Karen A. Scott, MD, MPH, FACOG (she/her)
@rjepiobwarrior.bsky.social
BCR Founding CEO, Owner & Chief Black Feminist Physician Scientist. Southern Black Woman. Medical Humanities Scholar. Paradigm Architect, Systems Disruptor, Narrative Alchemist, Author, Activist. Trekkie, Foodie, Yoda Follower, Traveler.
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✨✨New Chapter Publication in a New Book✨✨
Special thanks to my Co-Author, Co-Editors & Springer Publisher
Chapter 12. Intersectional Drivers of Mental Health Inequities By Karen A. Scott, MD, MPH, FACOG & Sung-Jae Lee, Ph.D
30% discount code: AUTHOR30
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Special thanks to my Co-Author, Co-Editors & Springer Publisher
Chapter 12. Intersectional Drivers of Mental Health Inequities By Karen A. Scott, MD, MPH, FACOG & Sung-Jae Lee, Ph.D
30% discount code: AUTHOR30
www.springerpub.com/mental-healt...
September 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
✨✨New Chapter Publication in a New Book✨✨
Special thanks to my Co-Author, Co-Editors & Springer Publisher
Chapter 12. Intersectional Drivers of Mental Health Inequities By Karen A. Scott, MD, MPH, FACOG & Sung-Jae Lee, Ph.D
30% discount code: AUTHOR30
www.springerpub.com/mental-healt...
Special thanks to my Co-Author, Co-Editors & Springer Publisher
Chapter 12. Intersectional Drivers of Mental Health Inequities By Karen A. Scott, MD, MPH, FACOG & Sung-Jae Lee, Ph.D
30% discount code: AUTHOR30
www.springerpub.com/mental-healt...
We are Whole. We are Holy. We are Human. 💜
Session 7: Reclaiming Our Power Through Birth
📅 Sept 29 | 5:30–7PM CT
Part of You, Me & SACKRED Birth series.
🔗 Register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/b1428f...
Session 7: Reclaiming Our Power Through Birth
📅 Sept 29 | 5:30–7PM CT
Part of You, Me & SACKRED Birth series.
🔗 Register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/b1428f...
September 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
We are Whole. We are Holy. We are Human. 💜
Session 7: Reclaiming Our Power Through Birth
📅 Sept 29 | 5:30–7PM CT
Part of You, Me & SACKRED Birth series.
🔗 Register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/b1428f...
Session 7: Reclaiming Our Power Through Birth
📅 Sept 29 | 5:30–7PM CT
Part of You, Me & SACKRED Birth series.
🔗 Register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/b1428f...
NEW 📕 FLYER!!
Bloomsbury Publishing acquired Lexington Books of Rowman & Littflefield! Please get your copy of the book using the NEW discount code GLR BD8 to get 20% off at
www.bloomsbury.com/9781666938395/
#SACKREDBirth
Bloomsbury Publishing acquired Lexington Books of Rowman & Littflefield! Please get your copy of the book using the NEW discount code GLR BD8 to get 20% off at
www.bloomsbury.com/9781666938395/
#SACKREDBirth
June 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
NEW 📕 FLYER!!
Bloomsbury Publishing acquired Lexington Books of Rowman & Littflefield! Please get your copy of the book using the NEW discount code GLR BD8 to get 20% off at
www.bloomsbury.com/9781666938395/
#SACKREDBirth
Bloomsbury Publishing acquired Lexington Books of Rowman & Littflefield! Please get your copy of the book using the NEW discount code GLR BD8 to get 20% off at
www.bloomsbury.com/9781666938395/
#SACKREDBirth
What if birth autonomy wasn’t something to fight for—but something already ours?
Session 4 of You, Me & SACKRED Birth with Dr. Karen A. Scott centers Black birthing people resisting coercion and reclaiming power with birth plans, community, and love. ✊🏾
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/5ddaed...
Session 4 of You, Me & SACKRED Birth with Dr. Karen A. Scott centers Black birthing people resisting coercion and reclaiming power with birth plans, community, and love. ✊🏾
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/5ddaed...
June 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
What if birth autonomy wasn’t something to fight for—but something already ours?
Session 4 of You, Me & SACKRED Birth with Dr. Karen A. Scott centers Black birthing people resisting coercion and reclaiming power with birth plans, community, and love. ✊🏾
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/5ddaed...
