Surviving Pregnancy While Black

By Kalimah Karim, RN, LCCE

Nurse Karim provides information on how Black people can take care of themselves and their baby during and after pregnancy, when medical professionals sometimes suffer from implicit bias.

This presentation was done in collaboration with Celebrating the African Spirit for our 2021 series of Juneteenth Health Talks, centering the health and safety of Black people today.

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About Kalimah Karim, RN, LCCE

Kalimah Karim, RN, LCCE  is a Community Health Nurse. The majority of her nursing career has been dedicated to improving health outcomes for people of color, both adults and children. She is a Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator.

A lifelong New Yorker, Kalimah has been a Poughkeepsie resident for the past 8 years. A mom and grandmother, Kalimah started Ourstory Collectibles.com, offering Afrocentric, Western and Asian art and decor, because “it’s vital that everyone can feel that their surroundings reflect their story”.