Upcoming Events
/Black Maternal Health Conference and Training Institute
The BMHC24 theme, “Our Bodies STILL Belong to Us: Reproductive Justice NOW!” will highlight the widespread restrictions on abortion care access coupled with rising cases of criminalization due to pregnancy loss which continues to widen the gaps of adverse maternal and birth outcomes in the U.S. Many of the states with the most restrictive abortion bans have the worst maternal and child health outcomes and the least supportive social welfare and family support programs, particularly for Black women and birthing people. The time is NOW to demand for comprehensive public and private insurance coverage for maternal, sexual, and reproductive health care; improving access to care across geographies and birth settings; issuing guidance to health care providers, institutions, insurance companies, and related entities on providing equitable, high-quality, patient-centered care; and funding research and programs that center and utilize scholarship of Black women and birthing people.
Learn more here!
2nd Annual Black Maternal Health Outcomes Matter: Keeping Hope Alive! Summit
To commemorate Black Maternal Health Week, we invite you to join us in person for this 2nd annual event at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 200 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC on Friday, April 12, 2024, from 10am – 3pm ET. Joining us will be federal, state, and local representatives, those with lived experience, experts from around our nation representing various fields to discuss best practices and best innovative models used to improve maternal and infant health outcomes. Discussion will also include challenges and proposed solutions around the intersection of maternal health outcomes and IPV, SUDs, and the growing concern around syphilis, maternal mental health and more.
Skillz and Drillz with Midwifery Wisdom Collective
General Admission includes tickets to a round-robin, 18 station, hands-on skills practice with life-like models, real-life drills, and qualified mentors to support your learning and practice. Add on a-la-carte CEU courses for additional wisdom and development. Custom pick your way – whatever you need to advance your career – we’ve got you covered. These skills can be tracked in the clinical tracking app! Sessions are held in multiple cities and states! Learn more here!
Transforming White Privilege On The Path To Racial Equity in Maternity Care
This workshop is about community. It is about peer support. It is about holding space for white midwives to sit in discomfort, to be vulnerable, to grow and heal together. Being with midwives in circle is amazing –– we are natural activists, and are able to open our hearts. TWP is not a "class" as in that we have lectures; rather, it is an opportunity for deep self-reflection and inner work. It is deeply personal, therapeutic, soul-work that is breaking open, and we do it together. For more on the history of our workshop, please see this Google Doc. If it has been on your mind/heart to do some inner work around your Whiteness in a supportive group context, please reach out to us at transformingprivilege@gmail.com. We'd love for you to join one of our upcoming 2024 cohorts. Cohort 2: 4/5/24 - 5/3/24, 5 zoom sessions on Fridays, 10-12:30 PST
The Black Velvet Collective
The Black Velvet Collective is a space specially curated for Black trans, queer, gender non-conforming, cisgender women, femmes, enbies, and gender non-conforming workers to join in fellowship and community building. “Smooth Talk” is a podcast show discussing many topics important to our Black Velours. The free flow of the show is accompanied by listener participation in the “Velvet Letters”. This section of the podcast is dedicated to submissions from listeners about whatever they would like discussed. Blog content posted exclusively on Tumblr, appealing to our Black Velours and focused on Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. Monthly Happy Hours with the Black Velvet Collective are always a breath of fresh air. Sometimes we play games on Kahoot!, other times we just have a ki about the goings on of the day. Above all else, we relax and enjoy each other’s company as we build our trust with each other. Join the collective!
