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As FAM supporters, you know the importance of our work to advance midwifery in North America. You can further FAM’s mission by sharing information with your clients, many of whom would be [...]

It is my task today to share my thoughts about the needs of laboring people. As I sit to do this, I’m very clear that the needs start long before labor. The needs begin with how the [...]

Company The Foundation for the Advancement of Midwifery Position Volunteer Board Member Company Description  The Foundation for the Advancement of Midwifery (FAM) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit [...]

Birth can be an unpredictable journey, but your midwife was your guide for that journey. Whether it was to support you through your dream birth or help you pivot when the situation required a [...]

“Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.”  -Vincent Van Gogh Merriam-Webster dictionary describes the butterfly effect as a property of chaotic systems by which small [...]

Have you ever noticed when you tell someone a story from your life, they often share a story about their life with you? There are many benefits to sharing our stories (good or bad) with our [...]

Join Shades of Blue in bringing awareness to Black Maternal Mental Health. You can see a list of their upcoming events here: https://www.shadesofblueproject.org/upcoming-events You can order a [...]

Thank you to the following organizations for sponsoring our screening of the documentary, Chocolate Milk  

Can you believe that December will be here tomorrow? It will also be, #GivingTuesday! Wrapping up our feature series on our grantees, please meet: National Black Midwives Alliance (NBMA), a FAM [...]

Two days to go, til’ #GivingTuesday! Getting excited? We certainly are. Our goal was to post daily for the 9 days leading up to #GivingTuesday, each day highlighting the work of each of our [...]

Hey  there, we hope you’re enjoying our feature series, where we’ve been highlighting the work of all 9 of our grantees leading up to #GivingTuesday on December 1st.Next up, with 3 days away from [...]

We’re getting close… only 4 days left until #GivingTuesday! Today, we’d like to promote the work of the Birthing People Foundation, a FAM Community Movement Builder. Birthing People Foundation [...]

What would happen if crowdsourcing and midwifery had a baby during the pandemic? The result would be Where’s My Midwife?, a community mapping project linking midwives trained in out-of-hospital [...]

Did you know that less than 5% of established birth centers in the U.S. are led by people of color? With 7 days away until #GivingTuesday on December 1st, we are pleased to introduce you to Birth [...]

Can you believe we’re already 6 days away on our journey to #GivingTuesday? To re-cap, #GivingTuesday is a global day of giving which happens annually on December 1, 2020. During each of the nine [...]

Today, we continue our countdown to #GivingTuesday! With only 8 days away, we’d like to introduce you to Indigenous Women Rising, an organization that creates the space for indigenous people to [...]

Today kicks off our nine-day countdown to #GivingTuesday, the annual global celebration of generosity which happens this year on December 1, 2020. During each of the nine days leading up to [...]

The recent allegations of forced hysterectomies in ICE detention centers is the most recent entry in the United States’ long history of racist, coercive reproductive abuse. Overwhelmingly, the [...]

On August 3, the board of directors stepped down following discord regarding MANA and FAM’s governance. MANA immediately began to source and recruit new board members, and has appointed a [...]

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 [...]

With anger and grief over the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, and too many others, the Foundation for the Advancement of Midwifery unequivocally affirms that [...]

Nationwide, women of color are underrepresented as funders and as recipients of philanthropy, (NY Times: “Philanthropists Bench Women of Color, the M.V.P.s of Social Change”). At FAM, women of [...]

Welcome to the second issue of FAM’s newsletter. Our feature for this issue is a discussion of how FAM is operationalizing equity in order to achieve our vision for midwifery. In this newsletter [...]

Emerging Models of Midwifery During the COVID-19 Pandemic Webinar was held Friday, April 3. The first episode featured Seattle, Washington and Miami, Florida. Speakers: Jamarah Amani, LM Emily [...]

Black Maternal Health Week (April 11-17) Honoring Black Mamas During Black Maternal Health Week we will be centering Black mothers and recognizing their right to not only live, but thrive, [...]

MomsRising has featured our article on the role of midwifery care and community birth during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Read the article & share! MOMS RISING: Midwives on the front lines of [...]

LINK TO THE POLICY STATEMENT: Out-of-Hospital Birth and Pandemic Planning As the world grapples with what feels like a big shift in the universe, FAM would like to share our thoughts about the [...]

Welcome to FAM’s inaugural edition of Generations, our newsletter! Lift and rise with us as we engage with the issues that impact maternity care in North America with curiosity, compassion, and [...]

    Thank you to all the individuals and companies who made our Annual Silent Auction a success at the 2018 MANA Conference in Portland, Maine. And thank you to all the conference attendees who [...]

Thank you to all the individuals and companies who made our Annual Silent Auction a success at the 2017 MANA Conference in Long Beach, California. And thank you to all the conference attendees [...]

Quite simply, without the support of FAM, the MANA Division of Research and its national birth registry—the MANA Statistics Project—would not exist. In 2003, at a time when the CPM credential was [...]

The Birth Place Lab (Coordinates FAM-funded projects) The Birth Place Lab, in the Faculty of Medicine at UBC, enables multi-disciplinary and community-based participatory research on access to [...]

From June 1 to June 16th an anonymous donor has pledged to match donations dollar-for-dollar up to $5,000. FAM is determined to give voice to birth equity in the United States. We invite you to [...]

Foundation for the Advancement of Midwifery Celebrate! Black History Month Honorees 2017 The history of African-American midwives serving their communities goes beyond the diaspora. Steeped in [...]