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Pregnancy, Birth, and Parenting is Transformative and Deserves a Community of Care. We envision a future where parents impacted by racial and social inequities can birth with dignity, parent with autonomy, and raise babies who are healthy, growing, and thriving.
Our Beginnings. Why Does MCC Exist? In 1980 a group of Philadelphia health and social justice activists came together over concerns about the well-being of the most vulnerable members of the community - pregnant people and infants. They created Maternity Care Coalition (MCC) and advocated for change with policymakers and decision makers asking, ...
An organizational development and human resources executive with more than 25 years of experience, Lawrence has held high-level human resources positions with companies including Maternity Care Coalition, QSI Consulting, and the Please Touch Museum.
In 1980, a group of Philadelphia health and social justice activists came together over concerns about the well-being of pregnant people and infants. They created Maternity Care Coalition (MCC) and advocated for change with policymakers and decision makers.
Since 1980, Maternity Care Coalition has assisted over 150,000 families throughout Southeastern Pennsylvania, focusing particularly on neighborhoods with high rates of poverty, infant mortality, health disparities, and changing immigration patterns.
11 kwi 2017 · Maternity Care Coalition (MCC), a community-based organization serving pregnant and newly parenting families, has been on the front lines of identifying and meeting community needs since 1980.
This study employed historical methodologies to explore the means through which the Maternity Care Coalition used grassroots activism to dismantle the power structures and other obstacles that contributed to high infant mortality rates in Philadelphia's health districts 5 and 6 during the 1980s.
