>> WELCOME BACK TO BETWEEN
BELLS EVERYONE FOR WOMEN'S
HISTORY MONTH CHEDDAR
IS SHINE.
>> A LIGHT ON THE MANY
CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN WHO ARE
TRAILBLAZERS BREAKING THAT
GLASS CEILING PUSHING FOR
MORE OPPORTUNITIES AND HELPING
MAKE OUR SOCIETY
MORE EQUAL. OUR NEXT GUEST IS
PUSHING TO END RACISM AND BIAS
IN
MATERNITY CARE KIMBERLY SEALS
HOURS AS THE FOUNDER OF THE
EARTH A PLATFORM TO GET PEER
REVIEWS WHICH ARE MADE BY I
AND 4 PEOPLE OF COLOR, THE APP
AIMS TO HELP BLACK AND BROWN
WOMEN HAVE A SAFE PREGNANCY AND
BIRTHING EXPERIENCE AND
KIMBERLY IS JOINING US NOW
KIMBERLY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US HERE.
CHEDDAR I THINK THIS IS SUCH A
BRILLIANT CONCEPT, ESPECIALLY
THIS MONTH WOMEN'S
HISTORY MONTH. HE STARTED
TALKING ABOUT THE OVERALL
MATERNITY SPACE AND HOW WOMEN
OF COLOR BEING
DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED.
>> YES, WELL, WE KNOW LOOK AT
THE BLACK MATERNAL MORTALITY
RATES WE SEE THAT BLACK
WE ACCORDING TO THE CDC 3 TO 4
TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DIE DURING
OR AFTER CHILDBIRTH WHEN WE
LOOK AT THE BLACK IN FOR MUCH
AND THE RATES WE SEE SIMILAR
TRENDS. I LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY
WHICH FOR ME IS ON THE GREATEST
CITIES IN THE WORLD THAT THE
BLACK MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE
IS 12 TIMES THAT OF
WHITE WOMEN. SO ACROSS THE
BOARD ON A NATIONAL AS WELL AS
ON CITY LEVELS WE SEE THIS
GAPING RACIAL DISPARITY BETWEEN
OUTCOMES OF GOING FOR BLACK AND
BROWN WOMEN AND HOW THEY ARE
DOING FOR WHITE WOMEN AND SO WE
REALLY NEED TO THINK ABOUT SOME
OF THE ROOT CAUSES BECAUSE MANY
OF THE OTHER ISSUES HAVE BEEN.
SOTS SCIENTIFIC STUDIES HAVE
SHOWN THAT EVEN WHEN YOU.
FACTOR IN FOR ECONOMICS AND
PRENATAL CARE THAT THESE
DISPARITIES
STILL EXIST. WE THINK ABOUT
SOCIOECONOMIC TO THINK ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED TO SERENA
WILLIAMS SO WE KNOW THAT THIS
IS NOT ABOUT INCOMING CLASS AND
THAT WE HAVE TO START HAVING
MET IMPORTANT UNCOMFORTABLE
CONVERSATION ABOUT THE WAYS
THAT BIAS SHOWS UP IN THE CARE
OF BLACK AND BROWN BODIES.
>> ABSOLUTELY AND SO GLAD THAT
YOU BROUGHT UP SERENA BECAUSE
THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR
DECADES
FOR YEARS. BUT I THINK SHE'S
SOMEONE WHO'S REALLY BROADEN
ATTENTION TO IT THAT WASN'T
SEEN BEFORE. I WANT TO ASK YOU
MORE ABOUT THE APP AND HOW IT
WORKS HOW THE USER GET ON OUR
APP AND WHAT WOULD THEIR
EXPERIENCE BE LIKE.
>> WELL FRESH YOU GO TO ANY OF
THE ASTROS WIN THE GOOGLE PLAY
AND THE APPLE APP STORE YOU
WOULD DOWNLOAD IT BECAUSE THE
SECURITY LEVEL AT YOU TO CREATE
AN ACCOUNT SO WE
CAN VERIFY AND THEN YOU CAN
EITHER BEGIN TO SEARCH FOR
REVIEWS OR YOU CAN LEAVE A
REVIEW. SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO
LEAVE
A REVIEW. WE'LL ASK A FEW
QUESTIONS ABOUT AGENDA YOU KNOW
IDENTIFIED HAITIAN YOUR RACE
ETCETERA ETCETERA AND THIS IS
ALL
FOR US US TO BEGIN TO ON THE
BACK IN REALLY START TO USE
THIS DATA SO THAT WE CAN START
TO SHOW HOSPITALS WITH
ACTUALLY HAPPENING SO BLACK
PERSON BODIES AND PEOPLE OF
COLOR SO THEY WOULD USE OF THE
DATA AND SO
WE CAN DO SO YOU CAN SEE THE
PUT IN THE HOSPITAL NAME PUT IN
THE ZIP COLD SEE WHAT REVIEWS
OF THEIR YOU CAN START TO LOOK
TO SEE IT
FOR REVIEWS FROM BLACK PEOPLE
LOOK FOR REVIEWS FROM LATINA
FOLK LOOK FOR REVIEWS FROM
DIFFERENT IDENTITIES
AND SO. SO WE ARE ACTUALLY
CONTINUING TO ADD TO THIS
FUNCTIONALITY AS OUR USER
BASE GROWS ULTIMATELY WE WANT
PEOPLE TO BIRTH WITH EARTH.
