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4th Annual Black Maternal and Infant Health Conference

Sacred Bodies, Broken Systems: Reimagining Black Maternal and Infant Health

Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2026
Time: 8:00 AM – 3:15 PM


Time Session Description
8:00 AM – 8:30 AM Breakfast
8:30 AM – 9:05 AM Welcome and Logistics
9:10 AM – 10:20 AM Opening Session – Keynote Speaker Michelle Browder, Founder, Mothers of Gynecology
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM Breakout Sessions (3) Sessions to be announced soon
11:45 AM – 12:30 PM Lunch
12:45 PM – 1:45 PM Afternoon Panel Panelists:
• Dr. Jonisha Brown, Family Medicine Physician, Atrium Health; Executive Director & Founder of the WEBE Institute
• Jamilla Walker, Chief Midwife, Center for Women’s Healthcare, Cone Health
• Monica Brown, Health Center Manager, Centering Pregnancy
• Kiera Hereford, Member, Infant Mortality Coalition; Co-Chair, NC Perinatal Health Equity Collective (PHEC); Owner, Speakin of Grace
1:45 PM – 2:45 PM Breakout Sessions (3) Sessions to be announced soon
2:45 PM – 3:15 PM Closing

Keynote Speaker

Michelle Browder
Founder, Mothers of Gynecology

Afternoon Panel