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To recognize and commend the selection of the Columbus / Ohio Team as a member of the National Infant Mortality and Racism Action Learning Collaborative.
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To recognize and commend the selection of the Columbus / Ohio Team as a member of the National Infant Mortality and Racism Action Learning Collaborative.
WHEREAS Columbus Public Health provided the primary leadership in preparing the initial proposal and soliciting community partners to participate in the Collaborative;
WHEREAS Columbus was selected as one of six participating city / state Teams that include greater Denver, Milwaukee, Pinellas County Florida, Chicago and Los Angeles;
WHEREAS Franklin County data on birth outcomes and infant death reveal persistent inequities;
WHEREAS Research has demonstrated the detrimental and unjust effects of racism and the stress of racism on birth outcomes and women's health;
WHEREAS Representatives from Columbus Public Health and its' Federal Healthy Start project - Caring for 2, the Ohio Department of Health, St Stephen's Community House, City of Refuge Point of Impact and the Council on Healthy Mothers and Babies are committed to providing core leadership, learning, advocacy and action through the Collaborative to address the effects of racism on infant mortality:
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COLUMBUS CITY COUNCIL THAT
We recognize and commend the selection of the Columbus / Ohio Team as a member of the National Infant Mortality and Racism Action Learning Collaborative