For March we’re featuring our Pilot Project from Tennessee, CHOICES – Memphis Center for Reproductive Health and their featured leader is Assistant Director, Jennifer Pepper. 1. How long have you been in your current position? What brought you to the organization and your current work? I have been with Choices, formerly the Memphis Center for […]
Show Your Love: Thoughts from a Recent MCH Grad on Preconception Health
By Sarah Leff, MPH, Program Associate at the UNC Center for Maternal and Infant HealthIn May of last year, I graduated from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health with my MPH in Maternal and Child Health (MCH). I have been working at the UNC Center for Maternal and Infant Health, first as an […]
The legacy lives in us
What an amazing day – the second Presidential inauguration on the day we lift up the life of Martin Luther King Jr. Today is a confirmation of the work we do together as a coalition, as women, as sisters, as daughters and as mothers. In spite of the challenges that we face in the Southeast […]
Pilot Project Leaders: Margarita Franco of PASOs
This month we’re featuring Margarita Franco, Director of Community Leadership Development at PASOs a community-based organization hosted at the Arnold School of Public Health at the University of South Carolina. How long have you been in your current position? What brought you to the organization and your current work? I hold a degree in psychology […]
Light in the Darkness
Friends and colleagues, All of us have been touched by the recent violence in Newtown, CT. There has been for me, however, a sense of shared community across the nation and a true “knowing” that I’m part of something greater than myself. There is a force that unites us that is more powerful than anything else […]
Pilot Project Leaders: Mirine Dye of Urban Health Partnerships
This month we’re featuring Mirine Dye, a Program Manager for Urban Health Partnerships and new member of the Every Woman Southeast Coalition. How long have you been in your current position? I joined Urban Health Partnerships (UHP) and our corporate arm Urban Health Solutions (UHS) in May of 2012. This EWSE grant project is my […]
MCH Leaders in the Southeast: Alabama
One of our featured leaders from Alabama is Janice M. Smiley, MSN, RN, Director of the State Perinatal Program at the Alabama Department of Public Health. She took some time to talk about the Perinatal Program and to discuss some challenges and opportunities she faces in Alabama. How long have you been in your current […]
Keeping our social network alive and thriving
If you’ve been reading our newsletters or following our activity for a while, you know we’re all about forming effective connections throughout the southeast. One way that most of us connect in this digital age is through the Internet, specifically social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and now Pinterest. Spreading news and information through […]
MCH Leaders in the Southeast: Alabama
D’Ann Somerall, DNP, FNP-BC, Division Manager and Family Nurse Practitioner Program Manager at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing also took the time to talk to us about her work in Alabama and she was happy to answer our featured interview questions for Every Woman Southeast. How long have you been in […]
Parenthood as a Job vs Relationship: Ask Moxie Weighs in with “Free But Not Cheap”
By Erin McClain, MA, MPH, Research Associate at the UNC Center for Maternal & Infant Health My favorite parenting advice blogger, Magda Pecsenye, who writes the blog Ask Moxie, recently posted a response to Jessica Valenti’s book Why Have Kids?: A New Mom Explores the Truth About Parenting and Happiness and Valenti’s piece for Babble, […]