What excites us about this year’s theme? The opportunity to…

• Explore how people in maternal and child health (MCH) are connected across the globe and through history
• Blur the lines of borders and take a global perspective to better understand the origins of the systems and policies influencing health outcomes in the United States
• Find inspiration and partnership in the innovations of countries and geographic areas fighting for health equity and wrestling with complex challenges that greatly impact the health of women, children, youth, families, and communities
• Value and uplift community expertise and cultural diversity in public health practice
• Celebrate within movements for social justice and active resistance against systems/structures of oppression
• Consider the work of United States MCH leaders as part of a global community committed to optimal health and wellbeing for all and create a space for collaborative, transnational learning in MCH