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Letter from FAM Executive Director Tamara Wrenn Birthing Resilience As a result of the pandemic and the ongoing racial injustice, our nation has been hit with unprecedented challenges. For those [...]

In this newsletter Letter from FAM Executive Director Tamara Wrenn & FAM 2020 Grants Reflecting on the current moment: Black Lives Matter FAM News: Elections, Spring fundraising recap Board [...]

Birthing People Foundation empowers women of color/people of color by providing free and low cost training, education and certification pertaining to pregnancy, birth and postpartum.  Including [...]

National Black Midwives Alliance trains and organizes midwives to serve as advocates to address disparities in maternal health care that impact black birthing people. NBMA’s central goal is to [...]

Equity in Midwifery Education provides resources with a focus on disparities, social justice and preventing trauma in the midwifery profession. An equity focus means that Power and Privilege are [...]

Birth from The Earth, Inc. is a non-profit organization, steeped in education & empowerment.  Birth from the Earth’s mission is: “To activate and engage through education, [...]

On April 8, 2020, the Big Push for Midwives Campaign launched the Where’s My Midwife? community mapping tool to help connect midwives trained in out-of-hospital birth with people whose [...]

FAM is proud to announce the initial funding for a new Elephant Circle initiative: Defense of Midwives. This project will increase capacity among underrepresented attorneys to bring cases for [...]

In response to what Indigenous families need right now, Indigenous Women Rising is launching and piloting a donation based midwifery fund. The fund will focus on: Supporting access to home births [...]

The Birth Center Equity Fund was created to make birth center care an option for every person who wants it, by growing and sustaining birth centers led by Black, Indigenous, and other people of [...]