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SUMMARY:Connecting Cells to Community:  A Symposium on Placental Research
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a day of groundbreaking scientific discussion\, skill-building workshops\, and essential conversations about integrating placental research and other biomedical scientific research with community engagement and partnership. \nConnecting Cells to Community is designed for researchers\, clinicians\, community health advocates\, students\, and community members interested in improving maternal and infant health research and outcomes. Gain insight into novel single-cell genomics research and learn practical strategies for making scientific discovery more accessible and impactful through communication and community engagement: \n\nExplore how scientists are unlocking the mysteries of human development at its earliest stages.\nLearn how improving the public’s understanding of science creates more meaningful\, impactful research that truly serves the community’s needs.\nDiscover the secrets of translating complex findings into clear\, compelling stories that resonate with diverse audiences and drive real-world impact.\n\nWhen: Wednesday\, November 5th\, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm\nWhere: Millberry Union Conference Center\, UCSF Parnassus Campus\, 500 Parnassus Ave\, San Francisco\, CA 94143 \nThere is no cost to attend\, but advanced registration is required. This event is in-person only.
URL:https://centerforbirthjustice.org/event/connecting-cells-to-community-a-symposium-on-placental-research/
LOCATION:Millberry Union Conference Center\, 500 Parnassus Avenue\, San Francisco\, 94143\, United States
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SUMMARY:Digital Storytelling 101: Centering Voices in Research & Advocacy
DESCRIPTION:Stories can do what data alone cannot. This interactive virtual session introduces digital storytelling as a participatory tool for research and advocacy. Learn the 7 steps of digital storytelling\, view powerful examples\, and explore how lived experience can humanize issues\, challenge narratives\, and inspire change. \nRegister for the storytelling workshop.\n\n\n\n\nStorytelling for Birth Justice is a two-part\, hands-on workshop series exploring how digital storytelling can be used as a powerful tool for research\, advocacy\, and community engagement. Centering lived experience\, this series invites participants to examine how stories can challenge dominant narratives\, reduce stigma\, build solidarity\, and inspire action in birth justice and health equity work. \nLed by Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine\, April Bell\, PhD\, MPH\, participants will learn the foundations of digital storytelling and explore how voice\, visuals\, and narrative can elevate community knowledge beyond traditional and extractive approaches. \nSession One (Virtual) introduces the core principles of digital storytelling. Participants will explore the 7-step digital storytelling framework\, view and discuss impactful story examples\, and learn how personal insight and lived experience can humanize complex issues and strengthen research\, evaluation\, and advocacy efforts. \nSession Two (In-Person\, TBD) builds on this foundation with an extended\, hands-on experience focused on storytelling for advocacy. Through guided exercises\, story screenings\, and story circles\, participants will practice crafting and sharing narratives\, explore ethical storytelling practices\, and consider audience\, purpose\, and calls to action for real-world application. \nBy the end of the series\, participants will: \n\nUnderstand the foundations and purpose of digital storytelling\nLearn the 7-step digital storytelling framework as a participatory method\nAnalyze real examples of digital stories and their impact\nPractice crafting emotionally resonant\, ethical advocacy narratives\nExplore applications for storytelling in research\, organizing\, campaigns\, fundraising\, and policy spaces\n\nThis workshop is open to researchers\, community leaders\, advocates\, students\, and anyone inspired by the power of voice and story. Come ready to listen\, learn\, and imagine what becomes possible when people are empowered to tell their own stories\, in their own words. \nImportant Registration Information:\nThis workshop is offered as a two-part series. Participants may register for one session or both\, depending on interest and availability. Each session requires its own ticket selection. Please review the ticket options carefully to ensure you are registered for the session(s) you plan to attend.
URL:https://centerforbirthjustice.org/event/digital-storytelling-101/
LOCATION:Virtual\, Online via Zoom
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SUMMARY:Digital Storytelling for Advocacy: Amplifying Voices for Change 
DESCRIPTION:This three-hour\, in-person workshop goes deeper into storytelling as an advocacy tool. Through story screenings\, discussion\, and hands-on story circles\, participants will craft and share personal narratives\, practice ethical storytelling\, and explore how stories can support campaigns\, organizing\, fundraising\, and policy change. \nRegister for the storytelling workshop.\n\n\n\n\nStorytelling for Birth Justice is a two-part\, hands-on workshop series exploring how digital storytelling can be used as a powerful tool for research\, advocacy\, and community engagement. Centering lived experience\, this series invites participants to examine how stories can challenge dominant narratives\, reduce stigma\, build solidarity\, and inspire action in birth justice and health equity work. \nLed by Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine\, April Bell\, PhD\, MPH\, participants will learn the foundations of digital storytelling and explore how voice\, visuals\, and narrative can elevate community knowledge beyond traditional and extractive approaches. \nSession One (Virtual) introduces the core principles of digital storytelling. Participants will explore the 7-step digital storytelling framework\, view and discuss impactful story examples\, and learn how personal insight and lived experience can humanize complex issues and strengthen research\, evaluation\, and advocacy efforts. \nSession Two (In-Person\, TBD) builds on this foundation with an extended\, hands-on experience focused on storytelling for advocacy. Through guided exercises\, story screenings\, and story circles\, participants will practice crafting and sharing narratives\, explore ethical storytelling practices\, and consider audience\, purpose\, and calls to action for real-world application. \nBy the end of the series\, participants will: \n\nUnderstand the foundations and purpose of digital storytelling\nLearn the 7-step digital storytelling framework as a participatory method\nAnalyze real examples of digital stories and their impact\nPractice crafting emotionally resonant\, ethical advocacy narratives\nExplore applications for storytelling in research\, organizing\, campaigns\, fundraising\, and policy spaces\n\nThis workshop is open to researchers\, community leaders\, advocates\, students\, and anyone inspired by the power of voice and story. Come ready to listen\, learn\, and imagine what becomes possible when people are empowered to tell their own stories\, in their own words. \nImportant Registration Information:\nThis workshop is offered as a two-part series. Participants may register for one session or both\, depending on interest and availability. Each session requires its own ticket selection. Please review the ticket options carefully to ensure you are registered for the session(s) you plan to attend.
