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Abortion & RJ orgs, funds, & individuals/leaders are receiving backlash, losing money, and being threatened into silence for standing firm on their advocacy for Palestine.

Today, we join a coalition of organizers, activists, and movement partners to demand reproductive justice FOR ALL. The risk is high, and it is that very reason why we cannot remain silent as our critical abortion infrastructure is under attack for standing in our values and demonstrating what true reproductive justice is.

Fund Abortion, Not War is a national multimedia campaign that we are proud to be a part of, to uplift these abortion funds through financial, public, and communal support. Our message is clear: Divest from Zionism, Invest in Abortion Funds because the war on bodies extends across borders, and the struggle for bodily autonomy is intertwined.

Learn more at fundabortionnotwar.org and donate to the listed abortion funds.

#FundAbortionNotWar
#MifeNotMissiles #PalestineisRJ #ReproductiveJustice #FreePalestine

Abortion & RJ orgs, funds, & individuals/leaders are receiving backlash, losing money, and being threatened into silence for standing firm on their advocacy for Palestine.

Today, we join a coalition of organizers, activists, and movement partners to demand reproductive justice FOR ALL. The risk is high, and it is that very reason why we cannot remain silent as our critical abortion infrastructure is under attack for standing in our values and demonstrating what true reproductive justice is.

Fund Abortion, Not War is a national multimedia campaign that we are proud to be a part of, to uplift these abortion funds through financial, public, and communal support. Our message is clear: Divest from Zionism, Invest in Abortion Funds because the war on bodies extends across borders, and the struggle for bodily autonomy is intertwined.

Learn more at fundabortionnotwar.org and donate to the listed abortion funds.

#FundAbortionNotWar
#MifeNotMissiles #PalestineisRJ #ReproductiveJustice #FreePalestine

Michigan!!!!! Calling all Detroit Birthworkers & collective members ❤️

Let’s connect and build community with fellow Birthworkers of Color.

Friday April 25 6pm-7:30pm

email doulabenefit@gmail.com for details.

#birthworkersofcolor #detroitbirth #michiganbirth #detroitdoula #detroitreproductivejustice #reproductivejustice #birthwork #birthworkersofcolorcollective

Michigan!!!!! Calling all Detroit Birthworkers & collective members ❤️

Let’s connect and build community with fellow Birthworkers of Color.

Friday April 25 6pm-7:30pm

email doulabenefit@gmail.com for details.

#birthworkersofcolor #detroitbirth #michiganbirth #detroitdoula #detroitreproductivejustice #reproductivejustice #birthwork #birthworkersofcolorcollective

🖤 Black Maternal Health Week 2025 🖤

Long Beach local folks—Join us as we honor Black Maternal Health week. We’re gathering in community, healing, and joy! Join us for two special events:

🌿 April 14th - Wellness Gathering for Black Birthworkers
📍 Location: Our LB Office
A space to recharge, connect, and nourish our well-being. If you’re interested in community acupuncture, sound bath please sign up to secure your spot!

🌊 April 16th - Beach Walk for Black identified moms, parents, & families
Walk with us as we reflect, release, and reclaim our joy by the ocean, together! 🌊

🔗 Sign up now to join us! https://tinyurl.com/BMHBWOCC

Tag your people, share this, and let’s come together! ✨

#BWOCC #birthworkersofcolorcollective #Blackbirthworkers
#BMHW2024 #BlackMaternalHealth #WellnessForTheCulture #CommunityCare

🖤 Black Maternal Health Week 2025 🖤

Long Beach local folks—Join us as we honor Black Maternal Health week. We’re gathering in community, healing, and joy! Join us for two special events:

🌿 April 14th - Wellness Gathering for Black Birthworkers
📍 Location: Our LB Office
A space to recharge, connect, and nourish our well-being. If you’re interested in community acupuncture, sound bath please sign up to secure your spot!

