The Howard University men’s basketball is joining the fight to protect Black maternal health as the nation faces a crisis that leaves Black women at high risk for pregnancy-related complications and death. The team will host a special event ahead of Martin Luther King Jr. Day with the organization Mamatoto Village that is focused on combating racism and health disparities for Black mothers. The event will be held Sunday in Washington DC, with the team helping to package pregnancy care kits.
“When we recruit our student athletes to Howard, we aren’t just recruiting them to represent us on the basketball court,” Blakeney said. Blakeney says he gives the team a choice of what social justice activity they would like to participate in each year. After Roe v. Wade was overturned, he says his players felt they had to do something for Black maternal health.
Howard University is racist if they only gave those to black people.
Seems racist.
Whatever happened to self reliance? I remember a time when folks were embarrassed to receive handouts.
I'm confused, is 'maternal health' actually maternal health? Or just another euphemism for abortion?
That’s a step in the right direction in supporting their black sisters.
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