THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 2025 Page 5 COUNCILLORS | FROM Page 1 Fellow councillors supported both motions. Ward 5 Councillor Angela Guarino-Sawaya felt it was important for the city to maintain local control. Chief of Planning and Community Development Tom Skwierawski suggested that the council wait and see what the state includes in its model regulation. Skwierawski felt it might be more productive to create new and specifi c requirements for ADUs in Revere and then present them to state regulators. He also suggested that setback requirements and the fact that most homeowners do JARAMILLO | FROM Page 2 land Clinic, PPP is a reversible mental health emergency that aff ects a person’s sense of reality and can be dangerous to the birth parent and the child. Massachusetts General Hospital primary care provider Dr. Leigh Simmons, a board member of The Cord Foundation, stated that “pregnancy and childbirth are complex physical, emotional, and social events in a person’s life. The Cord’s mission to focus on supporting new parents will benefi t families greatly during what can be a time of great stress. The best medicine is preventive medicine, and this model applied to pregnancy and postpartum care has great promise for improving health and social outcomes.” Inspired by the Jaramillos’ perinatal story, which includes birth trauma, postpartum psychosis and recovery, The Cord Foundation was created with the mission of “bringing awareness to people who experience severe perinatal health challenges, and to build a network of support and resources for families and improve perinatal outcomes for parents and their children,” according to its website. “My perinatal journey is not unique but it often is only spoken about when tragedy strikes. Thousands of birthing parents, like me, feel unheard throughout their maternal and postpartum care and often refl ected in their perinatal and postpartum outcomes,” said Crystal Jaramillo. ”There are long-term structural gaps Gerry D’Ambrosio Attorney-at-Law Michelle Kelley Councillor-At-Large not want an ADU will naturally constrain the development of the units in the city. However, the council is unifi ed in its opposition to the state mandate. “We are so dense and the in our maternal care system that create barriers to holistic birthing care and postpartum mental health care resources while stigmatizing, in particular, historically marginalized populations. Lucas and I fell through those gaps and were blessed to have the unwavering support of my husband and our family throughout my recovery. The Cord will address the gaps by creating an infrastructure of care centered on birthing parents that removes the barriers to access that put new families at risk.” The Massachusetts Legislature passed a maternal health bill in the fall, but language to defi ne conditions like postpartum psychosis failed to pass. State Senator Lydia Edwards, a board member of The Cord Foundation, said that “last session the legislature recommitted to investing and improving perinatal health for all Bay Staters, still, maternal health is complex and historically misunderstood. The Cord’s advocacy will help policymakers like myself to reframe the maternal health conversation to the full spectrum of care from conception through the postpartum stage and to bring support and visibility to people who have had severe perinatal outcomes.” The Cord will focus its eff orts on three core tenets: Awareness, Resources and Advocacy. Awareness: The Cord Foundation amplifies the oftenoverlooked realities of traumatic perinatal experiences — particularly those shaped by socio-economic and racial disparities — by sharing Paul Argenzio Ward 4 Councillor government wants us to add more,” said Ward 1 Councillor Joanne McKenna. “ I can picture Revere looking like New York City. It’s incredible what we have to endure.” stories like Crystal’s, fostering visibility and advocating for improved maternal and child health outcomes. Resources: The Cord Foundation will support better perinatal outcomes by connecting parents with holistic birthing support, essential healthcare resources, and long-term postpartum care while also aiming to provide scholarships, educational workshops, and advocacy to strengthen perinatal care accessibility and equity. Advocacy: The Cord Foundation will advocate for expanded perinatal care and postpartum support, raising awareness of issues like postpartum psychosis and traumatic births while pushing for legislative action to improve early screening and protections for birthing parents. The founding board members are Crystal Jaramillo, Dr. Leigh Simmons, State Senator Lydia Edwards and Attorney Niles Welch. Dr. Simmons is a medical student educator and directs the internal medicine clerkship for Harvard Medical School students at Massachusetts General Hospital. Welch is a founding member of Beantown Law Group, LLC and a Revere resident. Senator Edwards has been a policy maker since 2017 when she was elected to the Boston City Council, then she joined the Massachusetts State Senate in 2021. For more information, please visit thecordfoundation.org or Instagram @thecordfoundation Is Your Estate in Order? Do you have an update Will, Health Care Proxy or Power of Attorney? 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