🌊 April 16th - Beach Walk for Black identified moms, parents, & families
Walk with us as we reflect, release, and reclaim our joy by the ocean, together! 🌊

🔗 Sign up now to join us! https://tinyurl.com/BMHBWOCC

Tag your people, share this, and let’s come together! ✨

#BWOCC #birthworkersofcolorcollective #Blackbirthworkers
#BMHW2024 #BlackMaternalHealth #WellnessForTheCulture #CommunityCare

Hey folks!

We wanted to share about ways we’re utilizing various tools to try our best to keep our communities, presenters, participants, & curriculum safe in light of overwhelming criminalization of abortion & reproductive health providers & advocates.

We also recognize that commodification, appropriation, & replication are very much real (can’t ever replicate the sauce, obviously!) concerns & not everyone moves in a good way. It’s important for us to also do what we can to protect our presenters, facilitator, and collective member’s knowledge , stories, lived experiences, & traditional/ancestral practices. We have a lengthy application, vetting process, & creation of cohorts (through @solandrootsdoula team, who the training is licensed through) but on occasion unaligned applicants do slip through & this helps weed folks out.

We also recognize this may not feel good to everyone and so this would not be the training for you. There are many other trainings out there & we recommend folks attend one of those instead, if so.

It is our duty to keep each other as safe as we legally can, this is vital to more folks learning how to advocate, support, & do this important reproductive justice work & also to reducing risks. **Note: Anyone who comes to disrupt or put people’s livelihoods, work, etc at risk or be willing to risk their criminalization—are not people who or aligned or that we want in our trainings or organization.

If you have any questions: pocdoulatraining@gmail.com

#birthworkersofcolorcollective

Hey folks!

We wanted to share about ways we’re utilizing various tools to try our best to keep our communities, presenters, participants, & curriculum safe in light of overwhelming criminalization of abortion & reproductive health providers & advocates.

We also recognize that commodification, appropriation, & replication are very much real (can’t ever replicate the sauce, obviously!) concerns & not everyone moves in a good way. It’s important for us to also do what we can to protect our presenters, facilitator, and collective member’s knowledge , stories, lived experiences, & traditional/ancestral practices. We have a lengthy application, vetting process, & creation of cohorts (through @solandrootsdoula team, who the training is licensed through) but on occasion unaligned applicants do slip through & this helps weed folks out.

We also recognize this may not feel good to everyone and so this would not be the training for you. There are many other trainings out there & we recommend folks attend one of those instead, if so.

It is our duty to keep each other as safe as we legally can, this is vital to more folks learning how to advocate, support, & do this important reproductive justice work & also to reducing risks. **Note: Anyone who comes to disrupt or put people’s livelihoods, work, etc at risk or be willing to risk their criminalization—are not people who or aligned or that we want in our trainings or organization.

If you have any questions: pocdoulatraining@gmail.com

#birthworkersofcolorcollective

Join us for our monthly pelvic health clinic at our Long Beach office with Rose Dominguez-Osuna, MS, OTR/L, PRPC (she/her), a Pelvic Floor Therapist @healingpelvis

🗓️April 24th with appointment times ranging from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm —and will continue every month! Only a few spots available

💫 Sign up using the link in our bio: https://bit.ly/pelvichealthclinic
🌐 Learn more about Rose’s work: www.healingpelvis.com

📍 Our Long Beach office, 1635 E. Anaheim St., Long Beach CA

#PelvicHealth #CommunityCare #BirthworkersCollective #TheHealingPelvis #WellnessForAll #birthworkersofcolorcollective

Join us for our monthly pelvic health clinic at our Long Beach office with Rose Dominguez-Osuna, MS, OTR/L, PRPC (she/her), a Pelvic Floor Therapist @healingpelvis

🗓️April 24th with appointment times ranging from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm —and will continue every month! Only a few spots available

💫 Sign up using the link in our bio: https://bit.ly/pelvichealthclinic
🌐 Learn more about Rose’s work: www.healingpelvis.com

📍 Our Long Beach office, 1635 E. Anaheim St., Long Beach CA

#PelvicHealth #CommunityCare #BirthworkersCollective #TheHealingPelvis #WellnessForAll #birthworkersofcolorcollective

🎉Michigan!! We’re so hype to announce an in person Doula of Color Training this April in Flint! This is so important because so much of our work not only centers & uplifts health advocacy & BIPOC communities but also highlighting the threads between environmental justice & perinatal/infant health! Environmental justice is birth justice, is reproductive justice, clean water is environmental justice & they’re all interconnected!

