Grand Opening Celebration of North America’s Newest Birth Center | Borderland Births Presents Luna Tierra Birth Center

SEPTEMBER 22 ~ EL PASO, TX Join us in celebrating the opening of Luna Tierra Birth Center. We are excited at providing care to the El Paso and Juarez communities with a focus on social and reproductive justice. Please join us for the celebration! Carambola Community Music will be performing. There will be snacks, a…

FREE Farewell Edition of Squat Birth Journal

The final issue is here! Download here! This FINAL issue of SQUAT is twice the size to fit in every bit of goodness as we retire. Articles include research on marijuana use in pregnancy, the opening of a Native American birth center in New Mexico, and special reflections from SQUAT staff on our retirement. Featuring…

New Birth Center | Marin City Health and Wellness

MARIN COUNTY’S FIRST FREESTANDING BIRTH CENTER OPENS SUMMER 2016! Midwife Jayvon Mohammed, CEO Marin City Health and Wellness  Midwife Khailylah “Kiki” Jordan, Program Director Marin Family Birth Center …The Health and Wellness Center opened in 2007 and became a federally qualified health center in 2011. Federally qualified health centers are eligible for enhanced reimbursement from Medicare…

New York | Every Mother Counts

Every Mother Counts is excited to announce that we’re funding a grant to Ancient Song Doula Services in Brooklyn, NY. The grant of $154,649 will provide the following services for expectant moms. Prenatal, birth + postpartum doula services for approximately 350 low-income, at-risk women of color Training for 60 community-based doulas Comprehensive nutrition education, cooking classes…

Mamatoto Village $100,000 | Roslyn S. Jaffe Award Recipient

$100,000 GRAND PRIZE RECIPIENT Aza Nedhari, Executive Director and Co-Founder Mamatoto Village – Washington, D.C. Mamatoto Village, aims to educate low-income women of color in the D.C. Metro area who, otherwise, enter motherhood blind and underprepared in order to combat the high rates of preterm birth, low-birth weight and infant mortality in this impoverished region….