Elaine Welteroth-founded BirthFund to end the maternal health crisis.
The movement for maternal health gathered Kris Jenner, Kelly Rowland, Tina Knowles and more for the first annual BirthFund Brunch on Thursday inWhen Welteroth, mother to a toddler and currently expecting her second child, learned that maternal mortality in the U.S. is higher than in other high-income countries — and deaths among Black women are highest — she felt the need to act, she said.
“So, I want to be clear that we are lifting up midwifery as one solution that we can all get behind,” she continued. “We need systemic change to make that possible at scale for every woman who deserves it, for every family who deserves it. But guess what, we don’t have time to wait for the laws to change. We don’t have time to wait for philanthropists, doctors and the insurance companies and lawmakers to do the right thing to move the needle on this. And so that is why it is on us to save us.
Nearly $250,000 was raised at the event by those attending, which also included Nancy Twine, Hannah Bronfman and Khloé Kardashian, among others. Title sponsor SoFi, the finance company, has been a supporter of BirthFund from the start and made a donation of $500,000. The day was also held to honor Kimberly Durdin and Allegra Hill, the cofounders of Kindred Space L.A., which offers complete midwifery care.
“Now that I’m finally sitting back, I’m a little choked ,” Rowland said. “Because it goes to show how one idea and an idea of passion, and when women and people come together — because I see there are men here too — we can actually shift and move these numbers and change these numbers in which women are actually going into these very sacred places to give life and some to lose theirs.
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