Desiree Decoo

Recognizing a need that has been uplifted by many, Women & Family Services partnered with @3rdexposure and @motivatedbymathematics about a year ago, to begin gathering feedback from Fathers In Treatment and Recovery at 7 Recovery Centers across the state. From their voices, we were able to: * Identify where support systems worked and where they needed to be improved * Identify gaps in services * Gather feedback to shape this training, which will enhance how providers support men in remaining engaged, informed, and connected fathers while navigating treatment and recovery. This training is about building a more responsive, equitable system, one that sees fathers not just as individuals in treatment or recovery, but supports them as parents and vital members of their families. We hope you can join us on May 19, 2026 Link In Bio

Roxbury Community College is where it all started. @seeroxburycc It’s where I met friends who would remain in my life for more than 20 years. It’s where I first began thinking about what my next steps in life might look like. I remember walking those same halls without much direction, unsure of what the future would hold. Yesterday, I walked back into those halls with purpose.🙌🏽 I was there for work to support a wonderful Maternal Health Lunch & Learn, feeling nostalgic and grateful. I even ran into one of our former professors & someone who supported us building Club HOPE, which inspired me to build this HOPE! The room was filled with people who do this work with their whole hearts, many of them from this very community. And there we were—three girls now women from Dorchester—committed to opening doors, creating change, increasing access, and supporting others & each other however we can! It’s a blessing to have a journey and a story to tell, that is rooted in resilience & possibility, because we know that far too often, the outcome is different. This is for the girl walking the halls somewhere with no clear direction…just keeping going, seek guidance, & lean on God, his plan is greater than you can imagine! 💚🥹 Thank You Justin Petty, Ms. Clark (RIP) & all the staff at RCC who sewed a seed & believed in us, because of you we are!

Happy 6th Birthday 🥳 to our baby boy, our only boy who keeps us moving, trying new things, and loving harder every day. 🎂🎉 You challenge us, you amaze us, and you complete us. I thank God everyday for bringing you, our sonshine☀️after the storm. ⛈️ 🌈💙 Who is cutting onions 🥹

🚨It’s finally here: #SEVENTRUTHSfrom7STOPS What Fathers in Recovery Need You to Know. #BridgingConversations x @motivatedbymathematics 🫱🏾‍🫲🏼 @officialmassdph This isn’t your “check the CEU box and leave unchanged” workshop. We built a full system for turning lived experience into real‑world development: 1. We Listened First — 630 minutes, 7 stops, nearly 100 fathers. No assumptions. Only truth. 2. We Turned Stories Into Practice — transforming lived experience into tools you can use the next morning. 3. We Let Data Drive the Framework — shaping activities, interventions, and approaches that actually match what fathers told us. 🗓️ - May 19, 2026 🕛 - 9:00a - 3:30p 📍 - The Verve Hotel @thevervehotel *Natick, Ma* 🔗 - Registration Link in Bio🚨 You’ll hear from a powerhouse lineup willing to go beyond theory and speak from lived truth: • Christopher E. Conway, M.Ed, LADC — educator, clinician, and systems‑level disruptor • Lovelee Harvey — @7_lovelee69 , a voice for healing, accountability, and community transformation • Trischtin Floyd, LADC — @1000wordpixs , blending clinical insight with lived experience and storytelling • Joshua Kephart — Family Recovery Support Specialist & Coach, grounding the work in real‑world fatherhood and recovery journeys Prepare for us to: 🔘 Surface the most compelling insights from our seven‑city listening tour 🔘 Share authentic, data‑driven perspectives from fathers on co‑parenting, recovery, and system navigation 🔘 Use immersive engagement and role‑play to turn concepts into next‑day practice 🔘 Convene a dynamic panel of clinicians, recovery specialists, and fathers with lived experience 🔘 …and elevate the conversation in ways that stay with you 💡 @dededecoo #7Truths7Stops #Massachusetts #FathersInRecovery @bostonmedicalcenter @massgeneralbrigham @tuftsmedicalcenter @bethisraellaheyhealth @thedimockcenter @bostonglobe Make today’s decisions with the courage to be proud of them 5 years from now!- 3E

