About BirthRight
Our Mission
We help communities, organizations and individuals create and sustain opportunities for Black Birthing Persons to survive and have healthy pregnancies.
About Us
Our Founder: Jonisha Brown MD, MPH, FAAFP
Dr. Brown is a Family Medicine Assistant Professor and a hospitalist at Atrium Health in Charlotte, NC. She holds an MD degree from Wake Forest and an MPH from Harvard, with a focus on health policy. She is board certified by the American Board of Family Medicine and licensed by the North Carolina Medical Board.
As an educator and an advocate, Dr. Brown is passionate about addressing racism and implicit bias in medicine, ending black maternal health disparities, and supporting diversity and inclusion in medicine. She has received multiple awards for her teaching excellence and leadership, and has published and presented on various topics related to health equity and social justice. Afetr experincing her own pregnancy postpartum complications, she founded BirthRight Inc. as a means to educate Black Birthing persons through grassroots efforts and community outreach.
The BirthRight Vision
BirthRight envisions a world where Black birthing persons and their families enjoy healthy pregnancies, free from the effects of systemic racism and differential treatment.
Our Theory of Change
By leveraging culturally relevant health awareness and health communication tools, our theory of change posits that we can equip individuals with the knowledge and skills to lower the risk of mortality during the perinatal period.