Wednesday, September 23, 2020
All times listed in Eastern Time
| 2:00 PM ET | Welcome |
| Dorothy Cilenti, DrPH, MSW, MPH Director, Maternal Health Learning and Innovation Center Congresswoman Alma Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12) | |
| 2:15 PM | Centering 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 PM | Break |
| Please use this time to explore the Spark Sessions and Partner pages in the Chime platform. | |
| 3:10 PM | Remarks 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 PM | Reproductive 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 PM | Break |
| Please use this time to explore the Spark Sessions and Partner pages in the Chime platform. | |
| 4:10 PM | Sparking 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 PM | Closing |
Thursday, September 24, 2020
All times listed in Eastern Time
| 2:00 PM | Welcome |
| 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 PM | Dr. 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 PM | HRSA/ 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 PM | Break |
| Please use this time to explore the Spark Sessions and Partner pages in the Chime platform. | |
| 3:20 PM | Imagining 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 PM | Call 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 PM | Closing |