The Black Parachute journal can be started at any point in the year. The significance of the word parachute for Cobb is its relation to safe landings and being met with a support system.

The Black Mamas Matter Alliance reports that while Medicaid covers 42% of births in the U.S., it covers 60% of births to Black mothers. With the Trump administration's trillion dollar cut to Medicaid over the next decade, the alliance worries about the impending impact to maternal healthcare.

Organizers of the Palm Sunday faith actions and march say they’ve been planning for it since last fall.