"I see inequity wherever it exists, call it by name, and work to eliminate it. I vow to create a better earth!"
- Dr. Shalon Irving

The Fierce Urgency of Now: A SPecial Johns Hopkins Symposium

Honoring the Legacy of Dr. Shalon M. Irving and Advancing the National Agenda to Eliminate Racial Disparities in Maternal Health

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Dr. Shalon M. Irving dedicated her life to understanding how structural inequality, trauma, and violence affect health over a lifetime. She passed away in 2017, just three weeks after giving birth, calling national attention to disproportionately high rates of maternal mortality among Black women.

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