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Let us continue to do the good work

November 10, 2016 by EveryWoman Southeast

This seismic election has left our nation on a spectrum of emotions ranging from anger to jubilation and everywhere in-between. No matter where you might personally fall on the spectrum, let us continue to do the work that this coalition has set out to do together because you matter and the work you do matters!

Filed Under: about us, community, equity, featured, self reflections

Take Two

July 5, 2016 by EveryWoman Southeast

Accepting messy and the need to apologize sometimes for inadvertent mistakes are better than silence. Tweet No matter how frustrating life was the day before, or how long the night, out of the dark each morning rays of light emerge. Dawn is a cosmic reset button. I’ve always loved the idea of new beginnings – […]

Filed Under: about us, community

What is YOUR Switch Point Moment?

April 30, 2015 by EveryWoman Southeast

When was the last time you attended a conference where you were challenged with new ways of thinking, seeing your work and the world around you? The SwitchPoint conference hosted by IntraHealth recently convened unusual people from many different industries to create social change. I had the opportunity to participate and my head is still […]

Filed Under: about us, leadership, self reflections

Spotlight on our Volunteers

June 2, 2014 by EveryWoman Southeast

Our volunteers help to move forward a lot of our initiatives and activities. Have you noticed our blog upgrades?  The graphics, social media sharing capabilities, and the addition of widgets to display videos and showcase the latest newsletter were all made possible by the volunteer work of Megan Fazekas-King. Here is what she had to […]

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A Lesson in Advocacy – My experience at March of Dimes Lobby Day

May 29, 2014 by EveryWoman Southeast

Recently, my fellow graduate interns and I had the opportunity to participate in the March of Dimes 2014 Lobby Day at the North Carolina Statehouse. As volunteers, our mission was to visit lawmakers in their offices and garner support for funding of the You Quit Two Quit program, an evidence-based program that focuses on tobacco […]

Filed Under: about us, community, partners, policy

Femme 6 – Aiming for Collective Impact

February 19, 2014 by admin

By Mallory Perez – Health Policy & Management Graduate Student Femme 6 is a student group of Health Policy & Management majors at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. For the Spring 2014 semester, this team of six young women is assisting Every Women Southeast as the coalition grows and expands its network of resources. Mallory […]

Filed Under: about us, guest blogger, partners, self reflections

The Scoop from AMCHP from a First Time Attendee

February 3, 2014 by admin

As a first time attendee of the AMCHP conference in Washington, DC, it was great to hear and learn from national leaders in the field of maternal and child health. The keynote speeches from the plenary sessions were very motivating. I most especially loved the speech given by Dr. Maxine Hayes, MD, MPH, with the […]

Filed Under: about us, partners, self reflections

What Happens in New Orleans Should NOT Stay in New Orleans

January 17, 2012 by admin

Last week myself and several other Every Woman Southeast leadership team members had the opportunity to attend an Infant Mortality Summit in New Orleans. The meeting was sponsored by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) in collaboration with the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP), the Association of State and Territorial Health […]

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Taking on the Life Course Model

September 7, 2011 by admin

For the past few weeks the Every Woman Southeast Coalition’s leadership team has been working to finalize its goals, logic model and action plan. As we’ve thought deeply about what needs to happen in the Southeast to truly improve the health of mothers and babies, we agree that change will only come when we take […]

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Alabama Adventure

August 17, 2011 by admin

Thank you to Team Alabama for inviting me to talk about the Every Woman Southeast Coalition at their annual Perinatal Symposium in Birmingham last week. While thunderstorms kept me in the Charlotte, NC airport longer than I liked, the weather in Alabama was beautiful! At the Symposium, I was honored to follow a fantastic presentation […]

Filed Under: about us, Women's Wellness

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