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Today is #WorldHealthDay, and World Health Organization is kicking off their year-long “Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures” campaign focused on maternal and newborn health. At Rise Up, we believe that all people have the right to lead healthy lives – every day Rise Up Leaders are working at both local and national levels to transform health care systems, ensuring more women have access to the essential reproductive and maternal health services they need and deserve. Investing in maternal and newborn health is an investment in our collective future, not a cost. Learn about Rise Up’s core focus areas and how Rise Up Leaders are fighting for reproductive health for all: https://lnkd.in/g4yAsT-H #HopefulFutures #SocialChange #GenderJustice

We’re excited to announce that Rise Up Leader Olivia Favela-Gary will be a speaker at our Evening of Impact: an in-person event on April 30 at The Progress in San Francisco! Olivia is the Executive Director of California Nurse-Midwives Foundation, a dedicated midwife, and a passionate advocate for improving access to quality maternal care for low-income and underserved communities of color across California. Through her work with Rise Up, Olivia is improving maternal and newborn health outcomes by establishing free birthing centers for marginalized families. We’re so excited for you to connect with leaders like Olivia, who are driving change for women, girls, and gender-nonconforming people. Register here: https://lnkd.in/gFw3eyAq #SocialChange #GenderJustice #GenderEquity

Skoll Foundation's 2025 World Forum is well underway in Oxford, England! Rise Up's Executive Director Denise Raquel Dunning, PhD is taking on #SkollWF this week, and we're excited to share a sneak peek into her experiences so far at the global convening for social changemakers 🌍

Rise Up California Leader Ithiopia Mckinney and her organizations O Community Doulas and COMMUNi-T.org recently launched their Birth Equity and Infant Health Mobile Vans in California to bring women's health and maternal care directly to moms and families in underserved and rural communities. Building power with Rise Up Leaders to provide accessible health care to women and girls is one of our core focus areas. Congrats to Ithiopia for the huge achievement and for making health care more accessible, especially for BIPOC moms! Learn more about Ithiopia’s work by heading to riseuptogether.org/leaders. #SocialChange #GenderJustice #MaternalCare

Opportunity alert 🗣️ Rise Up is seeking a Kenya Systems-Change Advocacy Consultant to support our Leadership and Advocacy Accelerator! For more information, check out the post below ⬇️

Meet the visionary leaders from PHI's Rise Up who completed the program's California Leadership and Advocacy Accelerator in 2024. These leaders are working to expand birth equity, financial stability, health care access for Black infants and mothers, housing protections, and indigenous justice. One example: Jennifer Roberson and the Breastfeeding Task Force of Greater Los Angeles are working to reduce health disparities for Black infants and mothers by improving the Black Infant Health Program. https://lnkd.in/gXRgnYRP

Happy #TransgenderDayOfVisibility! 🏳️⚧️ Rise Up proudly celebrates transgender people and builds power with changemakers who ensure trans people all over the world have access to education, health care, economic opportunities, and the resources they need to thrive. Swipe through to get to know some of the dynamic leaders in our 2024 California Cohort working with Rise Up to support and advocate for trans people and their rights. Yozantli Lagunas Guerrero, GSA Network Jess Fitzpatrick, Gender Alchemy Carlo Gómez Arteaga, The Transgender District Arien Alana Reed, Trans-E-Motion J. Gia Loving, GSA Network Learn more about these leaders at riseuptogether.org/leaders

Rise Up's March Newsletter is here! Catch up on our latest updates this month, from celebrating #IWD25 and recruiting new Kenya leaders, to how #USAID funding cuts are impacting Rise Up Leaders, and a recap of the recent Center for Effective Philanthropy report on MacKenzie Scott’s giving. 🔗Check it out here: https://lnkd.in/gfZrSWb8

ICYMI: The Center for Effective Philanthropy recently released its report “Breaking the Mold: The Transformative Effect of MacKenzie Scott's Big Gifts” on MacKenzie Scott’s large, unrestricted giving and its impact on nonprofits like Rise Up. We’re honored to have been among the nonprofits in 2021 that received a total of $2.7B from Scott – funds that have helped us increase our operational capacity and advance our work in #GenderJustice. 🔗Read the full report: http://bit.ly/428HKcX #SocialChange

Skoll Foundation’s 2025 World Forum, a global convening of changemakers, is a week away! We’re excited to announce that Rise Up’s Executive Director Denise Raquel Dunning, PhD will be attending #SkollWF from April 1-4, building community with fellow social change leaders to find solutions to the world’s most pressing issues, including gender equity and justice. Stay tuned for updates on Denise’s experiences and takeaways! #SocialChange #RiseUpTogether