ROOTT: Restoring Our Own Through Transformation
The Morning After from Pro-Choice Ohio
English - August 02, 2018 20:57 - 50 minutes - 68.7 MB - ★★★★ - 26 ratingsSexuality Health & Fitness Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
NARAL's The Morning After is a production of NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio.
This week, Gabe and Jaime are joined by Jessica Roach, Executive Director of ROOTT: Restoring Our Own Through Transformation. ROOTT is a Black women-led reproductive justice organization dedicated to collectively restoring our well-being through self-determination, collaboration, and resources to meet the needs of women and families within communities.
Support their work here: https://www.roott.org/
Jessica's visit comes days after a devastating look at maternal mortality was published in USA Today: Hospitals know how to protect mothers. They just aren’t doing it.
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/investigations/deadly-deliveries/2018/07/26/maternal-mortality-rates-preeclampsia-postpartum-hemorrhage-safety/546889002/
Additional coverage of their work in Columbus Alive: Black Moms Matter: ROOTT confronts the racial disparities in maternal and infant mortality http://www.columbusalive.com/entertainment/20180411/black-moms-matter-roott-confronts-racial-disparities-in-maternal-and-infant-mortality
Join NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio at an event near you: https://www.facebook.com/pg/NARALProChoiceOhio/events/