Scholarships are available for women from the African-American or Native Indian/Eskimo community planning to serve that community in the USA. College of Midwifery: One full scholarship is available per year. The full scholarship includes the total cost of tuition and fees. Scholarships do not cover the cost of books, travel, pre-requisite courses or outside tests, or preceptor fees in the event…
Tag: GRAND CHALLENGE
VIDM | REQUEST FOR CONTENT
We are working on a Virtual International Day of the Midwife (VIDM) presentation and we could use some help from the communities of colors. We need: 5-10 mothers of colors to write a short paragraph about why it was important to them to have been served by a midwife of color for her care and or receive her…
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…