For Black History Month, Claudia Booker will be discussing birth, Blackness, and how we can do better. She will also bring light to the myths of homebirth. NOW PLAYING ON BLOG TALK RADIO Claudia’s life is rich with history, travel and a calling. From Court Judge, Midwife, Advocate and Educator, Claudia Booker has traveled the…
Category: Perinatal Services
Gender, Sexuality, and Inclusion of All Families in Midwifery Practice
Join Jaqxun Darlin, CPM, LDM on Wednesday, November 22, 2017 from 1:30-3:00 ET for this introductory level workshop. We will explore how providing client-centered care for lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and other queer spectrum clients improves and enhances the care we can provide for all families seeking midwifery care. LGBTQIA individuals face many obstacles to healthcare…
Mexico: Aceleradora de Innovación para la Primera Infancia (“the Aceleradora”) – Pilot Projects
In 2016, the Center and its partners in Latin America launched two innovation clusters in the region: the Aceleradora de Innovación para la Primera Infancia in Mexico and the iLab Primeira Infância in Brazil. Both clusters drive the development of innovative two-generation strategies that address the unmet challenges of children and families facing adversity. These…
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…
Texas Midwife Melek Speros |Offering FREE Care
In the coming days as people seek refuge in Austin and surrounding cities from the devastation of Hurricane Harvey, I, along with many other local midwives, will be offering free prenatal, labor and birth, and postpartum care to pregnant and newly postpartum people displaced by the storm. If you or someone you know are in…
SUPPORT REQUESTED | R.O.O.T.T Restoring Our Own Through Transformation
R.O.O.T.T. (Restoring Our Own Through Transformation) is a start up collective of concerned Black women, WOC, families, community members, allies/accomplices, and interdisciplinary public health/social justice advocates in response to the increasing rate of maternal/infant mortality and morbidity in the Central Ohio area. … Through R.O.O.T.T, we will go beyond surface level “risk factors” regarding marginalized…
Approximately 8,500 women living with HIV give birth annually.
Rates (per 100,000 live births) of perinatally acquired HIV infections by year of birth and mother’s race/ethnicity, 2008–2012 Estimates of New HIV Diagnoses in the United States for the Most-Affected Subpopulations, 2014 Prevention Challenges Pregnant women with HIV may not know they are infected. CDC recommends HIV testing for all women as part of routine…
WEBINAR | December 10 @ 1:00 PM EST
On Saturday December 10th @ 1:00 pm (EST) Jennie will be holding a Q & A webinar for those that have an interest in and would like to know more about the JJ Way Model of Care as well as the Easy Access Clinic Model. Join us and learn: How the JJ Way Model of Care has eradicated the persistent…
Cast Your Vote For ‘the AMERICAN dream’
This year the documentary, ‘the AMERICAN dream’ has the honor of being a part of the 2016 Women’s Voices Now Online Film Festival! From now through July 1, 2016 you have the opportunity to let your voice be heard by voting for this documentary. Told through the voice of African American women, ‘the AMERICAN dream’ exposes the disparities of maternal mortality that…
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