In the first session, Carmen Mojica discusses pandemic conditions in the Bronx and Brooklyn. She discusses her work with Bx Rebirth and Progress, a collective organized around eliminating black maternal mortality and morbidity in the Bronx. She also discusses the death of Amber Rose Isaac, work at the Brooklyn Birthing Center, and pandemic routines. In the second session, Mojica speaks about the di fficulty of motherhood and childcare during the pandemic. She also talks about maternal mortality/morbidity and how the situation has worsened as a result of the pandemic. Mojica questions whether relationships and communication forms will transform as a result of COVID
Midwives; COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-; COVID-19 (Disease)--Social Aspects; Epidemics--Social Aspects; Midwifery; Work-life balance; Motherhood; Bronx (New York, N.Y.); Mojica, Carmen
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
2020
Physical Description
55 pages
Note (Biographical)
Carmen Mojica is an Afro-Dominicana New Yorker, born and raised in the Bronx. She is a certified professional midwife, birth justice activist, writer, lecturer, and mother. At the time of this interview, Mojica was working as a family engagement coord inator at a school and assisting at a birthing center
Note
Interviewed by Nicole JeanBaptiste on May 25 and September 2, 2020
Note (Provenance)
Carmen Mojica, Gift, transferred from Columbia Center for Oral History Research 2023