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So proud of your class and excited for what you will accomplish in the future! @UMichMedAdmiss #GoBlueMatch

Thanks for providing contraceptive education to the masses #copperiud #sexedforadults #focusonyourcareer @mondaypunday

Join RCRC, @COLORlatina and our partners on 10/31 from 12-1pm ET to share #scarystats people need to know about our health and rights and the ways we can all make a difference.

I'm in awe with the speakers we have at our first inaugural MHEI session on #StructuralRacism in Pediatrics, including Dr. Kamillah Wood talking about structural determinants of health, including housing and transportation. #structuraldeterminants #putkidsfirst #AAP19

Dr. Tiffani Johnson: #racism is bad for white children too. #AAP19 #MHEI

Doing this work means a fair wage, parental leave, self care and health care.-Monica Rae Simpson #LTAS2019

Liberation is dismantling systems and refusing to go back to a day where our bodies are controlled by the state-Monica Rae Simpson #LTAS2019

“Your circles around you are important...my friend said you need to make the decision to be the executive director. Not just in title. Make a decision..so I decided to rebuild the organization and make it stronger than ever before.” @monicarsimpson #LTAS2019

When you make a decision to lead, the universe will align to support you -Monica Simpson #LTAS2019

“There is no so white Person doing this work who does not owe a debt to black ingenious, and brown folks” Lyndsey Godwin #LTAS2019

When you combine medical care with law enforcement, policing, and social welfare, then you start to get a full picture of the maternal and infant mortality issue, because you’re finally talking about the whole person and lifespan. - Aaron Williams of @NAPW #LTAS2019

You are important, I need you to survive. #LTAS2019

Excited to continue to expose my kids to concepts that I’ve only had exposure to in adulthood. Raising strong, smart, bold, brave young people who understand science, feminism, intersectionality, activism and consent.

“In my campaign, we didn’t talk about ‘healthcare,’ we talked about Medicaid expansion and abortion access. I didn’t talk about diversity, I hired it.” - Stacey Abrams #LTAS2019

“It is insufficient to call out a problem without calling out a solution”-Stacey Abrams #LTAS2019

Healthcare justice will give us access to the care we deserve. -Stacey Abrams #LTAS2019

“In the us we spend $111 billion on maternity and infant care. The investment in black women-led organizations tasked to fix this, is less than 0.5% of that” Angela Doyinsola Aina #LTAS2019

“I want... believing that nuance matters” Ash Lee Woodard Henderson

Vulnerability and feelings #LTAS2019

It is rare that you see someone who looks like me—my color, my heritage, my size—demanding that the healthcare system take me seriously and not treat me like my body is a toxic place for a fetus when I say I want to get pregnant. - Angela Doyinsola Aina @BlkMamasMatter #LTAS2019