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Phone: (202) 656-4809
Erica L. Shoemate
Speaking
Change begins with conversation
Allow me the opportunity to share my story with your organization, how it inspired my work, and the steps we can take to create a safer and equitable work space for Black and brown women within your team.
Being a black leader while with a medically fragile child
Being a Black leader with a medically fragile child has shown me what capability looks like.
As a black woman who fills the role of wife, mother, industry leader, and disruptor, one might depict me as “doing it all.”
And I am.
I have made commitments in all these areas of my life and show up to do them each day. That same tenacity and determination is one I work daily to bring to the maternal health industry, because we can, indeed, "do it all" for our new and expectant black and brown mothers.
Companies bring me in to speak about:
Her Story: Who Is Erica Shoemate? Listen to How Her Story Can Inspire You
Handle It: How to Navigate Being a Mom & Juggling the Needs of a Medically Complex Child
Advocacy 101: How to advocate for your child, workplace needs as a mom with a complex medical needs child in just three steps
Navigating Microaggression in the Workplace, While Caring for a Medically Complex Baby: Hear Erica's powerful story through motherhood complicated by a rare fetal diagnosis
Let's Get Real: Disrupting the status quo to make diversity, equity and inclusion changes with real action and REAL results.
TWITTER WOMEN FEATURE
Erica is an Ex-Twitter Trust & Safety (T&S) Leader. She served as Head of Site Policy, Americas where she oversaw safety and cybercrime matters. She is recognized for her work as a former national security expert, tech policy leader, and maternal health ambassador.
amazon ads FEATURE
Erica's bias for action, strong judgement, ability to lead with empathy, and fabulous sense of humour, make her the ideal person to lead our Display and Sponsored Ads policy teams globally.
Upcoming Speaking Engagements:
- (Confirmed) DMV Perinatal Mental Health Symposium (October 2022)
- (Confirmed) 16th Annual Mohsen Ziai Pediatric Conference (November 2022)
past Speaking Engagements:
- Workshop Presenter: National Maternal Health Innovation Symposium ( August 2022)
- Topic: Melanated Mamas Perinatal Health Circle of Hope;
- Co-Founded by Erica Shoemate, MPA as she saw a need to bridge the gap for black and brown women of color experiencing a high risk pregnancy and/or caring for a medical fragile baby that has likely spent time in the NICU or other pediatric ICU components and require an extensive level of care that can be overwhelming for a new mom. From Erica’s personal experience she wanted to ensure women that look like her has a safe space to cope, be educated, be empowered to advocate for their own health and baby’s too.
- Guest Lecturer: University of Maryland School of Medicine Department of Family Medicine (June 2022)
- Featured Speaker: Maryland Academy of Family Physicians to present at the 2022 Annual Summit: Understanding the Health Impact and Implications of an Unfavorable Prenatal Diagnosis and Beyond for Mothers and Babies.
- Keynote Speaker: Nemours Delaware Valley Children’s Hospital Window to Our World: The NICU Experience, NICU Nurses Recognition Program (November 2019)
- Speaker:
March of Dimes National Service Partners Event Speaker (September 2019)
apple podcast interview
The Messy Mama Podcast: Rising Through a Rare Form of Dwarfism with Erica
featured articles
Inspired by 4-Year-Old Girl, Browne Academy Celebrates International Dwarfism Awareness Day
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