Black maternal health week highlights why proper maternal health is necessary
For Black Maternal Health week, I spoke with Jamarah Amani, executive director of Southern Birth Justice Network, a nonprofit organization that provides a mobile midwife clinic and outreach services throughout Miami, about her journey to midwifery in South Florida.
She said her first birthing experience in Philadelphia led her to eventually want to become a midwife. Her birthing experience in Georgia only fueled that passion and landed her here in South Florida.
SBJN recently opened its newest mobile midwife clinic which will rotate at different sites weekly, providing prenatal screenings and care services for birthing people. Read more about her here.
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Donalds says FL should counter Democrats by redistricting. That’s illegal here
Alligator Alcatraz phones were cut off. Then the beatings began, court docs say
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INSIDE THE 305:
How a Miami entrepreneur stirs emotions with Love Language. ‘This is home’
The events have become a safe space for people of color to dance, relax and enjoy music with a cultural connection. While some people attend with a date, or maybe even meet someone there, that isn’t the main purpose.
No FIU students are suspended over racist group chat yet. It’s roiling campus
None of the students involved in a group chat that shared racist slurs and antisemitic speech have faced suspension or expulsion since the chats came to light five weeks ago and Nuñez announced stiff punishments were on the table. The university has been investigating the chats since last fall, according to a federal First Amendment lawsuit filed by four of the students facing conduct charges.
OUTSIDE THE 305:
A’ja Wilson signs the most lucrative contract in WNBA history
A’ja Wilson re-signed with defending WNBA champions Las Vegas Aces for a reported three-year deal with a $5 million “supermax contract,” the Guardian reported.
Meet Walter Johnson, otherwise known as Mr. Tendernism
Johnson — who coined the term “tendernism” while making one of his viral videos that demonstrated his impeccably smoked barbecue sliding right off the bone — is enjoying every moment of his newfound fame, Phil Lewis with HuffPost reported.
HIGH CULTURE:
Beyond the Gates renewed for two more seasons
After more than a year on the airwaves, the beloved Black soap opera “Beyond the Gates” was renewed for seasons three and four. Set in the DMV, the series follows the illustrious Dupree family as they face public and private scandal within their gated community. The hit soap, produced by CBS Studios and NAACP Venture, can be streamed on Paramount+.