Session 4 of You, Me & SACKRED Birth with Dr. Karen A. Scott centers Black birthing people resisting coercion and reclaiming power with birth plans, community, and love. ✊🏾
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/5ddaed...
The book offers a new quality paradigm grounded in cultural rigor & lived experience. Through the SACKRED framework—Safety, Autonomy, Communication, Kinship, Racism, Empathy & Humanity & Dignity—I reveal how we can redefine quality & rebuild care in our image. Order today: rowman.com/ISBN/9781666...
May 16, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The book offers a new quality paradigm grounded in cultural rigor & lived experience. Through the SACKRED framework—Safety, Autonomy, Communication, Kinship, Racism, Empathy & Humanity & Dignity—I reveal how we can redefine quality & rebuild care in our image. Order today: rowman.com/ISBN/9781666...
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“Embodying Safety & Accountability in Care”. In Session 3 of You, Me & SACKRED Birth, we’ll elevate a new, culturally rigorous definition of safety—rooted in love, protection & belonging. Join us WED, May 28 @ 5:30PM CST. Register now: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/31d9ef...
“Embodying Safety & Accountability in Care”. In Session 3 of You, Me & SACKRED Birth, we’ll elevate a new, culturally rigorous definition of safety—rooted in love, protection & belonging. Join us WED, May 28 @ 5:30PM CST. Register now: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/31d9ef...
May 16, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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“Embodying Safety & Accountability in Care”. In Session 3 of You, Me & SACKRED Birth, we’ll elevate a new, culturally rigorous definition of safety—rooted in love, protection & belonging. Join us WED, May 28 @ 5:30PM CST. Register now: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/31d9ef...
“Embodying Safety & Accountability in Care”. In Session 3 of You, Me & SACKRED Birth, we’ll elevate a new, culturally rigorous definition of safety—rooted in love, protection & belonging. Join us WED, May 28 @ 5:30PM CST. Register now: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/31d9ef...
“Equal pain, separate care.”
In Session 2 of You, Me & SACKRED Birth, we’re naming how anti-Black racism and misogynoir manifest in medicine—especially during our births.
Join me on Mon, April 28 at 7 PM CT. This session is for you.
Register now:
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/c4d099...
In Session 2 of You, Me & SACKRED Birth, we’re naming how anti-Black racism and misogynoir manifest in medicine—especially during our births.
Join me on Mon, April 28 at 7 PM CT. This session is for you.
Register now:
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/c4d099...
April 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
“Equal pain, separate care.”
In Session 2 of You, Me & SACKRED Birth, we’re naming how anti-Black racism and misogynoir manifest in medicine—especially during our births.
Join me on Mon, April 28 at 7 PM CT. This session is for you.
Register now:
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/c4d099...
In Session 2 of You, Me & SACKRED Birth, we’re naming how anti-Black racism and misogynoir manifest in medicine—especially during our births.
Join me on Mon, April 28 at 7 PM CT. This session is for you.
Register now:
events.teams.microsoft.com/event/c4d099...
Yesterday, I celebrated the homecoming of my baby, #SACKREDBirth with my ancestors and God. She arrived 2/14/2025. And the celebration continues. Best Love Day gift ever! Order your copy today: rowman.com/ISBN/9781666...
Special 30% discount code LXFANDF30 (hopefully it’s still active).
Special 30% discount code LXFANDF30 (hopefully it’s still active).
February 15, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Yesterday, I celebrated the homecoming of my baby, #SACKREDBirth with my ancestors and God. She arrived 2/14/2025. And the celebration continues. Best Love Day gift ever! Order your copy today: rowman.com/ISBN/9781666...
Special 30% discount code LXFANDF30 (hopefully it’s still active).
Special 30% discount code LXFANDF30 (hopefully it’s still active).
Join us at the Obstetric Patient Safety Summit 2025 as we dive into this year’s critical theme: Championing Birth Justice for & with Black & Native Youth. Don’t miss out on powerful discussions, inspiring speakers, & actionable solutions.
📅 Register now & learn more!
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📅 Register now & learn more!
www.opss-sankofa.com
January 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Join us at the Obstetric Patient Safety Summit 2025 as we dive into this year’s critical theme: Championing Birth Justice for & with Black & Native Youth. Don’t miss out on powerful discussions, inspiring speakers, & actionable solutions.
