Health Learning and Innovation Center
Jeanette Kowalik, PhD, MPH
Former Commissioner of Health, City of Milwaukee
Incoming Director of Policy Development, Trust for America’s Health President, Jael Solutions Consulting Services LLC
Baylor University, Contributing Faculty
2:20 PMDr. Shalon’s Maternal Action Project
 Dr. Shalon’s Maternal Action Project works to remove barriers, biases, and disparate practices that impede access to equitable, quality care for Black women and women of color.  
Wanda Irving, mother of Dr. Shalon Irving and founder of Dr. Shalon’s Maternal Action Project  
2:40 PMHRSA/ Maternal and Child Health Bureau Initiatives to Support Maternal Health  
 Michael Warren, MD, MPH, FAAP Associate Administrator, HRSA Maternal and Child Health Bureau  
3:00 PMBreak
 Please use this time to explore the Spark Sessions and Partner pages in the Chime platform.  
3:20 PMImagining What Could Be: Building the System to Support All Families
 In this panel discussion, presenters are invited to dream big about changes that could be made to support birthing people in all communities, as well as identify concrete practices that could improve the health of families right now.   
Aza Nedhari, Mamatoto Village
Adrienne Griffen, Maternal Mental Health Leadership Alliance
Tanisa Foxworth Adimu, Georgia Health Policy Center
Moderators: Sarah Verbiest, DrPH, MSW, MPH and Dorothy Cilenti, DrPH, MSW, MPH  
4:30 PMCall to Action
 Tanaya Winder Tanaya Winder is an author, singer / songwriter, poet, motivational speaker and educator who comes from an intertribal lineage of Southern Ute, Pyramid Lake Paiute, Diné and Duckwater Shoshone Nations where she is an enrolled citizen. Her heritage also includes African American. Tanaya’s performances and talks emphasize the importance of “heartwork” – the life path one is meant to follow by using his/her/their gifts and passions. She blends storytelling, singing, and spoken word to teach about different expressions of love (self love, intimate love, social love, community love, and universal love).
5:00 PMClosing

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