iDREAM for Racial Health Equity, a project of Community Partners

09/10/2024

Goodbye Meta AI it has been a nightmare. Please note an attorney has advised us to put this on, failure to do so may result in legal consequences. As Meta is now a public entity all members must post a similar statement. If you do not post at least once it will be assumed you are okay with them using your information and photos. I do not give Meta or anyone else permission to use any of my personal data, profile information or photos.

08/17/2024

YOU"RE INVITED to join the Black Mamas Glowing Pregnancy Peer Support Group Experience! This 4-part series is available every Tuesday! iDREAM for Racial Health Equity, a project of Community Partners

08/05/2024

We have been working hard since 2020 to expand our reach and offer our signature pregnancy peer support group, Black Mamas Glowing© to Black mamas/birthing people in Los Angeles county and beyond!

Thank you Providence health system for your continued commitment to health equity. Your support makes this work sustainable for community based non-profits like i.D.R.E.A.M.

Our goal to decrease isolation and build community is fortified by the relationships we build with systems of care.

We are so excited to share our recent feature on their website. CHECK US OUT!!!

The Black Mamas Glowing program gathers birthing families and their support system to share their experiences, learn about maternal mental health and Black Birthing Rights and receive free resources.

07/16/2024

Summer Time looks like Rest and Relaxation for i.D.R.E.A.M.

We will resume Black Mamas Glowing© on September 3, 2024 @6:00 PM PT

If you or someone you know would benefit from our virtual peer pregnancy/postpartum support group, Black Mamas Glowing© send them our way!!

Email Ellen Branch, [email protected]

04/11/2024

Hey Everyone!

There’s an event this Saturday that you need to get a ticket for! i.D.R.E.A.M. for Racial Health Equity and Los Angeles County Black Infant Health Program Black Infant Health Program welcome Black Girl Saturday School® to Los Angeles, CA during Black Maternal Health Week.

Get your tickets and join us this Saturday (April 13) to hear from and engage with five storytellers, Black women spanning several generations, with experiences that will tickle your soul, surprise your spirit, remind you of yourself, and get you ready to celebrate your own Black girlhood brilliance.

You’ll get to hear from others and reflect on your Black Girlhood. You don’t have to share any of your secrets, just listen to ours! Do you know that you have Black girl brilliance that is supporting you today and/or that you can tap into now? If you don’t, you will learn on Saturday and it will be a great time! Invite your sisters, mothers, aunties, nieces, goddaughters, friends … to share in this Black Girl Magic moment!

https://BGSSLIVEinLA.eventbrite.com
Space is limited to 80 guests so please purchase your tickets ASAP!! We anticipate a SOLD OUT event!

Date: Saturday, April 13, 2024
Time: 12:30-3:30 PM PT
Black Girl Saturday School® LIVE in LA
Details: Black Girl Saturday School is a space for Black Women (18+) to:
Safely and with care, journey back to their Black Girlhood with the expectation of finding brilliance.
Freely explore and reflect on our sensual lives through language, history, art, and culture.
Cultivate a personal wisdom that we can activate in our day-to-day lives.
https://www.blackgirlsaturdayschool.com/

04/11/2024

04/10/2024

Happy check out all the things we have planned in the community this week.

i.D.R.E.A.M. is gearing up for our first in-person event this Saturday. Black Girl Saturday School® LIVE in LA is going to be an amazing event designed for Black women by Black Women!!!

Join us!! Click the event link to learn more. Invite your mom, your sisters, aunties, every black body is welcome.

See you there!!

04/10/2024

365 days!!! shoutout to Black Equity Collective and Blackbird.House for hosting Collective Conversations ft Mayor Karen Bass.

So grateful to be part of this work at this moment. What an awesome way to kick of Black Maternal Health Week. Join us in our celebration!!

03/28/2024

Our hearts are heavy and saddened by this loss. Sending lots of love and compassion for the Anderson Family.

Keep this family in your prayers, thoughts, and offerings. 🙏

It is with a heavy heart that we make this post today. Former Kansas City Chiefs Cheerleader, Krystal Anderson, died after giving birth to a stillborn daughter.

In an interview with Fox4, Clayton Anderson said that his wife spiked a fever after their daughter was stillborn. He said that she battled sepsis, which led to organ failure and three surgeries.

“I feel lost,” Clayton Anderson said. “There’s a lot of people in this house and it feels empty.”

Sepsis is when the body responds improperly to an infection, causing the organs to work poorly, according to Mayo Clinic. Sepsis may progress to septic shock, with blood pressure dropping and damaging never organs that can lead to death.

Black maternal mortality rates have long been high in the United States. Black women are nearly three times more likely to die during childbirth than white women, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Our hearts and prayers go out to Krystal's family and friends. Another mother gone entirely too soon 💔

Source: Today Show

03/24/2024

This month honors the best work of poets, authors, dancers, actors, artists, and other performers who are in History and Culture in America.

Today we feature Gwendolyn Brooks
“Brooks was born in Topeka, Kansas, but her family moved to Chicago when she was young. Her father was a janitor who had hoped to become a doctor; her mother was a schoolteacher and a classically trained pianist; both supported their daughter’s passion for reading and writing…In the 1950s, Brooks published her only novel, Maud Martha (Harper & Brothers, 1953), which details its title character’s life in short vignettes. Maud suffers prejudice not only from white people but also from lighter-skinned African Americans, something that mirrored Brooks’s experience. ”

(from https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/gwendolyn-brooks)