Beyond Awareness: Frances and Traci Doula Demand Real Solutions for Black Maternal Health

EPISODE 20: Black Maternal Health, Action Over Awareness with Frances

In this episode, I sat down with Frances for a real, necessary conversation about Black maternal health and the broken systems surrounding it. We didn’t soften this one. We talked openly about racism, colorism, privilege, and the very real consequences Black mothers continue to face in healthcare.

Frances shared her own story, growing up in foster care, navigating the world as a neurodivergent Black woman, and working inside healthcare spaces from ERs to trauma rooms. She’s seen firsthand how race impacts the care people receive, and she’s not here for surface-level solutions.

We talked about:

• Why “just get a Black provider” isn’t a realistic or fair solution

• How access, numbers, and systems actually work

• The problem with performative “COVID activism”

• What real accountability and action should look like in hospitals and birth work

• Why white birth workers cannot wait to be told what to do

• Frances’s upcoming guide, Beyond Awareness, and moving from talk to action

This episode is uncomfortable, and it needs to be. Black mothers are dying, and awareness alone isn’t saving lives. Action does.

 

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