Melinda Gates Gives Allyson Felix A Grant For Black Maternal Health

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 21: Allyson Felix speaks onstage for “The Future for Founders” during Hello Sunshine’s Shine Away, Connected by AT&T, at Rolling Greens on October 21, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Presley Ann/Getty Images for Hello Sunshine) Olympic track athlete Allyson Felix is fighting to improve health outcomes for Black mothers, and Melinda French Gates is backing her up. Melinda French Gates donated $20 million to Felix as a part of a $1 billion commitment to uplift communities in need per The New York Times. “In nearly 20 years as an advocate for women and girls, I have learned that there will always be people who say it’s not the right time to talk about gender equality,” Gates wrote in a letter that appeared in the New York Times. “Not if you want to be relevant. Not if you want to be effective with world leaders (most of them men). The second the global agenda gets crowded, women and girls fall off.” She continue “In the United States, maternal mortality rates continue to be unconscionable, with Black and Native American mothers at highest risk. Women in 14 states have lost the right to terminate a...