Jess Holzer, PhD, MA

Assistant Professor, public health dork, maternal health reseacher, cycling advocate, CBPR practitioner, and seeker of all things fair and equitable.

[Jess Holzer, PhD, MA @Prof_JHolzer]

@buybuyBABY I recently heard from my dear friend, whose son was stillborn, that she could only get store credit for all the gifts she can no longer use. Gifts her friends and family gave her and her husband to welcome their new baby and ease their transition to parenthood /1

[Jess Holzer, PhD, MA @Prof_JHolzer]

@seananmcguire Currently re-reading #2 in prep. So hungry for the final installment!

[Jess Holzer, PhD, MA @Prof_JHolzer]

Their response "USPS says it's an address so 🤷" nevermind that one cannot find a door or a postbox marked 34 Nicoll anywhere on the street. I know, I live on the street and walked all over looking for my neighbors at 34 Nicoll. There is no such place.

[Jess Holzer, PhD, MA @Prof_JHolzer]

@FedEx "delivers" to this nonexistent address that is actually the fenced backyard of another house on the cross street. Asked to investigate, they claim the package was successfully delivered. Wish I could be as crap at my job and still get paid.

[Jess Holzer, PhD, MA @Prof_JHolzer]

@gonetspeed : my Speedtest results. 0.0 Mbps down and 20.7 Mbps up. https://t.co/ANoOQFAACE yet no outages reported. What's up?

[Jess Holzer, PhD, MA @Prof_JHolzer]

Now that charges have been filed against all of the killer cops for George's death.

@MayorFrey, you must hold the entire MPD accountable and defund them. Invest in thriving communities, not killer cops! #DefundtheMPD

[Jess Holzer, PhD, MA @Prof_JHolzer]

@senblumenthal

[Jess Holzer, PhD, MA @Prof_JHolzer]

.@SenBumenthal I am counting on you to be a champion for reproductive health care for me and millions of Title X patients. I can thank birth control for preventing an unwanted pregnancy too soon following the birth of my daughter. #ProtectX #ThxBirthControl

[Jess Holzer, PhD, MA @Prof_JHolzer]

.@senmurphyoffice: I can thank birth control for preventing an unwanted pregnancy too soon following the birth of my daughter. I am counting on you to be a champion for reproductive health care for me and millions of Title X patients. #ProtectX #ThxBirthControl

[Jess Holzer, PhD, MA @Prof_JHolzer]

Let's hope it keeps going @Shilpa_Londhe

[Jaime Herrera Beutler @HerreraBeutler]

PASSED the House! My bipartisan bill, Preventing Maternal Deaths Act, is the strongest step Congress has taken to combat the rise of maternal deaths in the U.S. https://t.co/XIRYk3H2Eb

[Jess Holzer, PhD, MA @Prof_JHolzer]

We can do better by moms, especially moms of color. Racism is killing these women and harming their babies.

[Alison Stuebe @astuebe]

Implicit biases contribute to stark differences in outcomes: in New York City, Black patients with a college degree have higher rates of life-threatening birth complications than patients of other race/ethnicities who never graduated high school. https://t.co/8e69ETNEYZ

[Jess Holzer, PhD, MA @Prof_JHolzer]

In addition to preserving the humanity of your store staff and your corporate office, you'll will likely find that if families who lost a baby are able to have another child, they will remember your kindness and return as customers. @buybuyBABY /5

[Jess Holzer, PhD, MA @Prof_JHolzer]

@buybuyBABY I have contemplated this over night and come up with a solution for you that is far less cruel. I assume you only give store credit because you are afraid of counterfeits. Since you will process the return to the purchaser it isn't about balances books. So, here... /1

[Jess Holzer, PhD, MA @Prof_JHolzer]

@buybuyBABY I recently heard from my dear friend, whose son was stillborn, that she could only get store credit for all the gifts she can no longer use. Gifts her friends and family gave her and her husband to welcome their new baby and ease their transition to parenthood /1

[Jess Holzer, PhD, MA @Prof_JHolzer]

The documents can include a still birth certificate, though many states don't offer them (a cruelty) so don't rely on them. A doctor's signed attestation should work too, as they are legal documents for FMLA. Send the check in a sympathy card. /4

[Erin @erinenviro]

@Prof_JHolzer @buybuyBABY @buybuyBABY Help us understand why you don’t have a discrete and sensitive way to help grieving parents convert triggering gifts into usable money. It’s almost 2019. You’re a huge company. This HAS to be possible.

[Dr.P @DrPfannenstiel]

I am completely appalled that @buybuyBABY can not figure out a way to help a grieving mother. #stillborn #childloss #corporateresponsibility

[Jess Holzer, PhD, MA @Prof_JHolzer]

Who sympathized with their grief but could do nothing. Could only parrot corporate policy. @buybuyBABY I opened my registry with you. I won't recommend anyone else do the same if this is the treatment they receive when the worst has happened.

[Jess Holzer, PhD, MA @Prof_JHolzer]

@buybuyBABY I recently heard from my dear friend, whose son was stillborn, that she could only get store credit for all the gifts she can no longer use. Gifts her friends and family gave her and her husband to welcome their new baby and ease their transition to parenthood /1

[Jess Holzer, PhD, MA @Prof_JHolzer]

Things that no one offers registries for. Things that no one wishes they needed upon the birth of a baby. And you know what else they don't need? A heartless corporate policy that strips the humanity from the workers at your store./3