Emily Baldoni Instagram – PLEASE TAKE ACTION ⬇️ Repost from @glowmaven • SAY HER NAME – SHA-ASIA WASHINGTON This sister Sha-asia Washington was 26 years alive, went to Woodhull hospital with high blood pressure that went left untreated for two days – high blood pressure (preeclampsia) is extremely dangerous and should be treated immediately. She died during C-section delivery. This was preventable. She should be here with her partner Juwan Lopez, and baby girl Khloe. State sanctioned violence is not only happening in the streets at the hands of police, it is happening inside of hospitals where we are meant to go for care. When an institution fails to meet basic human rights standards, when they refuse to treat us for our conditions, minimize our symptoms or pain, dismiss our clinical needs – that is negligence. This is another potent example of the system functioning the way it was designed – to fail us. Black women are fighting for our lives. We deserve better. Sha-Asia was 26, like Amber Isaac who died due to medical negligence in April. _ It’s traumatizing to read and to share. It’s the exact same feeling I have when there is a report about police murdering us. It’s sad, upsetting and unsettling. I can’t always speak right away. I need to process, because this is exhausting emotionally and spiritually. Black folk take care. We are constantly in mourning. I’m holding this family in prayer. _ HERE ARE SOME ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE TODAY _ 1️⃣ If you are in the NYC area, you can attend the protest at Woodhull hospital TODAY at 12noon – 760 Broadway, Brooklyn 11206 _ 2️⃣ You can contribute to the GoFundMe set up for her – https://www.gofundme.com/f/shaasia-passed-away-giving-birth-to-her-babygirl _ 3️⃣ Sign the Petition to require NY hospitals to publish data on pregnancy and birth outcomes- the law should include publishing data on maternal deaths and morbidity by race, leading up to birth and through the 4th trimester. https://www.change.org/p/andrew-m-cuomo-require-ny-state-hospitals-to-publish-data-on-pregnancy-outcomes?source_location=topic_page _ 4️⃣ Support midwifery, doula, and advocacy based organizations run by Black folk and people of color that are serving their communities