by Mars Lord | Jul 15, 2020 | Mars, reproductive justice
The BLA (Black Lives Abuela) Scholarship Mars Lord 15th July 2020 Fund to date:£12,689.72collectedRAISED IN 43 DAYSWe need more Black birthworkers. Black women are at greater risk during the perinatal period. They are five times more likely to die than their white...
by Mars Lord | Jun 8, 2020 | Mars, reproductive justice
Where’s your knee? Mars Lord 8th June 2020 Well what a heavy past couple of weeks.We’ve seen the world begin to crack open their eyes again at the reality that is racism. Hard for some to see, and so they deliberately turned away, citing busyness, a need to...
by Mars Lord | Mar 2, 2020 | Mars, reproductive justice
The Voices Are Rising Mars Lord 2nd March 2020 For the past few years, the volume has been rising on the conversation about Black maternal mortality. This is a good thing. Of course, what comes with the rising of the voices is the arrival of new voices that feel that...
by Mars Lord | Dec 17, 2019 | Mars, reproductive justice
MBRRACE 2019 Mars Lord 17th December 2019 So, the MBRRACE report was finally released after being put in ‘purdah’ (a problematic phrase – think appropriation) and having an embargo on the results. What we’ve learned is that things are not improving for Black...
by Mars Lord | Nov 24, 2019 | Mars, reproductive justice
Be Kind Mars Lord 24th November 2019 ”It’s been a funny few weeks. Sadly none of it left me laughing. I’ve been wanting to put my thoughts down for the longest time, but it keeps making my heart feel heavy. However, the need to keep the conversation going is...
by Mars Lord | Nov 20, 2019 | Mars, reproductive justice
Waiting In Anticipation Mars Lord 20th November 2019 It’s about this time of year that the MBRRACE study is released. The last one brought the shocking statistic that with the relatively rare cases of maternal mortality, black women are five times more at risk than...
