like her husband spike lee a lifelong activist currently she is the spokesperson for the office of minority health's healthy baby begins with you campaign take a look at this short p.s.a. and we will bring tanya every year eight thousand african american children die during their first year of life eight pounds as a mother this really concerns me our babies are dying at three times the rate of weight babies before their first birth and our children need us to take action and i need your help take care of your health before during and after pregnancy get prenatal care and put your baby to sleep on his back healthy baby really does begin with. tiny welcome from our new york studio thanks for joining us and thank you for having me. the you made a movie in a film crisis in the crib saving our nation's babies which was featured in the campaign by the office of minority health what drew you to this cause i'm sorry i just couldn't hear you but i did hear a question yeah i mentioned the movie that you made saving you know crisis in the crib saving our nation's babies and i was wondering what drew you to thi

crisis in the crib saving our nation's babies which was featured in the campaign by the office of minority health what drew you to this cause i'm sorry i just couldn't hear you but i did hear a question you know i mentioned a movie that you made saving you know crisis in the crib saving our nation's babies and i was wondering what drew you to this particular cause. well you know i have worked in the children's media for years and i wrote a few children's books written three children's books i've worked with nicolo dn i have a real passion for children and the opposite of minority health called me and two thousand and seven and asked me to get on board with the campaign and at the time i was really not aware of the high rates of infant mortality and the united states and i'm a person who reads the news a lot i read several newspapers a day i watch the news i look at news on the internet and i was not seeing what was happening with regard to infant mortality in our country and i figured if i didn't know then a lot of people didn't know and i had to get out there and help spread the word what are we