Charles S. Johnson IV Instagram – THE VILLAGE IS ACTIVATED! The ancestors are busy! We have promises to keep 🙏🏽💛💫. Thank you to @bobbie @elainewelteroth and everyone who helped bring this project to life. Change is coming. I PROMISE! Repost from @elainewelteroth • One of the most meaningful events I’ve ever been part of💞Last week, I had the privilege of bringing together my community in LA alongside my @Bobbie For Change family to put our stake in the ground on the maternal mortality crisis—a crisis that disproportionately impacts people of color. I got to host a moving conversation with two people I deeply admire who are in the work daily of keeping more of us alive during childbirth—on the ground level and at the legislative level: my own beloved midwife @kimberlydurdin co-founder of @kindredspacela and Charles Johnson of @4kira4moms who is actively changing laws across this country after losing his wife following a routine C-section at Cedars-Sinai in LA. This crisis is real. So are the families effected by it. And in a world filled with reasons to look away, so much of the work is making sure we don’t. Tbh I don’t think I’ve ever cried so much at a work event ever. They weren’t all sad tears though. They were hopeful tears. Inspired tears. Ready-to-fight tears. But mostly, they were proud tears. I was so damn proud to be in a room full of mothers, fathers, doctors, doulas, activists, and entertainers who showed up for this issue in the middle of their busy day—and left activated to make change. I hope you won’t look away. I hope you’ll see your family in this issue and be motivated to get involved. One way to help is to donate to @4kira4moms and @kindredspacela to keep them funded as they focus on fixing this—for all of us. #lovealwayswins #applypressure #4kira4moms #maternaljustice #midwifery