Transfer of Power: Cross-sector Collaboration Moves from Institutions to Community

In the wake of the murder of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, increased police brutality and other events driven by white supremacy culture, SistasCaring4Sistas (SC4S) brought before the Mothering Asheville Steering Committee a recommendation that the coalition focus on restructuring its governance to being Black owned and led which would deepen the capacity for Mothering Asheville to center its work in the community most impacted by structural racism and birth inequities. There was unanimous support among cross-sector members to move the “fiscal agent” role from MAHEC, a predominantly white led organization, to SC4S, forming a new non-profit that will house all of the work currently led by Mothering Asheville - community capacity building, clinical shift and policy advocacy. SC4S will become the backbone organization for Mothering Asheville. Mothering Asheville is a collaborative community-centered health movement focused on eliminating inequities in infant mortality in Buncombe County, NC.

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