After his partner died after giving birth, this dad's mission is now fighting Black maternal mortality. “I am just trying to share as much knowledge as I have to help somebody else,' he told DCampoamor.
to die from pregnancy-related complications than their white counterparts.
He has also created a support group for Black men who he says have lost their partners to the maternal mortality crisis, have experienced a stillbirth or have"just dealt with traumas of being Black in America." "A week went by after , and I started just painting," he explained."I was able to really process what I was going through, and thankfully it wasn't all cerebral — it was more spiritual."
The portraits, Maynard says, are also a way for him to get to know the women who he believes are with his partner in what he calls the"ancestral realm."
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