Vivian Obijekwu has been a registered nurse since October 2016 and has worked at The Johns Hopkins Hospital her entire career. As a bedside RN, Vivian has dedicated her life to helping others, and her competence, dedication and professionalism were well recognized at Johns Hopkins.

This all changed after Vivian led a delegation of African American nurses to meet with management to promote safer patient care and fairness and equality in their unit. The result? Her termination, just a few weeks after she requested leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act to care for her baby due in early May.

With this action, Johns Hopkins is leaving Vivian and her unborn child with no insurance or income.

This is egregious and unconscionable, and just the latest example of Hopkins’ extensive culture of fear that silences front-line caregivers.