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New on our blog: an interview with Hilary Simpson, a nurse working in maternal health in Reno, Nevada. Simpson founded ‘Building Better Birth Stories’, a project focused on increasing communication among patients to better understand and share their childbirth stories. Link in bio to read the interview. “Our personal stories shape who we are, how we function in the world, and how we practice as nurses. By reflecting on our stories and our patients’ stories, we can examine how we provide care and how that  might reflect in the patient’s story.”—Hilary Simpson.
In a new Expecting More piece, @ariadnelabs summer intern, @sirajummsandhi, shares their perspective on caring for patients with limited english proficiency, drawing from their personal experiences as a Bangladeshi asylee studying in the US. Link in bio to read.
“I've been springing into action. I've been speaking to members of Congress. I've been speaking to celebrities. I've been speaking to the public figures, activists, and everyone that I could share this space with and share the awareness around this, because it [systemic racism in healthcare settings] has to stop.” Learn more about Bruce and his late partner Amber’s story in our new Expecting More: Dialogues series. Link in bio to watch the full conversation between @bizmacthe3rd, @chanel_porchia, & @Lashnolen_oficial, facilitated by @Neel_t_shah.
By centering the voices and lived experiences of individuals and families, and layering in key professional perspectives, our new Expecting More: Dialogues series aim to provide a new paradigm of solving entrenched problems, one that engages alternate perspectives with humility and dismantles long-held power dynamics. What would you like to see us discuss in future conversations? Watch our first conversation with @bizmacthe3rd, @Lashnolen_oficial, and @chanel_porchia. Link in bio.
“So I think that the way that we're being taught in medical education right now is a big issue because you know we're incentivized to push papers so that we can get more clout and that doesn't do anything for the community- that only helps our careers. And then on top of that we're losing all of these soft skills of being good people and just listening to our patients because we're so focused on trying to develop the differential diagnosis.”—LaShyra “Lash” Nolen, Harvard Medical School student & ‘23 student council president. In our new Expecting More: Dialogues series, Lash Nolen emphasizes the importance of community-based work and the need for medical education reform. Link in bio to watch the full conversation between @bizmacthe3rd, @chanel_porchia, & @Lashnolen_oficial, facilitated by @Neel_t_shah.
Dialogue invites discovery. Our new series of video conversations, Expecting More: Dialogues, feature deeply personal experiences with some of the most profound challenges Americans face when starting or growing a family. We hope that the Dialogues can serve as a model for what it looks like to listen, reflect, and learn from each other.  Our first video of the series features @bizmacthe3rd, founder of @savearose.foundation, @Lashnolen_oficial, Harvard Medical School student and ‘23 student council president, and @chanel_porchia, founder and COO of @ancientsong, facilitated by @Neel_T_Shah. We discuss the ways in which racism shows up in the delivery of maternity care, the importance of community-based work, and the need for medical education reform. Link in bio to watch the full conversation.
“You're going to see the maternal mortality rate rise because Black women and Black birthing bodies are going to be disproportionately affected by [COVID-19]. Because if you already weren't being listened to from the gate, now you have the pandemic that is happening where everybody is in crisis mode and everyone's trying to figure something out and no one knows what to do. Information keeps changing.”—Chanel Porchia-Albert, founder and COO of @ancientsong. Thank you to Chanel Porchia-Albert for joining our first Dialogues and for providing her insight on how racism shows up in the delivery of maternity care. Link in bio to watch the full conversation between @bizmacthe3rd, @chanel_porchia, & @Lashnolen_oficial, facilitated by @Neel_t_shah.
"So I figured I can't wait around on this. Amber would not want me to wait around on this. Amber would be in my ear right now, like, “Hey, we cannot let this slide, we cannot let this continue.” So I acted and I partnered with some strong members in the birthing community." —Bruce McIntyre, founder of @savearose.foundation. Learn more about Bruce and his late partner Amber’s story in our new Dialogues series. Link in bio to watch the full conversation between @bizmacthe3rd, @chanel_porchia, & @Lashnolen_oficial, facilitated by @Neel_t_shah.
“It's like we have all of this data and we do all of this disparities work and we're incentivized to continue to come out with more data and more data because that's how we get tenure. That's how we get associate professorships. But why not then incentivize people to actually implement things in the community?”—LaShyra “Lash” Nolen, Harvard Medical School student & ‘23 student council president. In our new Dialogues series, Lash Nolen emphasizes the importance of community-based work and the need for medical education reform. Link in bio to watch the full conversation between @bizmacthe3rd, @chanel_porchia, & @Lashnolen_oficial, facilitated by @neel_t_shah.