Hey y'all. This is Naomi Fields. Welcome back to another episode of the anti-racism and

medicine series of the Clinical Problem Solvers podcast. As always, our goal on this podcast is to equip our listeners at all levels of training

with the consciousness and tools to practice anti-racism in their health professions careers.

This episode is entitled Just Births, Reproductive Justice and Black and Indigenous

maternal health equity.

Today, we're focusing on the roles of anti-racist action and reproductive justice and rectifying

inequities experienced by Black and Indigenous birthing persons.

I am so thrilled to be hosting this episode with our team members Chioma Onioha and Victor

Choma and Victor, can I have each of you introduce our phenomenal guests?

Hey, Naomi, I am so excited to be here having this conversation and to introduce our first guest, Dr. Joya Creer Perry, a physician, policy expert, thought leader, and advocate for transformational justice.

As the founder and president of the National Birth Equity Collaborative, she identifies and challenges racism as a root cause of health inequities. She is a highly sought after birth equity and racial health disparities expert and

speaker and has received numerous awards for her work as a health advocate exploring racial disparities in the industry.

Dr. Kriar Perry has addressed the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

multiple times to elevate the cause of gender diversity and urge a human rights framework

towards addressing maternal mortality. Previously, she served as the executive director

of the Burthing Project, Director of Women's and Children's Services at Jefferson Community

Healthcare Center, and as the Director of Clinical Services for the City of New Orleans Health

Department.

Dr. Career Perry currently serves as a principal at Health Equity Cipher and on the board of

trustees for Black Mamas Matter Alliance, community catalyst, the National Clinical Training Center

for Family Planning, and the UCSF preterm birth initiative. She is an adjunct professor at Tulane School of Public Health as well.

After completing undergraduate studies at Princeton University and Xavier University,

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