BlackGirlsBreakBread

BlackGirlsBreakBread BGBB seeks to empower and liberate Black women by offering opportunities for spiritual, educational

A special thanks to Jayden Downs (.327_)and the TEDxASU () team for the invitation to speak as a panelist for the inaugu...
04/17/2026

A special thanks to Jayden Downs (.327_)and the TEDxASU () team for the invitation to speak as a panelist for the inaugural TedxASU event themed: Innovation for the Future. It was an extraordinary experience to participate in this all-day event produced by ASU students with a program of exceptional speakers and panels. Honored to sit with impactful panelists and have the critical conversation about the intersection of health + innovation.

12/18/2025

In maternal mortality, racial disparities remain stark with Black women more than 2-3x as likely to die compared with white women. Interventions need to be community-centered, data-driven and sustainable.

Thank you to with for interviewing BGBB’s co-founder, Jessica Davenport-Williams, on the state of Black Maternal Health in Illinois based on the latest maternal mortality data report.

The most critical data in maternal health isn’t always in an EHR. It’s in the documented observations of birth workers a...
11/19/2025

The most critical data in maternal health isn’t always in an EHR. It’s in the documented observations of birth workers and community health staff.

Black Girls Break Bread is exploring data tools and training to support everyone in the perinatal ecosystem doulas and midwives to community health workers, case managers and program staff. Help us build what is truly needed to improve maternal and infant health outcomes!

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Happy 9th Anniversary to BGBB! Little seeds turn into big trees. What was once a tiny idea has turned into an organizati...
10/06/2025

Happy 9th Anniversary to BGBB! Little seeds turn into big trees.

What was once a tiny idea has turned into an organization of limitless growth. Thank you to everyone who continues to support BGBB! 🫶🏽

Reflecting on my time presenting during the CityMatCH Maternal and Child Health conference in September has made the nee...
10/02/2025

Reflecting on my time presenting during the CityMatCH Maternal and Child Health conference in September has made the need for this work even more evident as we continue revolutionizing the roles of clinical practitioners, birth workers and non-clinical workforce as data experts to create systemic change. They hold the most trusted, ground-level intelligence on why health disparities exist and Black Girls Break Bread serves as an essential conduit between this intimate, trusted space and the cold, hard data requirements of the systems that need to change. We provide the methodology, the analytical lens and the platform to amplify their evidence.

It was a powerful experience joining the incredible lineup as a presenter at the 2Flo Ventures Health Equity Symposium -...
09/19/2025

It was a powerful experience joining the incredible lineup as a presenter at the 2Flo Ventures Health Equity Symposium - Women’s Health Edition in a room with biopharma pioneers, med-tech innovators, and investors who are shaping the future of healthcare.

Thank you to Health Care Council of Chicago (HC3) for the curation of the nonprofit advocacy showcase this year and changing the conversation around innovation to include those who live and breathe the reality of healthcare inequities. True innovation values lived experience as the most critical form of R&D.

Join Me at CityMatCH 2025!I’m thrilled to announce that my research abstract has been accepted and I’ll be presenting at...
07/23/2025

Join Me at CityMatCH 2025!

I’m thrilled to announce that my research abstract has been accepted and I’ll be presenting at the CityMatch Maternal and Child Health leadership conference this September in St. Louis, MO.

My session highlights a groundbreaking initiative in Cook County, IL that addresses maternal and infant health disparities through innovative, equity-centered interventions by leveraging federally qualified health centers.

If you’ll be there, let’s connect! I’d love to hear how you’re bridging perinatal ecosystems!

What if EHR’s prevented maternal deaths instead of just documenting them?As a maternal health strategist, this is why I ...
06/20/2025

What if EHR’s prevented maternal deaths instead of just documenting them?

As a maternal health strategist, this is why I work to co-design maternal health dashboards that anticipates crises.

Technology should act as a digital nervous system, connecting:

* Prenatal risk flags
* Real-time ER visits
* Incomplete discharge summaries
* SDOH barriers
* Real-time CDC morbidity indicators

Care teams deserve to be equipped with technology tools to intervene before situations become fatal.

Join Me at APHA 2025!I’m thrilled to announce that my research abstract has been accepted and I’ll be presenting at the ...
06/05/2025

Join Me at APHA 2025!

I’m thrilled to announce that my research abstract has been accepted and I’ll be presenting at the American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting this November in Washington, D.C.

Building upon the success of our Illinois coalition-driven perinatal equity initiatives to address Arizona’s Black maternal health crisis, my session, “Leveraging Community-Centered Data to Advance Health Equity: A Maternal Health Dashboard for Phoenix,” will provide actionable tools to close data gaps and create systemic change.

If you’ll be there, let’s connect! I’d love to hear how you’re bridging perinatal ecosystems!

Here’s a question that keeps me up at night:If majority of preventable maternal deaths happen postpartum, why does major...
05/30/2025

Here’s a question that keeps me up at night:

If majority of preventable maternal deaths happen postpartum, why does majority of funding still flow to hospital interventions while outpatient care languishes?

When will we stop calling these ‘tragedies’ and start calling them policy failures?

As a maternal health strategist and maternal morbidity survivor there is always a story behind the numbers.

My data audit revealed:

1. The Blackout Effect
• Finding: Hospitals don’t flag hypertension/hemorrhage to outpatient providers
• Risk: Over 80% of postpartum deaths are preventable with early intervention

2. The NICU Paradox
• Finding: No system alerts pediatricians and OB/GYNs when a postpartum parent has a NICU baby
• Risk: Mental health crises + missed maternal complications

3. The Coding Loophole
• Finding: Insurers cover “well woman” visits but restrict “postpartum” medical codes
• Risk: High-risk patients lose postpartum designated care after 2 visits

4. The Patient-as-Messenger Model
• Finding: Discharge summaries omit critical data, forcing moms to self-advocate and relay medical events.
• Risk: 68% of severe complications are missed at 6-week visits (AJOG)

It’s time to rewrite the rules. The data is clear. The solutions exist.

Learn more about my strategies.

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