About | i.D.R.E.A.M for Racial Health Equity

About i.D.R.E.A.M.

Our Mission. Our Purpose. Our People.

For more than 32 years, i.D.R.E.A.M. for Racial Health Equity has uplifted Black families through advocacy, leadership development, storytelling, and systemic change.

Integrate • Diversify • Retain • Educate • Activate • Mentor

Our Mission

The mission of i.D.R.E.A.M. for Racial Health Equity equips a learning community with a comprehensive understanding of maternal and infant health throughout the life course and responding to the urgent call for transformative leadership, workplace readiness, skill-building, and coaching that reimagines Black working mothers’ experiences post-partum and Black supervisors, managers, and directors pursuing, emerging, and advancing in health careers.

Our Vision

Celebrating Black Joy Sustains Generational Champions with Resilience and Good Health.

Our Core Values

i.D.R.E.A.M. serves as the acronym for our core values. You can use the subtext as the descriptor for each word. Again, the acronym language was co-created and co-designed and guided by community input from 2011, 2015, 2020, and 2025.

History & Impact

32 Years of Advocacy. Innovation. Impact.

Since 1994, our journey has grown from grassroots advocacy around Black infant mortality to a movement rooted in storytelling, community, leadership, and systematic change.

We have partnered with families, healthcare providers, public health leaders, researches, funders, and community organizations to improve outcomes and advance equity for Black birthing families across the life course.

explore our 32-year impact