Our Impact:
The First Nine Years
2017
in 2017, BWOCC hosted its first training in Long Beach, Ca with the goal of training more doulas of color in the greater Los Angeles area.
It's Our Nine Year
Anniversary!
June 2026, marks the 9 year anniversary of our very first Doula of Color Training!Birthworkers of Color Collective was born from the need to challenge systemic racism, medical violence, and erasure in reproductive care. Join us, as we celebrate our first 9 years of gestation, while envisioning & birthing the next 9 years ahead. For the past 9 years, we've remained constant in our commitment to advancing birth equity and reducing perinatal health disparities for the most marginalized; Black, Indigenous, & People of Color. We are welcoming in this 9 year milestone through the birth of brand new offerings, accessible opportunities for training & learning, & exciting new Location Hub announcements in the year to come!! Our organization has grown and expanded rapidly in the first nine years, but we're just getting started. The work never stops, we're continually building a world where reproductive justice is actualized.
Pregnancy:
The First 9 Years
we are pregnant with freedom."
― Assata Shakur
What was gestated as a local community grassroots project in Long Beach, CA has birthed into a non-profit organization with members across the globe. For the past nine years, Birthworkers of Color Collective has been advancing birth equity, supporting families, training birthworkers, and strengthening communities. As we celebrate this milestone, we'd love for you to be there to reflect on the collective impact we've made together.
Birthing:
The Next 9 Years
Birthworkers of Color Collective celebrates its 9 years of gestation by birthing an even stronger, healthier, and growing vision of our work, organization, and impact. Movements take time, It has been 9 long years of pregnancy, of growing this expansive version of our collective. Join us in birthing and envisioning the next 9 years of BWOCC with plans for new BWOCC hubs, community training modules, collective membership, arts and cultural offerings, and continuing advocacy efforts.
We need your continued support! For the next 9 months we're fundraising for our future! We're calling on our supporters, advocates, activists, birthworkers, doulas, & community members to commit to sending us a gift of $9 or more! Your generous gift will help us sustain our current programs, allow us to continue to offer training scholarships for aspiring doulas, & equitably pay our staff, while also opening the doors for big things in the near future!
BWOCC 9 Year Anniversary Fundraiser
We need your support! We're expanding by launching two new hub locations in the year to come. Consider pledging a generous gift of $9 monthly donations to BWOCC.
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Thank You!
A special note from our Founder
& Executive Director, Stevie Merino.
Thank You for your community investment & trust in Birthworkers of Color Collective. Whether you've trained with us, received full spectrum doula support, attended our educational classes, support groups, utilized our membership & billing services, or benefited from our advocacy efforts, we are humbled to support you & our communities across the globe. Our work today is the result of 9 years of perseverance, resistance, organizing & collective effort. Thank You.
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Meet some of our collective members actively supporting their communities with culturally relevant & inclusive care, advocating, & bridging gaps in their communities.
