We want to center the voices, experiences and solutions of Black and Pacific Islander women and birthing persons in our efforts to ensure that every birth in those communities is healthy. Join us and make your voices heard.
While no single individual or organization alone can stop the devastating disparities in preterm births, together as a community, we can ensure that every birth is a healthy birth within San Francisco’s Black and Pacific Islander populations by the year 2030.
California recognizes the critical and essential role providers have in addressing pregnancy-related preventable death, severe illnesses, and associated health disparities. The California Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act or SB 464, passed onto California law in 2019, requires implicit bias training for perinatal providers involved in services at hospitals and health centers. In addition to implicit bias training, providers and other decision-makers can work at the systemic and organizational level to address institutional racism.