URL:https://centerforbirthjustice.org/event/digital-storytelling-for-advocacy/
LOCATION:In-Person\, Location TBA
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SUMMARY:Rooted in Justice: Black Birth Equity Advocacy 101 Webinar
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an interactive webinar designed to turn your commitment to birth equity into measurable action. You will gain foundational knowledge and practical skills to engage decision-makers\, build collective support\, and create meaningful change in your community.\n\n\nRegister for the advocacy webinar.\nPresenter:\nOnyemma C. Obiekea\nStrategic Consultant and Policy Advocate \nQuestions? Contact Mashariki Kudumu at mashariki@cablackbirthequitysummit.org
URL:https://centerforbirthjustice.org/event/rooted-in-justice-advocacy-101/
LOCATION:Virtual\, Online via Zoom
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SUMMARY:Rooted in Justice: 2026 California Birth Equity Policy Updates and Community Forum
DESCRIPTION:Join us during Black Maternal Health Week 2026 for a mobilizing virtual state-wide convening focused on advancing Black birth justice across California. Following a powerful 2025 California Black Birth Equity Summit and Advocacy Roundtable\, this gathering will bring together community advocates\, policy experts\, and elected officials to share key legislative proposals\, activate our collective power\, and create space for direct advocacy for equitable birthing outcomes. \nRegister for the policy forum.\nPresenter:\nOnyemma C. Obiekea\nStrategic Consultant and Policy Advocate\n \nSponsored by UCSF-UC Law and Choose Children. \nQuestions? Contact Mashariki Kudumu at mashariki@cablackbirthequitysummit.org
URL:https://centerforbirthjustice.org/event/ca-birth-equity-policy-2026/
LOCATION:Virtual\, Online via Zoom
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SUMMARY:Why Your Past Shapes Your Future and What You Can Do About It
DESCRIPTION:Join Us for A Free 3-Part Virtual Conversation: Stories of the Reproductive Journey \n\n\n\nWe know this: your grandmother’s stress during pregnancy\, your childhood neighborhood\, the schools you attended\, the jobs your parents could access\, whether you could see a doctor when you needed one these aren’t just memories. They’re written into your body. \nThis isn’t theory. It’s the Life Course Perspective\, and it’s how researchers are finally explaining what Black families have always known: our health outcomes aren’t accidents or individual failures. They’re the result of systems\, timing\, and decades of accumulated pressure. \nJoin us for an honest conversation about how your entire life (from before you were born to right now) shapes your reproductive and maternal health. We’ll explore: \n\nTiming matters. Why certain windows in your life have outsized effects on your long-term health\nYour environment is part of your biology. How neighborhoods\, stress\, access\, and safety literally get under your skin\nIt’s cumulative. One bad experience isn’t the problem\, it’s the weight of many\, across years\nTurning points are real. Where change is possible\, and how to recognize those moments\nWe inherit more than DNA. How health patterns move across generations and why that matters for your kids\n\nDr. Cassie Marshall\, a researcher who studies maternal and child health through an equity lens\, will break down what this actually means for Black mothers\, Black families\, and Black health. She’ll share real research and ask the questions that matter: What’s being measured? Who benefits from understanding this? How do we use this knowledge to push back? \nBecause here’s the truth: When we stop seeing health as isolated moments a high blood pressure reading here\, a difficult pregnancy thereand start seeing it as a story\, everything changes. We start asking not just “what happened?” but “why did it happen?” and most importantly: “how do we write a different ending?” \nFree Virtual Session: May 20th\, 2026 \nNo medical background needed. Just bring your questions and your real life. \nWhat you’ll get: ✓ A framework that makes sense of your experiences ✓ Science that centers your story\, not stereotypes ✓ Tools to think differently about health (yours and your family’s) ✓ Space to ask the hard questions \nClick here to register
URL:https://centerforbirthjustice.org/event/why-your-past-shapes-your-future-and-what-you-can-do-about-it/
LOCATION:Virtual\, Online via Zoom
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