📅 Register now & learn more!
www.opss-sankofa.com
📅 Register now & learn more!
www.opss-sankofa.com
SACKRED Birth offers a new quality paradigm to address violations of physical & emotional safety as defined by obstetric racism during childbirth hospitalization. Get 30% off your ebook available now or pre-order the hardback available January 20th using code LXFANDF30. rowman.com/ISBN/9781666...
January 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
SACKRED Birth offers a new quality paradigm to address violations of physical & emotional safety as defined by obstetric racism during childbirth hospitalization. Get 30% off your ebook available now or pre-order the hardback available January 20th using code LXFANDF30. rowman.com/ISBN/9781666...
Reading, sharing, citing, teaching & practicing SACKRED Birth opens your head & heart to the deceptive, dismissive & dehumanizing standard of obstetric care throughout the U.S. Pre-order your copy & save 30% using the code LXFANDF30.
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We all deserve a #SACKREDBirth
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We all deserve a #SACKREDBirth
December 30, 2024 at 10:58 PM
Reading, sharing, citing, teaching & practicing SACKRED Birth opens your head & heart to the deceptive, dismissive & dehumanizing standard of obstetric care throughout the U.S. Pre-order your copy & save 30% using the code LXFANDF30.
rowman.com/ISBN/9781666...
We all deserve a #SACKREDBirth
rowman.com/ISBN/9781666...
We all deserve a #SACKREDBirth
Give the gift of ethics, knowledge, leadership, science, measurement development and monitoring strategies, data quality and accessibility, and community participation and partnership in obstetric quality.
Enter discount code LXFANDF30 & pre-order SACKRED Birth today.
rowman.com/ISBN/9781666...
Enter discount code LXFANDF30 & pre-order SACKRED Birth today.
rowman.com/ISBN/9781666...
December 16, 2024 at 12:43 PM
Give the gift of ethics, knowledge, leadership, science, measurement development and monitoring strategies, data quality and accessibility, and community participation and partnership in obstetric quality.
Enter discount code LXFANDF30 & pre-order SACKRED Birth today.
rowman.com/ISBN/9781666...
Enter discount code LXFANDF30 & pre-order SACKRED Birth today.
rowman.com/ISBN/9781666...
SACKRED Birth offers a new quality paradigm to address violations of physical & emotional safety during childbirth hospitalization using Black feminist hermeneutic phenomenology & public health critical race methodology.
Enter the code LXFANDF30 & pre-order today.
rowman.com/ISBN/9781666...
Enter the code LXFANDF30 & pre-order today.
rowman.com/ISBN/9781666...
December 10, 2024 at 1:18 PM
SACKRED Birth offers a new quality paradigm to address violations of physical & emotional safety during childbirth hospitalization using Black feminist hermeneutic phenomenology & public health critical race methodology.
Enter the code LXFANDF30 & pre-order today.
rowman.com/ISBN/9781666...
Enter the code LXFANDF30 & pre-order today.
rowman.com/ISBN/9781666...
Your support powers the Obstetric Patient Safety Summit 2025, a movement 4 lasting change in hospital birthing practices.
Together, we can ensure every birth is safe, supported & just. 💛
Click the link to donate & learn more: www.opss-sankofa.com/donate
#BirthJustice #GivingTuesday #SACKREDBirth
Together, we can ensure every birth is safe, supported & just. 💛
Click the link to donate & learn more: www.opss-sankofa.com/donate
#BirthJustice #GivingTuesday #SACKREDBirth
December 3, 2024 at 11:19 AM
Your support powers the Obstetric Patient Safety Summit 2025, a movement 4 lasting change in hospital birthing practices.
Together, we can ensure every birth is safe, supported & just. 💛
Click the link to donate & learn more: www.opss-sankofa.com/donate
#BirthJustice #GivingTuesday #SACKREDBirth
Together, we can ensure every birth is safe, supported & just. 💛
Click the link to donate & learn more: www.opss-sankofa.com/donate
#BirthJustice #GivingTuesday #SACKREDBirth
🌍 This #GivingTuesday, let’s come together to transform birthing care for Black & Native youth.
With the SACKRED Birth framework, we’re creating safer, more equitable experiences that center dignity and justice.
www.opss-sankofa.com/donate
#BirthJustice #GivingTuesday #SACKREDBirth #OPSS2025
With the SACKRED Birth framework, we’re creating safer, more equitable experiences that center dignity and justice.
www.opss-sankofa.com/donate
#BirthJustice #GivingTuesday #SACKREDBirth #OPSS2025
December 3, 2024 at 11:19 AM
🌍 This #GivingTuesday, let’s come together to transform birthing care for Black & Native youth.
