✨✨New Chapter Publication in a New Book✨✨ Special thanks to my Co-Author, Co-Editors & Springer Publisher Chapter 12. Intersectional Drivers of Mental Health Inequities By Karen A. Scott, MD, MPH, FACOG & Sung-Jae Lee, Ph.D 30% discount code: AUTHOR30 www.springerpub.com/mental-healt...

We are Whole. We are Holy. We are Human. 💜 Session 7: Reclaiming Our Power Through Birth 📅 Sept 29 | 5:30–7PM CT Part of You, Me & SACKRED Birth series. 🔗 Register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/b1428f...

NEW 📕 FLYER!! Bloomsbury Publishing acquired Lexington Books of Rowman & Littflefield! Please get your copy of the book using the NEW discount code GLR BD8 to get 20% off at www.bloomsbury.com/9781666938395/ #SACKREDBirth

What if birth autonomy wasn’t something to fight for—but something already ours? Session 4 of You, Me & SACKRED Birth with Dr. Karen A. Scott centers Black birthing people resisting coercion and reclaiming power with birth plans, community, and love. ✊🏾 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/5ddaed...

Post on BlueSky “Embodying Safety & Accountability in Care”. In Session 3 of You, Me & SACKRED Birth, we’ll elevate a new, culturally rigorous definition of safety—rooted in love, protection & belonging. Join us WED, May 28 @ 5:30PM CST. Register now: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/31d9ef...

“Equal pain, separate care.” In Session 2 of You, Me & SACKRED Birth, we’re naming how anti-Black racism and misogynoir manifest in medicine—especially during our births. Join me on Mon, April 28 at 7 PM CT. This session is for you. Register now: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/c4d099...

Yesterday, I celebrated the homecoming of my baby, #SACKREDBirth with my ancestors and God. She arrived 2/14/2025. And the celebration continues. Best Love Day gift ever! Order your copy today: rowman.com/ISBN/9781666... Special 30% discount code LXFANDF30 (hopefully it’s still active).

Join us at the Obstetric Patient Safety Summit 2025 as we dive into this year’s critical theme: Championing Birth Justice for & with Black & Native Youth. Don’t miss out on powerful discussions, inspiring speakers, & actionable solutions. 📅 Register now & learn more! www.opss-sankofa.com

SACKRED Birth offers a new quality paradigm to address violations of physical & emotional safety as defined by obstetric racism during childbirth hospitalization. Get 30% off your ebook available now or pre-order the hardback available January 20th using code LXFANDF30. rowman.com/ISBN/9781666...

Reading, sharing, citing, teaching & practicing SACKRED Birth opens your head & heart to the deceptive, dismissive & dehumanizing standard of obstetric care throughout the U.S. Pre-order your copy & save 30% using the code LXFANDF30. rowman.com/ISBN/9781666... We all deserve a #SACKREDBirth

Give the gift of ethics, knowledge, leadership, science, measurement development and monitoring strategies, data quality and accessibility, and community participation and partnership in obstetric quality. Enter discount code LXFANDF30 & pre-order SACKRED Birth today. rowman.com/ISBN/9781666...

SACKRED Birth offers a new quality paradigm to address violations of physical & emotional safety during childbirth hospitalization using Black feminist hermeneutic phenomenology & public health critical race methodology. Enter the code LXFANDF30 & pre-order today. rowman.com/ISBN/9781666...

HBD Little Richard, one of the foundational pillars of rocknroll and a massive inspiration to everyone who didn't fit into mainstream society. Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom!

🌍 This #GivingTuesday, let’s come together to transform birthing care for Black & Native youth. With the SACKRED Birth framework, we’re creating safer, more equitable experiences that center dignity and justice. www.opss-sankofa.com/donate #BirthJustice #GivingTuesday #SACKREDBirth #OPSS2025

This incredible place is the Valley of the Moon in the Atacama Desert. With the Milky Way and Magellanic Clouds (satellite galaxies to the right) it looks otherworldly. The bright star over the rock formation is Alpha Centauri, the closest star system to us. This image takes me away. #milkyway

Register for our 2nd Obstetric Patient Safety Summit, Feb 19-23, 2025 and get 25% OFF any ticket. This limited-time offer is your chance to join the movement at a fraction of the price. 🖤 Hurry—this sale ends November 30! Secure your spot and save BIG today! whova.com/web/3d7ip-Fq...