WE WANT YOU TO LOOK TO SEE
WHETHER YOUR COMMUNITY HAS
GIVEN THIS PROVIDER GOOD
REVIEWS. AND WE WANT TO PUT
PROVIDED SOME HOSPITALS MAY
NOTICE THAT WE ARE CREATING
TRANSPARENCY AND BRING
ACCOUNTABILITY TO THIS
INDUSTRY. I MEAN THAT WE ARE
GOING TO BE SHARING PUBLICLY
WHERE WE ARE RECEIVING GOOD
CARE AND WE ARE NOT.
>> SOMETHING THAT I LIKE ABOUT
WHAT YOU SAID IS PUTTING THESE
DIFFERENT RESOURCES
ON NOTICE. SO HOW DO YOU HOPE
THAT PEOPLE BGI ANDS AND
PEDIATRICIANS ACCOUNTABLE
HAPPENED THEY DO THAT.
>> WELL IT'S REALLY 2 WAYS
ASIAN NEED FOR THE FIRST THING
WE WANT PEOPLE TO LOOK AT THE
EARTH
REVIEWS FIRST AND THEN LET
THEIR PROVIDED NOW THAT THEY'VE
SEEN SOMETHING GREAT ON THEY'VE
SEEN SOMETHING NOT SO GREAT IN
THE APP SO THAT NOW
NOW WE'RE CREATING AWARENESS
THAT WE ARE CHECKING AND THAT
WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC PLATFORM
AND THEN ULTIMATELY YOU KNOW
PERTH IS A TOOL FOR US
ALLY SHIP RIGHT NOW WE ARE
PRIORITIZING BLACK AND BROWN
BIRTHING BODIES IN THE APP THE
REVIEWS BUT SOME TIME SOON
WE WILL BE INVITING WHITE WOMEN
TO USE THE APP BECAUSE WE WANT
THEM TO ALSO USE
THEIR CONSUMER OUR ALONG WITH
THE CONSUMER POWER OF BLACK AND
BROWN BODIES
TO SAY LISTEN, HEY WEAVED CAN
THESE ARE 3 VIEWS AND FOR WHITE
WOMEN IF A PROVIDER IS NOT SEEN
IN BLACK AND BROWN WOMEN WELL
WE HOPE THAT THEY WON'T GO
THERE EITHER AND SO THE VISION
IS REALLY FOR ALL WOMEN
TO CONSUMER POWER IN SERVICE OF
THOSE WHO ARE BEING
DISPROPORTIONATELY HARMED BY
THIS SYSTEM I MEAN SO THAT'S
REALLY THE IN-GOAL AND RIGHT
NOW WE'RE STARTING WITH
PRIORITIZING BLACK AND BROWN
FOLKS AND ASKING THEM TO LEAVE
REVIEWS AND EXPERIENCES IN
THAT.
>> AND BEYOND THE PEER REVIEWS
ON EARTH WHAT OTHER RESOURCES
DOES YOUR PLATFORM PROVIDES
MAKE PREGNANCY AND THAT SAFER
EXPERIENCE FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR.
>> A WEBSITE OR THEFT DOT COM.
WE HAVE A FREE DOWNLOADABLE
E-BOOK CALLED BIRTH
WITH EARTH. PREGNANCY A GUIDE
TO PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH FOR
BLACK PEOPLE WHERE WE OFFER
ADVOCACY TOOLS, HOW PEOPLE
CAN FLY DUELO WE KNOW THESE ARE
INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT IN
RECEIVING GOOD CARE. I'M A BIG
FAN OF ADVOCATING FOR CHILD
CARE CENTERS AND EXPLORE
MIDWIVES AND OTHER OUT OF
HOSPITAL OP OP JUNE'S WHICH
SHOULD BE
MORE ACCESSIBLE TO COMMUNITIES
OF COLOR SO WE ARE ACTUALLY
KIND OF CREATING THE TOOLS FOR
FOR FOLKS WHO HAVE A BETTER
EXPERIENCE IN HOSPITAL. WHILE
THE TRIP OUT OF THE
AND TO HAVE THESE OTHER OPTIONS
WHILE WE ARE PUSHING FOR
ACCOUNTABILITY AND CHANGE
WITHIN THE
HOSPITAL SYSTEM. ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT YOU MAY SEE THIS
OFTEN A LOT OF ENERGY AROUND
TELLING BLACK AND BROWN FOLKS
WHAT THEY SHOULD DO WHAT I
CAN DO. AND YOU KNOW WE REALLY
NEED TO PUSH BACK ON THAT A
LITTLE AND START HOLDING THE
HOT LITTLE'S AND SYSTEMS THAT
ARE LITERALLY BEING PAY FOR
CARE. MORE RESPONSIBLE MORE
ACCOUNTABLE FOR MAKING SURE
THAT WE WALK OUT ALIVE THAT WE
GET TO RAISE THE CHILDREN THAT
BIEBER THAT WE GET TO ENJOY A
MOTHER OF A JOURNEY AND NOT TO
HAVE BEEN MARRED WITH TRAUMA