In celebration of Black Maternal Health Week, Pennsylvania Black Maternal Health Caucus co-chairs and members gathered for a reception to advocate for Pennsylvania's MOMNIBUS and Black maternal health care.

This event will bring together community-based organizations (CBOs) and stakeholders to promote the Philly Joy Bank and BirthBridge Philly and encourage connections with local services. The event will focus on maternal health initiatives, particularly highlighting the significance of the pilot program and initiative. PA Black Maternal Health Caucus Co-chair Rep. Morgan Cephas will present checks to Innovation Fund recipients Philadelphia Department of Public Health and University of Penn Hospital.

This event focused on promoting the Perinatal Psychiatry Access Line (TiPS), recognizing maternal health innovation fund recipient Maternity Care Coalition (MCC), and maternal mortality review committee fund recipient Philadelphia Department of Public Health (PDPH) Organized Voices for Actions (OVA). The event also spotlighted MCC as the Southeast Maternal Health Coalition Lead and include honorary check awards for each organization’s role in advancing maternal health.

Majority Chairman of the House Policy Committee Rep. Ryan Bizzarro, PA Speaker of the House Joanna McClinton, and Pennsylvania Black Maternal Health Caucus co-chairs Reps. Morgan Cephas, Gina H. Curry, and La'Tasha D. Mayes meet with members and advocates at a roundtable discussion of Black maternal health care in Pennsylvania.

Held annually on April 11-17th, Black Maternal Health Week is held to build awareness, activism, and community-building? to amplify ?the voices, perspectives and lived experiences of Black Mamas and birthing people. The theme for 2023 is Our Bodies Belong to Us: Restoring Black Autonomy and Joy!

To address disparities in health care, co-chairs of the Pennsylvania Black Maternal Health Caucus Reps. Morgan Cephas, D-Phila.; Gina H. Curry, D-Delaware; and La’Tasha D. Mayes, D-Allegheny, and caucus members introduced the Momnibus legislative package, which outlines a group of eight bills to decrease maternal morbidity and mortality in Pennsylvania.

Pa. Black Maternal Health Caucus members celebrate Act 5 of 2023 being signed into law.

Co-chairs Reps. La’Tasha D. Mayes, Gina H. Curry and Morgan Cephas announce the new Pa. Black Maternal Health Caucus, created to focus on improving maternal care and birthing outcomes for Black women and birthing people of color across the commonwealth.