The closure of two labor and delivery wards in D.C.’s poorest neighborhoods presents a challenge for communities with already alarmingly high maternal and infant mortality rates. … In 2015, Newsweek proclaimed that “Washington, D.C., is one of the worst places in America to be a mother,” based on a study of how it has the…
Tag: Claudia Booker
How Midwives Guide Babies Into the World…
How midwives guide babies into the world, in Kenya, Washington and Jerusalem featuring US Midwife Claudia Booker. “For black women to birth in freedom is a political act and to be supported by another black woman who is a part of that tradition of liberation is extremely profound” ~Binahkaye JoyREAD ARTICLE HERE Listen to the…
The Business of Being Born… According to Midwife Claudia Booker
Do you know Claudia Booker? You should, if you don’t! Check out our interview with her “According to Claudia” in which we learn how we can best support our pregnant peeps (from an ultra experienced doula and homebirth midwife among many other titles!) The Business of Being Born According to Claudia Booker
Scholarships | Birth and Body Workers of Color
Gail Tully, CPM Presents Spinning Babies September 22-25, 2016 Saint Paul, Minnesota Two rivers merge into a wider stream of awareness, a Confluence of birth and bodywork for a new paradigm – Spinning Babies Claudia Booker, CPM, Angelina Martinez Miranda, Midwife, Akhmiri Sekhr-Ra, CPE and so many more… CONFERENCE AGENDA CONFERENCE AGENDA Scholarship. Birth care providers, (doulas, midwives,…
Midwife Claudia Booker | Placenta Encapsulation featured in Washington Post
Midwife Claudia Booker, 65, prepares a placenta for encapsulation in her home in the District by placing the cut and cooked placenta into a food dehydrator. (Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post) Read the full Washington Post Article here. Health Guide Info : Benefits of Eating Placenta NCBI Notes on Placentophagy
BIRTH WORKERS OF COLOR SCHOLARSHIP
In the Spring 2013 issue of Midwifery Today magazine, Vicki Penwell of Mercy in Action issued “A Scholarship Solution and Grand Challenge” to midwifery schools and the midwives in general and understood, perhaps for the first time, what was at stake. One of the main components of this call to action is for midwifery schools…
BHDC PRESENTS: SPINNING BABIES WORKSHOP WITH GAIL TULLY, CPM
Saturday, April 5, 2014 from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM (EDT) Emergence Community Arts Collective 733 Euclid Street, NW First Floor Washington, DC 20001 Spinning Babies Workshop with Gail Tully, CPM April 5, 2014 8:30 am – 5:00 pm $175 Emergence Community Arts Center, Local Contact: Claudia Booker, Birthing Hands of DC, DCbirthinghands@aol.com Spinning Babies 7-hour workshop Snacks provided,…
“Ethical Responses, in a Cultural Context, to the Healthcare Needs of Women of Color of Childbearing Age in a Global Community”
An Afternoon with Vicki Penwell, CPM Presented by Claudia Booker, CPM, CD, Birthing Hands of DC Sunday, January 26, 2014 from 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM (EST) Washington, DC Event Registration and Tickets
Please join Birthing Hands of D.C. for a screening of the third film in the “More Business of Being Born” film series. Saturday, November 19, 2011 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM Part 3 Explore Your Options: Doulas, Birth Centers and C-Sections. This essential film offers birth-planning guidance around key topics such as the role of…
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