Join YW Boston and Senator Liz Miranda for our next session in the Kuumba Conversations Series on April 15th, 2026.

To Register: Kuumba Conversations: A Discussion with Senator Liz Miranda on Maternal Health Equity.

📅 April 15, 2026
⏰ Doors Open: 9:30 AM | Program Begins: 10:00 AM
📍 Location: Kuumba Library
140 Clarendon Street, 2nd Floor
Boston, MA 02116

The Series:

“Kuumba Conversations” was inspired by last year’s roundtable confronting the Black women’s unemployment crisis, hosted by Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley.

Each roundtable is structured to center 5–10 women leaders and women with direct lived experience in a facilitated conversation co-hosted by an elected official. A small group of invited partners and advocates will participate as engaged listeners, followed by moderated Q&A, resource sharing, and relationship-building.

The intent is to connect lived experience with public leadership in ways that are substantive and outcome-oriented. We aim to foster shared learning, accountability, and alignment across policy, practice, and community investment.

This April’s Session:

Join Senator Liz Miranda, 2nd Suffolk District and Aba Taylor, YW Boston’s President and CEO, in leading a discussion on maternal health in Greater Boston and center solutions and experiences around women of color in particular.

Panelists for the roundtable discussion include:

1. Emily Anesta, President, Bay State Birth Coalition
2. Nashira Baril, Executive Director, Neighborhood Birth Center
3. Zev Colson, Certified Professional Midwife
4. Ketura’h Edwards-Robinson, MSN, SANE-MA, WHNP-BC, AGNP-C
5. Sunde W. Daniels, Manager Director, Center for Black Maternal Health and Reproductive Justice Tufts University of Medicine
6. Crista Johnson-Agbakwu, MD, MSc, FACOG, Executive Director, Collaborative in Health Equity
7. Liza M. Swedarsky, MD, Gynecologist, MGB Division of Urban Health, Founder of Health Vows and the Embracing Black Initiative, Instructor Harvard Medical School
8. Tiffany Vassell, MS, RN, Maternal Health Advocate

By registering here, you are registering as an audience member ready to listen, learn, and also have the chance to ask questions and interact with the leaders at the table.

We thank you for your commitment to respecting the stories shared and voices heard while also honoring the urgency of taking action as a collective community.