68. Mothers’ Day Movement 2023: Addressing Global Maternal Mortality

Dominika Turkcan, from Mothers’ Day Movement (MDM) joins Yo in this episode. The Mothers' Day Movement is an organization that grew out of a column in The New York Times by Nicholas Kristof, where he made the case for moving the apostrophe in Mother’s Day so it honors not just one mother, but underserved mothers everywhere. It advocates to shift a portion of Mother’s Day gift giving to a carefully selected charity each year in honor of the women or person they love.   Since 2011, the group has raised over $900,000, in women's health, education, infant and maternal mortality, clean water, and human trafficking, and has been featured in The New York Times, Ms. Magazine, and NPR.   During the episode we explored what happened in 2022 with Kenya Connect and their plans for 2023 with their beneficiary, Saving Mothers, a global non-profit dedicated to eradicating preventable maternal deaths and birth-related complications among marginalized women.   Here are the 3 Takeaways from the Episode:   1.   For the price of a bouquet of flowers, we can save a life by donating to MDM. 2.   Currently in the United States, Black women are 3 to 4 times more likely to suffer a pregnancy-related death than white women. Specifically in NYC, Black mothers are 9X more likely to die giving birth. Yet, 80% of these deaths are preventable.    3.    Our donation to MDM can help achieve Saving Mothers’ vision of a world where every woman – regardless of her ethnicity or socioeconomic status – has access to quality reproductive healthcare services, and receives proper medical attention for complications of pregnancy and childbirth.   We hope you’ll enjoy this episode! As mentioned in the episode:   Ep. 14 Mothers’ Day Movement 2022   Aftershock on Hulu Film Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k63RC0rJEd8   PBS Film: https://www.birthingjustice.com/watch/   SerenaWilliams Saved Her Own Life   MDMSaving Mothers Panel   Mother’s Day 2023 Saving Mothers campaign: http://www.mothersdaymovement.org/2023-beneficiary-coming-soon   Donation Link to Mothers’ Day Movement   Events Coming Up: Mother's Day Campaign (Mother's Day is May 14th this year) Womb bus visit on May 6th, 2023   More about Dominika: She currently works as the Director of Research at an organization focused on the economic equity of Americans across the lifespan through retirement. With over a decade of experience spanning the private and public sectors, her work focuses on how various socioeconomic factors affect diverse segments of the US population. Since 2016, she has been active pro-bono consultant and team leader for PennPAC, working with University of Pennsylvania alumni who donate their expertise and time to nonprofit consulting.  She is a Partner at the Mothers’ Day Movement and a member of Soroptimist International. Ways you can contact Mothers’ Day Movement: eMail [email protected]   Website www.mothersdaymovement.org IG: https://www.instagram.com/mothersdaymovementmdm/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mothersdaymovementMDM Ways to reach Yo: eMail  [email protected]    Public FB group: Girl, Take the Lead! https://www.facebook.com/groups/272025931481748/?ref=share Linktr.ee/yocanny IG: https://www.instagram.com/yocanny LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yocanny/