Held annually on April 11-17, BMHW is a week-long campaign founded and led by BMMA, Inc.

(Black Mamas Matter Alliance) to build awareness, foster activism, and community-building, amplifying the voices, perspectives, and lived experiences of Black Mamas and birthing people. The week is intentionally held during National Minority Health Month and begins on April 11th annually to join dozens of global organizations in marking this day as International Day for Maternal Health and Rights - an opportunity to advocate for the elimination of maternal mortality globally. The activities and conversations hosted throughout the week intentionally center on the values and practices of the birth and reproductive justice movements. This week is not symbolic, it is a week of action. It calls on us to do better than be a body in the room, and do better than listen and learn, but get in the field immediately (yesterday, even!) GET ACTIVE, MAYNE! – we’ll tell you how: Don’t just take our word for what it means to celebrate, venerate and spring into action this week. -- Educate yourself further on Black Maternal Health Week through BMMA’s website. --Wanna root in Joy? BMMA collectively made a playlist! Enjoy some tunes, clean your home, call a loved one – Joy should be accessible. Offer it to yourself. Know what it feels like, so it can be shared! --In North Carolina, Senator Natalie Murdock has been a leader on crafting policy proposals to realize Reproductive Justice, and will be doing so again during the legislative session starting April 21. You can read about Senator Murdock’s 2025 Momnibus bill, which is the basis for a bill she plans to introduce this session. --Join Sistersong on Thursday, April 16th from 7-8:30 pm EST for our first ever Reproductive Justice storytelling space to celebrate Black Maternal Health Week! --A leading co-manifester of Reproductive Justice, Kristie Puckett Williams, screened her documentary Held and Healing: A Changemakers Story this past Monday. If you missed it, take time to get to know the story behind the woman who would go on to help end the shackling of pregnant people in prisons of North Carolina.