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Normalize Brown Breasts®: Breast Assessment in Non-White Skin Tones with Nekisha Killings

by Iris Olson | Mar 11, 2025

Ms. Killings is an equity strategist and maternal and child health advocate who speaks, teaches, and facilitates on topics related to equity and dismantling bias across various sectors. She is also the founder of The Melanated Mammary Atlas®, the world’s largest...

Black Maternal Health Week: Wellness Day

by Iris Olson | Mar 7, 2025

Come join us for a day of relaxation and self-care at EMBRACE’s Black Maternal Health Week Wellness Day event! We’ll have yoga sessions, meditation workshops, and informative talks on maternal health. Take a break from the hustle and bustle of daily life...

EMBRACE Seminar: EMBRACE 4th Trimester-ICC Project Overview and Updates

by Iris Olson | Feb 24, 2025

Join EMBRACE’s seminar series with Dr. Cynthia Salter who will present on EMBRACE 4th Trimester-ICC Project, which aims to evaluate the effects of the current interconception care model on perinatal health outcomes. As one of the Principal Investigators for the...

EMBRACE Seminar Series: Muffy Mendoza

by rjt49 | Dec 17, 2024

Join EMBRACE’s Seminar Series with Muffy Mendoza. Muffy Mendoza is the founder of Brown Mamas, Inc. An online and in-person village for Black mothers. To-Date Brown Mamas is 3,000 Black moms strong. Muffy is a mom of 3 sons. She’s been a single mom and a...