Elephant Circle

We are so excited to announce our ✨2026 State of Birth Justice Fellows🧭!

Joyell, Abra and Autumn bring
✨grounded and deep expertise to our movement
🌞rootedness in Indigenous and Black midwifery models of care &
🌟fierce commitment to create policy transformation.

Look out for opportunities to co-design alongside these visionary Fellows and ways to utilize our platform for state-based policy work.

Shout-out to NACPM & NAABB for being a YES to this vision and being the homebase partners for this vision and collaboration🌱

A must listen: "Deep Care" podcast.

Thank you for this offering Black Birthing Futures - may the joy and justice we call forward this week for Black Maternal Health Week be experienced by ALL Black parents.

The Deep Care Podcast - Black Birthing Futures A podcast about the Black community midwives transforming Black families and futures What if an answer to the Black maternal health crisis is already here? Deep Care brings you the intimate stories of Black parents who chose community midwifery care, and experienced transformative outcomes for thems...

Sign up to learn about the NEW Maternal Health Guides and the power of community to resource each other and our care!

Thank you Sacred Birthing Village, Lotus Program and Southern Birth Justice Network for your work and vision on this!

Learn more here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/paMiCj-SSQWy59S9NK0YxA #/registration

JUST RELEASED: Funding opportunity for teams advancing community-based midwifery at the state-level

📢 We are inviting state-based teams to apply for a 15-month, grant-funded initiative that will support teams in their efforts to promote awareness about the value of community-based midwifery and to advance policy that improves perinatal care access and outcomes through the midwifery model of care.

⏰A preliminary eligibility form is due April 17, with the full application form due April 27, 2026!

Teams that are selected will receive
*tailored technical assistance
*curated resources and tools
*peer-to-peer collaborations
*shared learning opportunities

State-based teams will be supported through this initiative by the seven stewarding organizations
* American Association of Birth Centers
* Birth Center Equity
* Birth Place Lab
* Elephant Circle
* Institute for Medicaid Innovation
* The National Association to Advance Black Birth- NAABB
* National Association of Certified Professional Midwives (NACPM)

💻Join a Q&A Webinars!
April 2 at 3-4pm (ET) & April 15 at 12-1pm (ET)

To learn more about the opportunity and find out if you and your organization may be eligible to apply, click here (link in bio)
https://linktr.ee/imi_midwifery

The start of spring has us thinking about the power and magic of what we create when we stand in our POWER and BUILD POWER, together!

Flashback to our Parade for Birth Justice down Five Points in Denver.

🐘 Build community power
🐘 Connect hearts + minds
🐘 Nurture joy at the roots of our movement for birth justice

Shout-out to for this offering of love, power and community! 💙 we are so happy you are creating with us in the Sustainability Hub!🌱

Massachusetts, trunks up • let’s circle up!

Midwifery + The Black Birthing Family honors the histories, experiences, and legacies of Black midwives, birth workers, and birthing families across Massachusetts. What began as a single documentary film has grown into a broader storytelling initiative including a four-part documentary series, a community-written anthology, an archival photography exhibition, and an ongoing storytelling circle series.

Please sign this petition & boost TODAY!

Stop forced C-sections! Justice for Cherise Doyley and Brianna Bennett. Cherise Doyley was 12 hours into labor at University of Florida Health (UF Health) Jacksonville when a nurse walked in with a bedsheet and told her to cover up. A tablet was wheeled to her bedside. A judge, flanked by lawyers, doctors, and hospital staff, appeared on the screen. Doyley, a profession...