With the SACKRED Birth framework, we’re creating safer, more equitable experiences that center dignity and justice.
www.opss-sankofa.com/donate
#BirthJustice #GivingTuesday #SACKREDBirth #OPSS2025
With the SACKRED Birth framework, we’re creating safer, more equitable experiences that center dignity and justice.
www.opss-sankofa.com/donate
#BirthJustice #GivingTuesday #SACKREDBirth #OPSS2025
Register for our 2nd Obstetric Patient Safety Summit, Feb 19-23, 2025 and get 25% OFF any ticket.
This limited-time offer is your chance to join the movement at a fraction of the price. 🖤
Hurry—this sale ends November 30!
Secure your spot and save BIG today!
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This limited-time offer is your chance to join the movement at a fraction of the price. 🖤
Hurry—this sale ends November 30!
Secure your spot and save BIG today!
whova.com/web/3d7ip-Fq...
November 29, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Register for our 2nd Obstetric Patient Safety Summit, Feb 19-23, 2025 and get 25% OFF any ticket.
This limited-time offer is your chance to join the movement at a fraction of the price. 🖤
Hurry—this sale ends November 30!
Secure your spot and save BIG today!
whova.com/web/3d7ip-Fq...
This limited-time offer is your chance to join the movement at a fraction of the price. 🖤
Hurry—this sale ends November 30!
Secure your spot and save BIG today!
whova.com/web/3d7ip-Fq...
📣Get your ticket to any of the OPSS 2025 events during our 48-Hour Black Friday Deal!!
💥Save 25% on early bird tickets Nov 28-30th!!💥
General registration starts 12/1/2024 until Feb 19-23, 2025!
To register:
whova.com/web/3d7ip-Fq...
To view OPSS 2025 agenda:
www.opss-sankofa.com
💥Save 25% on early bird tickets Nov 28-30th!!💥
General registration starts 12/1/2024 until Feb 19-23, 2025!
To register:
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To view OPSS 2025 agenda:
www.opss-sankofa.com
November 26, 2024 at 6:31 PM
📣Get your ticket to any of the OPSS 2025 events during our 48-Hour Black Friday Deal!!
💥Save 25% on early bird tickets Nov 28-30th!!💥
General registration starts 12/1/2024 until Feb 19-23, 2025!
To register:
whova.com/web/3d7ip-Fq...
To view OPSS 2025 agenda:
www.opss-sankofa.com
💥Save 25% on early bird tickets Nov 28-30th!!💥
General registration starts 12/1/2024 until Feb 19-23, 2025!
To register:
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To view OPSS 2025 agenda:
www.opss-sankofa.com
📸 Don’t forget to take pictures and tag us on when you visit! Let’s celebrate this milestone together.
#HealthIsAHumanRight #SACKREDBirth #BirthingCulturalRigor #AchievingHealthEquity
#HealthIsAHumanRight #SACKREDBirth #BirthingCulturalRigor #AchievingHealthEquity
November 21, 2024 at 7:35 PM
📸 Don’t forget to take pictures and tag us on when you visit! Let’s celebrate this milestone together.
#HealthIsAHumanRight #SACKREDBirth #BirthingCulturalRigor #AchievingHealthEquity
#HealthIsAHumanRight #SACKREDBirth #BirthingCulturalRigor #AchievingHealthEquity
📣 Mark your calendars! The exhibit opens November 25, 2024, and runs through August 1, 2025, with a global online experience available. Visit the CDC Museum in Atlanta, GA, to witness powerful stories and innovations reshaping public health.
November 21, 2024 at 7:35 PM
📣 Mark your calendars! The exhibit opens November 25, 2024, and runs through August 1, 2025, with a global online experience available. Visit the CDC Museum in Atlanta, GA, to witness powerful stories and innovations reshaping public health.
📣 Exciting News!