This is a 4 full day live in-person intensive training Thursday May 29th - June 1st, 10am-5:30pm daily. There will also be additional 6 months of self paced virtual learning and live support sessions.

Training Eligibility
✨Must be a Michigan resident
✨Must be at least 18 years of age
✨Cannot have already completed a MDHHS approved doula training
✨Not currently listed on MDHHS Doula Registry
✨Must plan on becoming a Michigan Medicaid Doula provider
✨Be able to attend full training dates in Flint, Michigan

Participants will receive training at no-cost and are eligible for a stipend upon completion of training and post-training requirements which will include approximately four hours of recorded content, Doula Registry approval, and becoming a Medicaid-enrolled doula provider.

This offering is sponsored by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) Doula Initiative, organized by @birthworkersofcolor, and facilitated by Stevie Merino of @solandrootsdoula.

❗️Limited spaces available.

🗣️Training facilitated in English with translation services available. If there are language or accessibility needs please indicate on application.

Link in bio. More info & to apply: bit.ly/flint25

For additional questions email us at pocdoulatraining@gmail.com.

#doula #doulatraining #pocdoulatraining #doulaofcolortraining #birthworker #birthworkers #birthwork #birthworkersofcolor #birthworkersofcolorcollective #solandrootsdoula #virtualtraining #postpartum #abortion #traditionalknowledge #laboranddelivery #birth #fullspectrum #fullspectrumdoula #michigan #flint #environmentaljustice #michigandoula #michigandoulatraining #flintdoula #flintdoulatraining

🎉Michigan!! We’re so hype to announce an in person Doula of Color Training this April in Flint! This is so important because so much of our work not only centers & uplifts health advocacy & BIPOC communities but also highlighting the threads between environmental justice & perinatal/infant health! Environmental justice is birth justice, is reproductive justice, clean water is environmental justice & they’re all interconnected!

This is a 4 full day live in-person intensive training Thursday May 29th - June 1st, 10am-5:30pm daily. There will also be additional 6 months of self paced virtual learning and live support sessions.

Training Eligibility
✨Must be a Michigan resident
✨Must be at least 18 years of age
✨Cannot have already completed a MDHHS approved doula training
✨Not currently listed on MDHHS Doula Registry
✨Must plan on becoming a Michigan Medicaid Doula provider
✨Be able to attend full training dates in Flint, Michigan

Participants will receive training at no-cost and are eligible for a stipend upon completion of training and post-training requirements which will include approximately four hours of recorded content, Doula Registry approval, and becoming a Medicaid-enrolled doula provider.

This offering is sponsored by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) Doula Initiative, organized by @birthworkersofcolor, and facilitated by Stevie Merino of @solandrootsdoula.

❗️Limited spaces available.

🗣️Training facilitated in English with translation services available. If there are language or accessibility needs please indicate on application.

Link in bio. More info & to apply: bit.ly/flint25

For additional questions email us at pocdoulatraining@gmail.com.

#doula #doulatraining #pocdoulatraining #doulaofcolortraining #birthworker #birthworkers #birthwork #birthworkersofcolor #birthworkersofcolorcollective #solandrootsdoula #virtualtraining #postpartum #abortion #traditionalknowledge #laboranddelivery #birth #fullspectrum #fullspectrumdoula #michigan #flint #environmentaljustice #michigandoula #michigandoulatraining #flintdoula #flintdoulatraining

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