12/17/2022
The “Sunday Show Ups” began at the start of the pandemic when Gebre noticed that few of the Black patients at her Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital clinic were taking advantage of a pantry a doctor had set up for pregnant patients. Concerned about insufficient outreach to a vulnerable population during an uncertain time, Gebre sought donations on social media for her Black patients, and the grassroots effort took off.
In San Francisco, Black birthing people make up half of the city's pregnancy-related deaths, and Black children make up 15% of infant deaths despite representing just 4% of all births. One Love Black Community focuses on improving Black people's access to reproductive health care.