The exhibition features contributions from over 100 U.S. individuals, orgs & govt agencies incl Birthing Cultural Rigor in collab w/The Educated Birth highlighting the SACKRED Birth framework & the PREM-OB Scale® in “Using the Lived Experience to Address Obstetric Racism”.💡
The exhibition features contributions from over 100 U.S. individuals, orgs & govt agencies incl Birthing Cultural Rigor in collab w/The Educated Birth highlighting the SACKRED Birth framework & the PREM-OB Scale® in “Using the Lived Experience to Address Obstetric Racism”.💡
November 21, 2024 at 7:35 PM
📣 Exciting News!
The exhibition features contributions from over 100 U.S. individuals, orgs & govt agencies incl Birthing Cultural Rigor in collab w/The Educated Birth highlighting the SACKRED Birth framework & the PREM-OB Scale® in “Using the Lived Experience to Address Obstetric Racism”.💡
The exhibition features contributions from over 100 U.S. individuals, orgs & govt agencies incl Birthing Cultural Rigor in collab w/The Educated Birth highlighting the SACKRED Birth framework & the PREM-OB Scale® in “Using the Lived Experience to Address Obstetric Racism”.💡
📣 Exciting News!
Dr. Karen Antoinette Scott, MD, MPH, FACOG, and Birthing Cultural Rigor, LLC are thrilled to announce their participation in Health Is A Human Right: Achieving Health Equity, a collaboration between the David J. Sencer CDC Museum and CDC’s Office of Health Equity. 🎉
Dr. Karen Antoinette Scott, MD, MPH, FACOG, and Birthing Cultural Rigor, LLC are thrilled to announce their participation in Health Is A Human Right: Achieving Health Equity, a collaboration between the David J. Sencer CDC Museum and CDC’s Office of Health Equity. 🎉
November 21, 2024 at 7:35 PM
📣 Exciting News!
Dr. Karen Antoinette Scott, MD, MPH, FACOG, and Birthing Cultural Rigor, LLC are thrilled to announce their participation in Health Is A Human Right: Achieving Health Equity, a collaboration between the David J. Sencer CDC Museum and CDC’s Office of Health Equity. 🎉
Dr. Karen Antoinette Scott, MD, MPH, FACOG, and Birthing Cultural Rigor, LLC are thrilled to announce their participation in Health Is A Human Right: Achieving Health Equity, a collaboration between the David J. Sencer CDC Museum and CDC’s Office of Health Equity. 🎉
We’re grateful for their commitment to advancing health equity and justice.
Interested in joining us as a sponsor for OPSS 2025? Visit www.opss-sankofa.com/sponsor to explore our sponsorship categories and benefits. Together, we can champion birth justice and create transformative change!
Interested in joining us as a sponsor for OPSS 2025? Visit www.opss-sankofa.com/sponsor to explore our sponsorship categories and benefits. Together, we can champion birth justice and create transformative change!
November 18, 2024 at 2:14 PM
We’re grateful for their commitment to advancing health equity and justice.
Interested in joining us as a sponsor for OPSS 2025? Visit www.opss-sankofa.com/sponsor to explore our sponsorship categories and benefits. Together, we can champion birth justice and create transformative change!
Interested in joining us as a sponsor for OPSS 2025? Visit www.opss-sankofa.com/sponsor to explore our sponsorship categories and benefits. Together, we can champion birth justice and create transformative change!
🌟 Special thanks to Evelyn & William Blythe Advocates for Black Health Equity, for supporting OPSS 2023 & OPSS 2025! As a Black family-directed philanthropic org, they work to dismantle inequitable societal & institutional health-harming practices by collaborating w/&supporting Black-led orgs. 💪🏾✨
November 18, 2024 at 2:14 PM
🌟 Special thanks to Evelyn & William Blythe Advocates for Black Health Equity, for supporting OPSS 2023 & OPSS 2025! As a Black family-directed philanthropic org, they work to dismantle inequitable societal & institutional health-harming practices by collaborating w/&supporting Black-led orgs. 💪🏾✨
Introducing “SACKRED Birth: Mobilizing a New Quality Paradigm in Obstetric Care” my forthcoming book that redefines quality violations as obstetric racism during childbirth hospitalization for, by & with 36 Black mothers in Oakland & LA . Available for pre-order today at rowman.com/ISBN/9781666...
November 17, 2024 at 1:42 PM
Introducing “SACKRED Birth: Mobilizing a New Quality Paradigm in Obstetric Care” my forthcoming book that redefines quality violations as obstetric racism during childbirth hospitalization for, by & with 36 Black mothers in Oakland & LA . Available for pre-order today at rowman.com/ISBN/9781666...