- To address maternal and child health inequities for Black women through solution-focused research and policy interventions by:
- Demonstrating collaboration within the lab and across partner and peer organizations.
- Applying in-lab research to support community and reproductive justice work
- Address and advocate for maternal health inequities at both the local and national level:
- Through the use of epidemiologic and community based participatory research studies.
- Through a health equity focused lens.
- By contributing to the evidence-base on best practices and other recommendations to eliminate maternal health disparities for black women
- Acquire funding for research, stipends, and lab-related needs:
- Raise $100,000 our 1st year.
- Write, edit and submit grants.
- Plan fundraisers
- To educate our local and national community through webinars, and sharing information via social media:
- Creating webinars and disseminating information.
- Sharing out the information about current events.
- Host events that educate the larger Boston community on maternal health disparities.
- Contribute and lead to the scientific body of knowledge on Black women and their health outcomes
- Create strong partnerships and leverage stakeholder relationships to expand MOTHER Lab to become one of the largest Maternal equity labs in the nation:
- Establish ourselves as a top reliable source on all issues related to Black maternal health.
- Develop and maintain a list of partners and stakeholders that are engaged in the work that we can support and that can support us
- To create and foster a welcoming and inclusive research and professional development environment for people passionate maternal health inequities with a focus on representing minorities:
- Taking action for each person in the lab to advocate about the importance of our mission.
- Supporting each other and fellow MOTHER Lab members both personally and professionally through formal and informal mentoring opportunities
