Before the Crisis: The Future for Black Birth in Houston is in Our Past
February 26, 2026
Join Avow Texas to confront a brutal truth: Houston is the deadliest major U.S. city for Black people to give birth. This crisis is the direct outcome of a century-long project to dismantle Black community power. Featuring local organizers, birth workers, and advocates, this event will ground us in history, analyze the present, and build toward a future where every person has the right to have children, not have children, and parent the children they have in sustainable communities. We will center the expertise and resistance of Black communities, and explore what a reproductive justice future—where Black families can thrive in safety and autonomy—looks like in Houston and beyond.
February 26 @ The Reading Room
1111 Providence St, Houston, TX 77002
Doors at 5:30pm. Panel conversation begins at 6:00pm.