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Aaliyah in Action, Washington D.C., DC (2026)

06/02/2026

In May, Aaliyah in Action distributed 79 Bereavement Support Kits to families and hospital partners supporting those navigating baby loss.

Each kit represents a family receiving compassionate, tangible support during one of the most difficult moments of their lives.

As requests continue to grow, so does the need for inventory and shipping. If you believe every family deserves support after loss, we invite you to contribute to our Instagram fundraiser and help us continue providing Bereavement Support Kits at no cost to families!

🤍💛

05/27/2026

It truly takes a community. 💛

As we prepare for our Alexandria community fundraiser this weekend, we want to give a heartfelt thank-you to the incredible sponsors helping make this event possible. Your generosity allows Aaliyah in Action to continue providing self-care and bereavement support to families navigating baby loss.

We are so grateful to each business who has chosen to stand beside us in this work, especially during a time when we know supporting small businesses matters more than ever!!

✨ We still have space available in our donation-based Barre3 classes at 9:30 AM and 10:45 AM on May 30th!
✨ And be on the lookout, our silent auction officially opens TOMORROW, May 28th at 12pm ET!

From wellness experiences and local favorites to family fun and Alexandria gems, this auction is truly shaping up to be something special! I’m so excited!!

Thank you for helping us turn pain into purpose, one package at a time. 💛🤍

05/20/2026

Last week I graduated from the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health with my Master of Public Health!!!

Honestly, this MPH was built from grief, rage, love, exhaustion, purpose, and an unwavering refusal to accept the way families navigating stillbirth and baby loss are too often overlooked in public health.

After Aaliyah died I quickly realized that lived experience alone was not always enough to be heard in the rooms where decisions are made. I wanted the language, training, research background, and credentials to sit at tables not just as a bereaved mother, but as someone prepared to challenge systems, influence conversations, and help build something better.

This journey shaped so much of my work:
🤍 Expanding bereavement support and programming through Aaliyah in Action
🤍 Advocating for stronger stillbirth prevention attention through PUSH
🤍 Researching gaps in postpartum and perinatal bereavement care
🤍 Building future initiatives focused on equitable, intentional support after loss

There were many moments during this program where I was deeply aware that I was studying the very systems that failed my daughter and so many other families. That awareness didn’t weaken me, it didn’t temporarily anger me, but ultimately, it clarified my purpose.

I’m leaving this program even more certain that bereavement care deserves to be taken seriously within maternal health. Families deserve better systems. Better support. Better standards of care. & I fully intend to continue pushing those conversations forward.

This degree belongs to every version of me that kept going when there were days I wanted to do anything but. & more than anything, this degree belong to Aaliyah. 🤍💛

05/01/2026

POV: you realize your nonprofit has outgrown its storage unit… mid-delivery 😅

What started as “I’ll just move a few boxes” turned into unloading and stacking nearly 3,000 Aaliyah in Action boxes by myself so we wouldn’t get charged an extra $20/day in storage fees (which adds up to ~$600/month… on top of what we already pay).

I made it work…for now!

But the reality is: we’ve outgrown our current sized unit!

As we continue to expand hospital partnerships and work through a growing backlog of individual family requests, we need a larger unit to store inventory and keep this work moving.

We’re currently seeking a $12,000 sponsor to cover the cost of a larger storage unit — essentially becoming the sponsor of Aaliyah in Action’s “home,” where these Bereavement Support Kits are stored, assembled, and prepared for families.

This is one of those behind-the-scenes moments that directly impacts how many families we can support.

If your company or organization would be interested in supporting this next phase of growth (and being featured as a key partner in our work), we would love to connect.

In the meantime… I’ll be over here playing Tetris with boxes 🤍💛

04/30/2026

so thankful Aaliyah in Action can provide a safe space to rest & rejuvenate for some very deserving women 💛 thank you to our incredible partner for your generosity & for leading us in a sound bath ~ I’m only able to provide these experiences because of the amazing women who give their time and space to our mission and I’m so grateful!

04/21/2026

Grateful to have a poster today at the Mid-Atlantic Patient Safety Conference on my work focused on embedding equitable bereavement care into perinatal loss support!

This poster reflects Aaliyah in Action’s ongoing efforts to better understand how bereavement care can be integrated more consistently and intentionally into postpartum and perinatal systems for families navigating stillbirth and infant loss.

As this work continues to develop, the goal is clear: to move toward a framework that ensures care after loss is not left to chance, but built into the systems families rely on.

Grateful for the opportunity to contribute to this conversation! 🤍💛

04/16/2026

Every Aaliyah in Action Bereavement Support Kit provided to our self requestors is given at no cost.

This ensures families receive support when they need it most, without barriers - but it does come with a cost to our organization. If you’re able, consider donating or sponsoring a kit to help us continue showing up for families navigating pregnancy and infant loss. 🤍💛

04/14/2026

“They didn’t believe me.”

This is not just a quote — it’s a pattern.

Research continues to show that Black women navigating stillbirth are too often dismissed, not listened to, and not supported in the ways they deserve, including after loss.

And that does not end at delivery.

The bereavement period matters. Postpartum recovery still happens. And the quality of care families receive in those moments has lasting impact.

This is not acceptable.

At Aaliyah in Action, we focus on one part of this gap, ensuring families receive intentional, compassionate bereavement support in the earliest days after loss.

Care after loss must be equitable. It must be consistent. And it must reflect the needs of the families it is meant to serve.

🤍💛

Odems, D. S., Evans, N., & Canty, L. (2026). “They Didn’t Believe Me”: Exploring Perinatal Care Experiences Among Black Women Bereaved by Stillbirth. Women’s health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women’s Health, S1049-3867(26)00017-4. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.whi.2026.01.003

04/14/2026

“They didn’t believe me.”

This is not just a quote — it’s a pattern.

Research continues to show that Black women navigating stillbirth are too often dismissed, not listened to, and not supported in the ways they deserve, including after loss.

And that does not end at delivery.

The bereavement period matters. Postpartum recovery still happens. And the quality of care families receive in those moments has lasting impact.

This is not acceptable.

At Aaliyah in Action, we focus on one part of this gap, ensuring families receive intentional, compassionate bereavement support in the earliest days after loss.

Care after loss must be equitable. It must be consistent. And it must reflect the needs of the families it is meant to serve.

🤍💛

Odems, D. S., Evans, N., & Canty, L. (2026). “They Didn’t Believe Me”: Exploring Perinatal Care Experiences Among Black Women Bereaved by Stillbirth. Women’s health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women’s Health, S1049-3867(26)00017-4. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.whi.2026.01.003

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