Joia Crear-Perry, MD, FACOG, Founder and President, National Birth Equity Collaborative Ebony Marcelle, CNM, MS, FACNM, Director of Midwifery, Community of Hope Kiddada Green, MAT, Founding Executive Director, Black Mothers’ Breastfeeding Association (BMBFA)     Shannon Welch, MPH, Project Director, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)  A significant rise in maternal deaths in the United States, especially among black women, has recently gotten a lot of public attention. According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), acute events tied to childbirth are contributing to the upward trend. Experts also highlight other factors putting black women, in particular, at risk: racism and implicit bias within health care, the daily struggles of poverty, and disregard for pregnant women’s knowledge about their own bodies and potentially dangerous symptoms.  With lives at stake, tune into WIHI: Black Women and and Maternal Care: Redesigning for Safety, Dignity, and Respect for a conversation with community health leaders and IHI’s own Shannon Welch about the issues that have led to an alarming rise in birth inequities and maternal mortality and the changes being sought. Dr. Joia Crear-Perry, Ebony Marcelle, and Kiddada Green will share interventions being tested that black women in Washington, DC, and in Detroit helped develop. Working with pregnant women in the community and improving the care they receive by the health care system are both key to turning the current situation around.