Suko Bey Shares Insights on Her CAP Project and Maternal Health Advocacy

Name: Agatha Uglesich

Social Justice Group: Health: Maternal Death Rate in NYC (C)

Date of Fieldwork: February 6, 2025

Name of Organization and person (people) with whom you met and their title(s):Suko Bey

What I did and what I learned about my topic, activism, social justice work or civil and human rights work from this fieldwork:

On February 6th, Paige and I traveled to the LREI high school to interview a senior, Suko Bey. When Suko was in 8th grade, she did a similar topic to ours. Suko focused on solutions for discrimination, like doulas and different prenatal and postpartum care centers. She told us about the organization with which she and her partner interned. Suko also told us about people she talked with, like an OBGYN and she gave us the contact information for the OBGYN. Although she didn’t remember much from her project, she still shared an amazing amount of information. Suko even expressed interest in coming to our Ted Talks when we present.

Agatha Uglesich

My name is Agatha Uglesich. I am 14 years old and I go to school at LREI in the West Village. I am a part of the Citizen Action Project that is studying maternal death rates relating to race. I am interested in this topic because I believe that women's healthcare needs are often overlooked, especially women of color. My group hopes to research how healthcare is related to race and to bring awareness to unknown stereotypes. 

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