Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Georgia, March of Dimes Georgia, Morehouse School of Medicine, and Bellies to Babies Foundation invite you to the Black Infant Health Summit on November 16, 2019. This family-friendly event will educate and train the community on addressing infant health, with a specific focus on reducing prematurity/low birth weight and infant mortality.

There is an increasing need to ensure the health of mothers and infants in the State of Georgia. Georgia currently ranks 43rd for prematurity and 44th for infant mortality. Specifically, the infant mortality rate for Black infants is 11.7, versus 4.9 for white infants, and the preterm birth rate is 14.2 for Black infants, versus 10 for white infants. Black infants have a low birth rate of 14.3, versus 7.4 for white infants.

Learn how you can prevent infant mortality in your community! Free food and giveaways will be available.

Vendors will be present to give out more information on available community resources to help prevent prematurity, low birth weight, and infant mortality.

Parking at the venue is $5 and is accessible via the Lee St. visitors’ entrance.

11:00am-11:30am– Food/ Vendors/ Welcome

Welcome- Representative Kim Schofield, District 60- Fulton/Clayton

11:30 am-12:30 pm– Panel Discussion

Kimarie Bugg, DNP/FNP-BC/MPH/IBCLC/CLC, CEO of Reaching Our Sisters Everywhere

Amber Mack, MSW, HMHBGA Research & Policy Analyst

Nikhol Jackson, LPC, LMFT, Advocate of SHARE Atlanta

Shakina Williams, Advocate at SHARE Atlanta

Moderated by Johnecia Mason, PhD, HMHBGA Board President

12:30 pm- 12:40 pm– Break/ Visit Vendors

12:40pm-1:40pm– Concurrent Breakout Sessions

• How to Build Community Action Around Infant Mortality

• Change Through Advocacy– Learn How to Talk to Legislators to Improve Birth Outcomes for Black Infants

• Engaging Fathers to Improve Infant Health Outcomes

1:40pm-2:00pm– Toolkit Review/ Raffle Winners Announced/ Closing

Hosted by Mo Quick, Streetz 94.5FM