Episode 11 – Community-Led Solutions for Change: The Story of Colorado’s Birth Equity Bill Package

by Eden Desta | Nov 28, 2022 | Blogs & Podcasts, Equity & Anti-Racism, Maternal & Infant Health, Podcast

  Guest Speakers:    Laura Powis (Moderator), Program Manager for Evidence-Based Policy & Practice at AMCHP  Indra Lusero, Birth Justice Advocate and the Founder and Director of The Elephant Circle   Demetra (Mimi) Seriki, Midwife at A Mothers Choice...

Episode 10 – Queering Perinatal Mental Health

by Eden Desta | Oct 24, 2022 | Blogs & Podcasts, Equity & Anti-Racism, Maternal & Infant Health, Mental Health & SUD, Podcast

Guest Speakers: Leo Andreas (he/him), Dad of a two-year-old Jenna “JB” Brown (they/he), Full-Spectrum Community Doula and Educator at Love Over Fear Wellness & Birth In this episode, Leo Andreas and Jenna “JB” Brown join us to explore the...

Mental Health Equity for BIPOC Communities: Helpful Primers from Mental Health America

by Anna Corona | Oct 14, 2022 | #ScreenToIntervene, Adolescent Health, Blog, Blogs & Podcasts, Equity & Anti-Racism, Mental Health & SUD

Last month, participants of the Adolescent & Young Adult Behavioral Health Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network attended a virtual learning session focused on strategies for promoting mental health equity in Black, Indigenous, and people of color...

A Victory for Immigrant Children and Families: Undoing Recent Harms from the “Public Charge” Rule

by Chery Manon Espinal | Sep 29, 2022 | Blog, Blogs & Podcasts, Child Health, Equity & Anti-Racism, Government Affairs

By Stacy Collins, MSW, Associate Director, Health Systems Transformation   “In keeping with our nation’s values, this policy treats all those we serve with fairness and respect. Though there is still much to do to overcome confusion and fear, we will continue to...

Shaping our Future: A More Inclusive, Sustainable Workforce

by Eden Desta | Sep 1, 2022 | Equity & Anti-Racism, Pulse Newsletters, Workforce Development

By Ben Kaufman, MSW, Associate Director, Workforce Development and Capacity Building, Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) Earlier this year, the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (non-sports fans, bear with me for one short...

Episode 8 – Public Health Across Borders: Unaccompanied Immigrant Children, Mental Health, and the U.S. Immigration System

by Chery Manon Espinal | Aug 24, 2022 | Blogs & Podcasts, Child Health, Equity & Anti-Racism, Government Affairs, Mental Health & SUD, Podcast

Guest Speakers: José Ortiz-Rosales, Deputy Program Director of the Child Advocate Program, the Young Center Anne Kelsey, Policy Analyst for Disability Rights, the Young Center Take a brief break to listen to our latest MCH Bridges podcast episode! This episode...