Equity, Ethics and Maternal Health in Tennessee
Recorded on: Saturday, April 24, 2021 – 9:30-11:00am CST
Briana Perry (she/her) is the Co-Executive Director of Healthy and Free Tennessee, a statewide network working to promote sexual and reproductive health and freedom.
Emilie Fauchet has been working at Family & Children’s Service for 5 years, first as a Navigator for the Affordable Care Act then as the Manager of the Connecting Kids to Coverage program. The majority of her enrollment work has been assisting immigrant women applying for pregnancy coverage and decreasing the barriers they face to accessing care.
Social Worker and Birth & Postpartum Doula, Ricki Martin works with families to efficiently navigate the healthcare system as it relates to maternal health. As a practitioner, advocate, and mother, Ricki spreads awareness about the inequities experienced by BIPOC birthers in America.
Panel Discussion
- Goals:
- Bringing light to policy issues related to the ethics of maternal health in TN
- Understanding the current mandates for care for individuals receiving TennCare
- Demonstrating the work of doulas and their role to advocate and support expecting mothers
- Understanding how policies impact the health equity of maternal health
Learn more about our speakers:
Briana Perry (she/her) is the Co-Executive Director of Healthy and Free Tennessee, a statewide network working to promote sexual and reproductive health and freedom. She graduated from Vanderbilt University with her B.A. in Sociology and Women’s and Gender Studies in 2013. While an undergraduate, Briana developed a passion for Black feminism and community organizing, with a focus on Black women and reproductive freedom. Before obtaining her master’s degree, she taught English, science, and social studies for two years in her hometown, Memphis. In 2015, she returned to Nashville as a graduate student at Peabody College and completed her Master of Education in Learning, Diversity, and Urban Studies in 2016. Briana is currently an advisory committee member with the National Bailout Collective, a coordinating committee member with the Official Black Lives Matter Memphis Chapter, a board member with the Brooklyn Heights Community Garden, and is a trained birth doula. Her interests include Black feminism, abolition, and reproductive justice (and all of the intersections).
Emilie Fauchet has been working at Family & Children’s Service for 5 years, first as a Navigator for the Affordable Care Act then as the Manager of the Connecting Kids to Coverage program. The majority of her enrollment work has been assisting immigrant women applying for pregnancy coverage and decreasing the barriers they face to accessing care. Previous to working for Family & Children’s Service, Emilie worked at Tennessee Justice Center.
Social Worker and Birth & Postpartum Doula, Ricki Martin works with families to efficiently
navigate the healthcare system as it relates to maternal health. As a practitioner, advocate, and mother, Ricki spreads awareness about the inequities experienced by BIPOC birthers in
America. She primarily supports BIPOC birthers through Birth Strides, a non-profit organization that provides free doula care to minority mothers in Memphis, Tennessee, as well as through her own business, Beyond A Birthing Experience. Ricki believes that “every family deserves a doula” and educates communities on the significance of doula care on positive birth outcomes. She zealously advocates for equity within maternal healthcare and works daily to push Reproductive Justice to the forefront of healthcare priorities in Tennessee. Ricki received her Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Middle Tennessee State University and will be receiving her Master of Social Work at the University of Memphis this spring. She has completed Maternal Support Practitioner (Doula) training and is certified by Bebo Mia Inc., a training & mentorship organization for birth nerds, birth workers, & change makers wanting to work, or are already working, in the reproductive health field. Ricki is the president of the Coalition of Black Social Workers at the University of Memphis, a board member of the Tennessee Health Care Campaign, and most importantly, mother of six-year old, McKenzie Martin.