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Southern Birth Justice Network is an organization working to expand access to midwifery and doula ca Midwifery care is holistic, healing, and humanistic.

In spite of an increasingly violent medical environment, midwifery care creates space to have safe, gentle, and empowered birth experiences. It has rich herstory, legacy, and roots in communities of color. Our vision for Mobile Midwife is to make this care accessible and central to all, especially Black, Brown, immigrant, indigenous, q***r, transgender, low-income and other marginalized communities.

09/02/2026

The Mobile Midwife Clinic is on the move! 🚍

We’re bringing community-centered maternal health care directly to neighborhoods across Miami. Check out our September schedule and come find us at one of this month’s clinic locations.

Families can access prenatal and postpartum care, lactation support, wellness checks, maternal health consultations, and more, through free and low-cost services rooted in community.

🗓️ Save this calendar for later and follow along for any schedule updates throughout the month.

Because this is more than a clinic. It’s community care in action. 💛

08/31/2026

As Black August comes to a close, we’re carrying these stories with us. ✍🏾

Today, we’re remembering Ayanna Ade, an African American midwife whose life and work helped shape the movement for Black midwifery and birth justice.

Ayanna trained as a homebirth midwife in Houston in the 1970s before returning to school to become a Certified Nurse Midwife. Her work centered on caring for Black families while growing the number of Black midwives.

In 1980, Ayanna co-founded Childbirth Providers of African Descent (CPAD), the first private national Black midwifery organization, created to bring midwives together to learn, support one another, and build community. She also helped create opportunities for knowledge exchange between Black midwives across borders. 🤎

Her legacy continues through the Ayanna Ade Black Student Midwife Scholarship created by Shafia Monroe which supports Black students pursuing midwifery education and honors her commitment to creating pathways for the next generation of Black midwives.

We also want to extend our deepest gratitude to everyone who joined us for our Black August Storytelling Webinar this past week. Thank you for showing up and sharing your stories. It was a powerful reminder that storytelling is also a form of movement-building, and that our histories, voices, and experiences deserve to be carried forward. 📖

A special thank you to our incredible speakers:
Brianna Bennett Brianna Bennett
Cherise Doyley Doula Cherise Gordon
Valencia “Vee” Gunder Valencia Gunder
Ana “Sam” Pierre-Louis A Flower God Heard
Brittany “BK” King Brittany King👑🌹

As Black August comes to a close, we carry these stories with us, not just as memories of what came before, but as reminders of the work we are still called to do.

Their spirits live. Our work continues.

Read more about Ayanna Ade and her legacy at ShafiaMonroe.com.

08/27/2026

There is no one way to feed, nurture, or care for a baby.

This week, we’re celebrating Black families in all of the ways they choose to nourish their babies.

Because how we feed our babies may be personal, but no parent should have to navigate that journey alone.

Happy Black Breastfeeding Week! 🤎

08/24/2026

Meet the speakers for our Black August Storytelling Webinar 🤍

This Wednesday, we’re gathering to explore what freedom means through the lens of Birth Justice, and how our stories can help us understand the systems shaping Black families’ lives and care.

The evening will take place in two parts:

PART ONE: OUR STORIES 🗣️
Brianna Bennett, Cherise Doyley, and Valencia “Vee” Gunder will share their lived experiences through a guided conversation, responding to questions about medical coercion, bodily autonomy, reproductive justice, and the fight for freedom.

PART TWO: TELLING OUR STORIES ✍🏾
Curated by Ana “Sam” Pierre-Louis and Brittany “BK” King, the second hour will be an interactive space for participants to reflect on their own experiences and learn how to shape and share their stories with intention.

Come listen. Come reflect. Come learn how to tell your story.

Swipe to learn more about each speaker!

Register through the link in our bio.

08/21/2026

What if we were better prepared to care for one another when emergencies happen? 🚨

“We are the ones we’ve been waiting for” - June Jordan

Join us for Community Medic Training, a two-part experience rooted in the tradition of community-based care and collective health. Participants will learn practical, life-saving skills to support pregnant people, neighbors experiencing trauma, wounded community members, and others during emergencies.

