Wife. Mother. PhD student. Advocate for Black Maternal Health. Everything Equity. Everything Coconut. My very presence is disruption. #CIHRDoctoralScholar
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Welcome to my Twitter page. Re-introducing myself as a disruptive thinker, a thought-leader, & change agent. I'm not afraid to rock the boat a little if it will propel us towards a more equitable world. I love nature and people ❤️. Check out my website - birgitumaigba.com/
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Black maternal health didn’t start with today’s statistics. To understand the crisis, we have to understand the history, because #BlackMaternalHealthMatters . 🧵 1/
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Chow who had a history of shooting at customers. Chased down a 14 year old who hadn’t stolen anything. Shot him in the back. Then had his son lie about having a gun pointed at him. It worked because black people’s lives aren’t worth even a $1 water bottle in this country. So if you are one of those people who like to say well all lives matter just know you are lying to yourself and you know it.
Rick Chow, the gas station owner accused of killing 14-year-old Cyrus Carmack-Belton, was found not guilty by a jury after eight hours of deliberations.
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When injustice becomes normal, resistance becomes duty.
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RT @MajestyRia: In America, you can wrongfully accuse a Black boy of stealing, chase him with a gun, shoot him dead in the back & walk free…
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The whole world treats Black people like we colonized them and made them slaves.
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Black maternal health didn’t start with today’s statistics. To understand the crisis, we have to understand the history, because #BlackMaternalHealthMatters . 🧵 1/
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When we talk about Black maternal health today, we are not only discussing health care. We are also confronting generations of reproductive oppression, medical neglect, and structural racism. 14/
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Improving Black maternal health requires more than better outcomes. It requires understanding how those outcomes were shaped by history, and ensuring that Black women’s autonomy, dignity, and lives are fully valued. 15/15
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