With seed funding from Health Net, the California Coalition for Black Birth Justice, the first of its kind in California, convened birth equity and reproductive justice experts to drive coordinated efforts to accelerate birth justice for Black families across the state. We believed that combining our knowledge, capacity, lived experiences, power, and deep love for Black people through the activation of a Black women-led coalition has significant potential to drive the necessary systemic change. The California Coalition for Black Birth Justice is fiscally sponsored by the Public Health Institute and is co-led in partnership with the California Preterm Birth Initiative.

The California Coalition for Black Birth Justice serves as an intentional space for Black women to share key knowledge, strategize on various approaches, and co-create solutions for transformational change. After a year of building capacity, engaging community members, and identifying strategies to improve perinatal and infant outcomes, the Coalition has released a Black Birth Justice Agenda outlining recommendations, policy actions, and alignment opportunities to advance Black birth justice in California.