Birth in Color RVA

💬 A former Henrico NICU nurse was sentenced after being found guilty of abusing 9 newborns in her care — squeezing them with excessive force, moving them carelessly, and causing fractures that couldn’t be explained.

She was facing 20 charges — INCLUDING malicious wounding — before a plea deal reduced them to 9 felony counts of child abuse.

She pleaded no contest and was sentenced to 4 months per charge, served consecutively.

Three years total.

These incidents happened between 2022 and 2024 — right here in Virginia.

In a hospital.

In a NICU.

The place families are told is the safest place for their most fragile babies.

Read the full article below.
Source: WRIC ABC 8 News

🔗 https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/henrico-county/former-nicu-nurse-child-abuse-sentenced/

📍 Richmond, we’re pulling up TWICE this week and both events are FREE.

🔗 https://birthincolor.org/events

🍼 The Milk Bar • Join us for virtual lactation support and real conversations — chest/breastfeeding workshop lovingly led by the color crew! 

Thurs June 11
6:30-7:30 PM

💙 Dad’s Self-Care Day • Because dads deserve a whole day, not just a card. Mental health, community, and self-care — on us. 

Sat June 13
11AM–7PM

Two events. Zero excuses. 👏🏽

This Sunday 〰️ flow with us 6/7 @ 11AM

Richmond, VA
📍 115 E BROAD ST. UNIT 1A

RSVP now: 🔗 BirthinColor.org/yogarsvp

Whether you’re newly pregnant, deep in your third trimester, or in the tender weeks postpartum — this class was made for YOU. Led by certified Yoga Instructor and doula, Tyanna Haynes, every session is grounded in gentle movement and breathwork.

No yoga experience needed.
All bodies welcome. 💛

This is a donation based class!
Recommended: $5 with a BIC doula | $10 without

Reminder: Bring your water, comfy clothes & a mat if you have one — we’ve got extras if you don’t👏🏽

See you so soon :)

doula, Tamika Tali, stood at that podium in front of the Danville Rotary Club and told the truth — high poverty, transportation barriers, an OBGYN shortage, and birthing people in Southwest Virginia STILL fighting to get basic prenatal care.

Birth in Color exists to make sure that truth doesn’t just get spoken — it gets acted on;

to make sure no birthing person in Virginia — rural, urban, or anywhere in between — has to fight that hard alone.

Thank you to VHRC and the Danville Rotary Club for making space for this essential conversation. 💕

We went. We showed up. And we brought out the crew. 🥹🤎

Shoutout to and every advocate in that room fighting for our FREEDOM — y’all felt like family.

Every state is navigating a different reality after the fall of Roe. But what we found in that space was something powerful: people from across the country refusing to let barriers be the end of the story.

We came together to talk real solutions — for Virginia folks AND patients nationwide.

What does abortion access actually look like on the ground?

How do we build pathways through the barriers?

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VIRGINIA’S SOLUTION
The Constitutional Amendment for Reproductive Freedom protects Virginians’ freedom to make their own reproductive health care decisions — from contraception to childbirth — without fear of government interference or criminal punishment.

Learn more about the amendment
🔗 at va4reprofreedom.org

🌈 Join us for YEAR TWO of Voices and Votes!

FRIDAY, JULY 24
4:30-10 PM • RVA
Main Street Station

ft. Food trucks.
Live entertainment.
Convos on Voting
+ an outdoor market in RVA. 💫

FEATURING:
🎵 Coty the Artist and the Fam Band
🎤 Micah Bam Bam (comedian + host)
🎧 DJ Lonnie B (Virginia legend)

If you’re a small business vendor, BIPOC artist, or community organization ready to stand for reproductive justice, voting rights, and maternal health — hit us up! (like rn, rn)

Ready to join us?
ATTEND: Save the date. Sign up at:
🔗 https://birthincolor.org/events/2026voices

PARTNER WITH US: Be a vendor, artist, or organization partner.
🔗 APPLY NOW: BIRTHINCOLOR.ORG/NEWPARTNERSHIPS

See you SO soon at Main Street Station. 🤎

The vitamin K shot is not a vaccine — but it has been swept into the same wave of post-pandemic medical distrust. Social media posts have called it a “toxin.” Podcasters with millions of followers tell parents that needing it means “God designed babies wrong.”

⬅️ Swipe through to learn about the distrust behind vitamin k shot, and what led us to this point.

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Source:
🔗 https://www.propublica.org/article/more-parents-decline-vitamin-k-shot-newborns