Happy Mother’s Day to all the Mommas and Momma Figures! It’s a life long journey! Here’s a snippet into mine!!! Those of you trying, don’t give up! 💜🥹🙌🏽

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Black mothers deserve to be heard, believed, and protected. Our stories are not statistics, they are evidence. Black maternal health is a public health priority. This is about life, dignity, and justice! Black women are still disproportionately impacted in maternal health outcomes. Bias in care is real and it costs lives. Support should never depend on where you receive care. Every mother deserves safe, respectful, and equitable care! We must move from assumptions to individualized care through Support, not surveillance. Equity requires action not just intention! When systems change, outcomes change!

This Black Maternal Health Week, we are reminded that listening is not optional, it is essential! At this year’s Black Maternal Health Conference, we had the opportunity to share safe space together to learn and Listen to amazing educators, clinicians, and speakers. We Listened to the voices, stories, and lived experiences of Black mothers, because our stories are not just statistics, they are evidence! The Center for Black Maternal Health and Reproductive Justice held a screening of the powerful documentary “Listen to Me,” which brought many of us to tears & reinforced what we know to be true: When Black women, mothers speak, they must be heard! Listening is not just about hearing, it’s about action and change!! My hope in all aspects of the work I do, is to continue to pushing for a future where care is equitable, families are supported, and every mother is heard, before, during, and long after birth. My birthing journey and stories were less than ideal and in one case, almost took my life. I realize I still had privilege based on my complexion, & don’t take that for granted…I can imagine my odds otherwise! Listen to Black Women!!!!! Thank You to the Center for Black Maternal Health and Reproductive Justice for an amazing conference & all the work you do! 💜 #BlackMaternalHealthWeek #ListenToMe #MaternalHealthEquity #HOPE #WeStillHaveALotOfWorkToDo

Who would have thought…. this🇨🇻🇵🇷 baby girl from Dorchester, the oldest of 7, the fighter, the survivor…would have come this far. 🥹 A journey of persistence, faith, and growth…with stilll a long way to go…a process like these beautiful tulips…just keep watering & watch them Bloom!🌷☦️ From the home that raised me on Glendale🏠…to the home we built. 🏡 I pray my children always feel that same love & warmth when they come home!!! 💜 The odds & cards were against me but GOD…he don’t play about his!!! 🫂✨ Grateful to God 🙌🏽 for another year, special thank you to my family & closest sistas, who made my birthday special & for being there in every weather! 🎂♈️ Thank You all for the birthday wishes! I appreciate it more than you know!! 🥰 FYI, that picture of me & Papa…shows you how long I been giving the side eye and seeing through the BS …Let Them 😂🙄! 🤭 We’ll be here all month the Aries Way ♈️🎂🤷🏽‍♀️🤓💃🏽🤣✨

I’m excited to be speaking at Together for Hope 2026, hosted by Boston Medical Center (BMC)‘s Grayken Center for Addiction Conference, on April 29-30, 2026. The panel I am speaking on is called Mental Health and Substance Use: Their impact on the Perinatal, PostPartum and Parenting Journey—And What We Can Do Together! This is within my role at DPH and not directly connected to HOPE, & all of the work in every role is my passion and my honor to do! Join us and be part of the conversation! Let’s collaborate, share knowledge, and inspire hope. Register now: Link In Bio

@ms_steebo and @dededecoo Continue to curate spaces for us women to become the best healed, happier, healthier & wealthiest versions of ourselves 💁🏽‍♀️ @h.o.p.e._ma 💜 #thereisroomforallofustowin #empoweredwomenempowerwomen #businesswoman #powerhouse #womenofgod