The wait is over—our Black Friday 48-hour sale is officially here! 🎉 🎟️ Use Code: BLACKFRIDAY Click here to secure your discounted ticket now: Register Now and Save 25%! Hurry—this sale ends in just 48 hours!

📣Get your ticket to any of the OPSS 2025 events during our 48-Hour Black Friday Deal!! 💥Save 25% on early bird tickets Nov 28-30th!!💥 General registration starts 12/1/2024 until Feb 19-23, 2025! To register: whova.com/web/3d7ip-Fq... To view OPSS 2025 agenda: www.opss-sankofa.com

📣Get your ticket to any of the OPSS 2025 events during our 48-Hour Black Friday Deal!! 💥Save 25% on early bird tickets Nov 28-30th!!💥 General registration starts 12/1/2024 until Feb 19-23, 2025! To register: whova.com/web/3d7ip-Fq... To view OPSS 2025 agenda: www.opss-sankofa.com

UN Women's report on femicide showed that, globally, the most dangerous place for a woman to be was in her home, where the majority of women die at the hands of men. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Wow, there's a lot of us here now. Reintroducing myself: I am Joel 👋🏿. My lab studies how the microbiome shapes the immune system in health & disease, using a mix of bench and computational approaches. I am also passionate about mentoring the next generation of scientists 🥼. #immunology #microbiome

📣 Exciting News! Dr. Karen Antoinette Scott, MD, MPH, FACOG, and Birthing Cultural Rigor, LLC are thrilled to announce their participation in Health Is A Human Right: Achieving Health Equity, a collaboration between the David J. Sencer CDC Museum and CDC’s Office of Health Equity. 🎉

An incredibly poor decision from JCVI. COVID vaccines during pregnancy #ProtectYouBoth Huge consequences for both pregnant/postpartum ppl & their infants.

I'm happy to announce that my book, "The Foreign Gaze: Essays on Global Health", is now out! You can order the print copy and download the e-copy (open access) here: www.editions.ird.fr/produit/728/... The book comes with a playlist for your listening pleasure: open.spotify.com/playlist/5K5...

New blog with @jonathanherring.bsky.social and @camillapickles.bsky.social: unwanted intimate examinations often go unchallenged, framed as 'necessary'. We want to broaden the conversation beyond healthcare, identifying areas for further research #LawSky www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2024/11/18/u...

🌟 Special thanks to Evelyn & William Blythe Advocates for Black Health Equity, for supporting OPSS 2023 & OPSS 2025! As a Black family-directed philanthropic org, they work to dismantle inequitable societal & institutional health-harming practices by collaborating w/&supporting Black-led orgs. 💪🏾✨

Involving a community support person in the birthing process can counter obstetric racism that may affect the maternal health experience, a new study published in @AnnFamMed finds. Read more from @PEHealthIT: https://bit.ly/3zVuyuf

Introducing “SACKRED Birth: Mobilizing a New Quality Paradigm in Obstetric Care” my forthcoming book that redefines quality violations as obstetric racism during childbirth hospitalization for, by & with 36 Black mothers in Oakland & LA . Available for pre-order today at rowman.com/ISBN/9781666...

And the 25th of November is also the day against obstetric violence within the frame of violence towards Women and here is why www.aims.org.uk/journal/item...

bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal... The Shadowy Boundaries of Obstetric Violence by @marthe.bsky.social Camilla Pickles and me

CW: domestic violence "Women in the US who are pregnant or who have recently given birth are MORE LIKELY TO BE MURDERED THAN TO DIE FROM OBSTETRIC CAUSES."

Every year, over 200,000 women and girls die from pregnancy-related complications in Africa. Most of these deaths are preventable with access to high-quality maternal health services. Read our Q&A on "Obstetric Violence" in Africa: