Answer the call…join us tomorrow, February 10, 2026 at 9:30 am in support of Item #15: Securing Funding to Preserve Critical LA County Services Cut by H.R. 1. To attend in-person arrive at the Board Hearing Room at the Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration (500 West Temple Street Los Angeles, California 90012 Room 381-B). Doors open at 8:00 am. The motion will be heard in the morning once the Board meeting begins at 9:30 am.
Can’t attend in person? Feel free to attend via zoom.
Happy New Year and Happy Kwanzaa! ✨ Today, we conclude Kwanzaa with Imani, which represents Faith and the belief in our people and our collective future.
At Black Women for Wellness and our sister organization Black Women for Wellness Action Project (BWWAP), faith shows up through our policy work. We imagine the world we deserve and we work together to make it real through advocacy, accountability and community power.
Our policy work is one way we turn belief into action. Grounded in the lived experiences of Black women and families, we work to transform systems that harm us and advance policies that protect our bodies, our dignity, and our right to thrive.
Through BWWAP, we advocate for legislation that addresses implicit bias in healthcare, expands access to community-based doulas and midwives, protects abortion and reproductive healthcare, ends the surveillance and criminalization of Black women, girls, and birthing people, and advances environmental and economic justice. We also remain deeply engaged after policies pass, working to ensure implementation, accountability, and enforcement so that laws create real change in our communities.
Our policy agenda is shaped by community voices, research, and organizing. We assess gaps in existing laws, identify emerging threats rooted in reproductive oppression, and mobilize collective power to move decision makers toward justice.
This work requires faith... faith in our people, faith in our ability to reimagine what is possible, and faith that sustained advocacy can and does change lives.
#BWWLA #Kwanzaa #Imani #faithwork
Here’s one of our favorite holiday memories from 2025. Black Women for Wellness was honored to attend Governor Newsom’s holiday reception celebrating the partners and supporters of Proposition 50.
May each day of Kwanzaa be a reminder of how we can empower ourselves and our communities. Happy Kwanzaa!
Day 1: Umoja (Unity)
Day 2: Kujichagulia (Self-Determination)
Day 3: Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility)
Day 4: Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics)
Day 5: Nia (Purpose)
Day 6: Kuumba (Creativity)
Day 7: Imani (Faith)
#HappyKwanzaa #BWWAP #BWW #HappyHolidays
Earlier this month the LA City Planning Commission voted to move an oil drilling phase out ordinance forward, which is a critical step toward protecting our communities from toxic drilling. BWW’s Environmental Justice team, as members of the STAND LA (Stand Together Against Neighborhood Drilling) coalition, showed up to give public comment and support this process. Early next year the ordinance will go before City Council. We’re one step closer to a fossil fuel free Los Angeles!
BWW was in full support at the LA Rent Stabilization Ordinance Rally at City Hall and at the recent CA Working Families Party SoCal Holiday Party.
Here’s a recap…In November 2025, the Los Angeles City Council approved an update to the Rent Stabilization Ordinance, using a new formula that will set allowable increases for roughly 650,000 units at 4% and remove additional charges for electricity and gas — the most substantive changes to the policy in more than four decades.
The update approved by the council establishes a 1% floor and 4% ceiling for allowable annual rent hikes. Council members also recommended updating the rent-setting formula to account for inflation, using 90% of the Consumer Price Index rather than the 60% the committee had le under the current rules for landlords who cover gas or electricity will be eliminated. The changes will also prohibit additional rent hikes for renters with extra dependents.
BWW uplifts and supports fair, affordable housing initiatives in California as one of the four tenants of reproductive justice- the right to parent our children in safe, and sustainable communities.
#HousingJustice #BWWActionProject #BlackWomenForWellness #LARSO #RentStabilization
Remember when deadly smog filled our air, rivers were on fire, and toxins poisoning us was the norm? 55 years ago pressure from millions of people led to the government creating the Environmental Protection Agency. @epagov ’s mission is supposed to be to protect our health and our right to clean water, air, and land - yet, the Trump administration is gutting the EPA, giving polluters free rein with historic rollbacks, harming the health and lives of people of color and low-income the most.
The good news? We had the power to create the EPA, and we still have the power to make sure it actually fulfills its mission by protecting us ALL. ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼
Led by @themovingforwardnetwork , @cjaourpower , @ajustclimate , Environmental Justice Health Alliance, and @ejforum — we are calling on you to join in ringing the alarm on EPA’s plans to rollback vital protections, and demand better.
The coalition, representing millions of frontline and fenceline community members, will not stand for EPA’s proposals to revoke critical protections, erase environmental justice, and gut EPA funding, research, staff, air monitoring, and investments.
Clean air and a livable planet are not a privilege. They are our rights! #JusticeisintheAir #ThePeoplesEPA
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➡️ Tell your reps to stand-up to the administration’s gutting of the EPA
In support of @ca_breastfeeding , we encourage you to participate in their Latchline Community Needs Assessment. Your experiences help us understand what families go through during feeding, what support made a difference and what resources were missing.
If you are a dad or partner, please take a few minutes to complete the survey or share it with dad or partner that you know. Every response strengthens the work to build better lactation support across California. Click the link in our bio to access the survey!
Our final in-person meeting for the year with the California Coalition for Reproductive Freedom (CCRF), one of the many coalitions that @bw4wla /BWWAP are a part of in the reproductive space. @cacoalition4rf was able to get 9 bills signed by the Governor this tough legislative session. Two (2) of those bills were co-sponsored by BWWAP - AB 55 (Alternative Birth Centers), which will streamline the licensure of birth centers in California thus providing more holistic and culturally competent options for birthing people. AB 260 (Sexual & Reproductive Care) was also passed, which shields physicians from being targeted when dispensing abortion medication via telehealth.
This giving season, invest in the future Black women deserve. Invest in BWWAP and our commitment to advocate for policies to protect Black women’s health and families. Your contribution supports our work to pass legislation, train young leaders, fight injustices, and elect champions who will stand with Black women. You are worth fighting for! Visit the link in bio to give now! #BWWAP
Enough Is Enough.
Black Women for Wellness is standing in solidarity with the families of Karrie Jones and Mercedes Wells, and with every Black mother who has been dismissed, ignored, or put in danger by a healthcare system not built to protect us.
Read our full statement here.
#BWWLA #BlackMaternalHealth #BirthEquity