Training topics will include:
Stop the Bleed • CPR • Assessing Vital Signs • Pregnancy & Childbirth Safety • Obstetric Emergencies • Disaster Preparedness • Narcan & Overdose Prevention • Extreme Heat Training • Culinary Medicine & Community Care • Meditation & more

Informational Orientation
Friday, October 23 | 6–8 PM EST

In-Person Skills Training
Saturday, October 24 & Sunday, October 25
9 AM–5 PM EST | Miami, FL

$112 Registration Required

Flexible payment options available.
Pay in 4 with Afterpay, Klarna, or PayPal Pay Later.

*This is a community-based training and does not provide medical certification or qualify attendees as medical professionals*

🔗 Click the link in our bio to register.

08/19/2026

Black August asks us to look closely at what freedom means, and what happens when that freedom is taken away. 🤍

Assata Shakur’s story brings that question into the birth space. While incarcerated and awaiting trial, Assata gave birth to her daughter, Kakuya. Her experience is a powerful reminder that incarceration does not exist separately from reproductive justice. ⛓️‍💥

When someone is separated from their family or denied control over their own body, pregnancy and birth can become another place where freedom is restricted.

This is why we continue to build community-based care and advocate for systems that recognize Black families as whole people, not as numbers within a system.

As we honor Assata this Black August, we continue building toward a future where Black families have the freedom to experience birth with dignity and raise their children without systems of control standing in the way. ✊🏾

Follow along as we continue learning from the people whose struggles for liberation help us understand the work still ahead.

08/17/2026

We’re coming to North Miami! 🚍

Our Mobile Midwife Clinic will be on-site at the North Miami Public Library on August 20, bringing free and low-cost, community-centered maternal health care directly to the community.

Libraries are trusted neighborhood spaces where folks come to learn, connect, and find resources 📖. Care should be where community already is.

This is Birth Justice in practice: midwifery that belongs to the people. ✨

We’re proud to partner with North Miami Vice Mayor Kassandra Timothe Vice Mayor Kassandra Timothe to continue expanding access to birth and wellness care for families across North Miami.

📍 North Miami Public Library
📅 August 20
⏰ 10 AM–2 PM

Come see us, meet our clinic team, and connect with the care and resources available to you. 🤍

08/15/2026

Today, August 15, we celebrate the birthday of Bridget “Biddy” Mason 🎂 , whose life continues to inspire the work of birth justice.

Born into slavery, Biddy fought for and won her freedom. She went on to deliver hundreds of babies, care for the sick, and build a legacy of community care and collective freedom in Los Angeles.

In the Birth Justice Origins Project⁠, Jamarah Amani reflects on Biddy’s life and the ways her legacy continues to guide the work of Southern Birth Justice Network:

“I am deeply inspired by the life of Bridget ‘Biddy’ Mason.”

Biddy’s own words still guide us:

“The open hand is blessed, for it gives in abundance, even as it receives.”

May we keep our hands open, in service, in support, and in love 🤲🏾. And may the prayers of the Black Grand Midwives continue to guide us forward.

Read more about the roots and legacy of birth justice through the Birth Justice Origins Project at the link in our bio.

Happy birthday, Biddy Mason. Your legacy lives on. 🤍

08/14/2026

While in Hawaiʻi this past week, we had the opportunity to witness a beautiful tribute to Queen Emma of Oʻahu, led by local birthworker and maternal health leader Tyra of Breastfeeding Hawaiʻi. 🌺

Queen Emma is remembered for using her position to advocate for mothers and children and for helping establish health systems that continue to serve communities in Hawaiʻi today.

As we honor Indigenous Milk Medicine Week, moments like this remind us of the generations of people who have cared for and advocated for families, and the importance of carrying that work forward.

Mahalo, Tyra, for sharing this beautiful tribute with us. 🤎

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