Connect with our Community Partnership Core to understand our work, find resources, and learn how you can be at the forefront of developing solutions and taking action towards a brighter future. We are deeply committed to authentically engaging with and alongside the communities we serve, centering your lived experiences and empowering you to shape the hopeful agenda for change.
Centering Lived Experience: We recognize the invaluable wisdom and knowledge held within the communities directly impacted by inequities in birth outcomes. Your experiences are central to our research and our efforts to advance birth justice.
Authentic Community Partnership: We are committed to creating the conditions necessary for meaningful engagement. We aim to integrate community involvement in every aspect of the organization from the start and not as an afterthought, including community as part of decision-making and sharing decision-making power with you.
Actionable Research and Policy Agenda: We are dedicated to partnering with the community to advance an actionable research and policy agenda. Our Community Partnership Core focuses on engaging with individuals and organizations within impacted communities to better understand real-world realities and experiences.
Resources and Support: Connect with our Community Partnership Core to understand our work and find resources relevant to your needs and the needs of your community [the homepage copy]. We aim to equip the community with knowledge and confidence to set the agenda and take action.
Opportunities for Involvement: Be at the forefront of developing solutions and taking action towards a brighter future by connecting with us. We are co-developing an updated structure for direct, meaningful, and bi-directional engagement with communities most impacted by birth inequities so that you are partners in our work. We conduct outreach at community events to engage communities in our work.
A Strengths-Based Approach: We apply a strengths-based approach that continuously looks for strengths and assets within communities burdened by maternal and infant disparities. We aim to empower people with lived experiences to lead the work that relates to them.
