Wisdom and practical steps toward building a fully resourced, community-owned and powered care infrastructure where the wisdom, leadership, and lives of Black and Indigenous people are valued and centered.
Facilitator:
Leseliey Welch, Birth Center Equity/Birth Detroit.
Speakers:
Taj James, Full Spectrum Labs; Stephanie McLemore Bray, Orchid Capital; Maymangwa Flying Earth, Birthing Sovereignty; Nikia Grayson, CHOICES Center for Reproductive Health.
Session highlighting the innovative policy work in Colorado and in Michigan to inspire and inform organizing in every state.
Speakers:
Indra Lusero, Elephant Circle; Lyz Riley Sanders, Elephant Circle; Nicole Marie White, Birth Detroit; Leseliey Welch, Birth Detroit.
Una celebración del lanzamiento virtual de un nuevo video animado (producido por el equipo artístico de Sharp As Knives que evoca la historia y el poder de la partería.
Presentadores:
Vanessa Caldari y Paloma Hernandez, Centro MAM, San Juan, PR;
Lina Garcia, Luna Tierra Casa de Partos, El Paso, TX.
The virtual release of a new animated video produced by the award winning artistic team at Sharp As Knives evoking the history and power of midwifery.
Speakers:
Cessilye R. Smith, Abide Women's Health, Dallas, TX; Leanne Levers, PUSH for Midwives; Tara Lawal, Rainier Valley Birth Center, Seattle, WA; Anjli Hinman, Altanta Birth Center.
A session for those curious about birth center care but not sure who to ask. Learn from a panel of experienced midwives!
Midwife Panel:
Stephanie Murillo, Luna Tierra Birth Center, El Paso, TX; Ebony Marcelle, Community of Hope, Washington DC; Trinisha Williams, Midwife In the City, Brooklyn, NY;
Nikki Helms, San Diego Community Birth Center.
(Sponsored by American Association of Birth Centers in collaboration with BCE.)
