Arise Black Midwife

  The Arise BIPOC Midwife Future of Midwifery Celebration The Arise BIPOC Midwife Student Pinning Ceremony Founded by Rising Black Midwife Keyawna Scruggs Matthews, Arise BIPOC Midwife is a Pinning Ceremony for BIPOC Student Midwives that spans across all genres of midwifery and across all academic and training programs. Arise BIPOC Midwife seeks to diversify midwifery by improving student retention due to a lack of connection during the learning experience. The ceremony is an affair where future BIPOC midwives commit to their personal journeys while being guided by the altruistic blessings of current BIPOC Midwives. Our collective participation with others leads to a deeper camaraderie that we may not find within our educational institutions.  REGISTER TO BE A STUDENT HONOREE The Arise BIPOC Midwife Celebration of New Midwives As a natural continuation of Arise BIPOC Midwife's vision, the initiative will officially host a celebration of our new midwives. Our local region has ...

  Arise BIPOC Midwife is so excited to be a recipient of The Midwife Foundation’s 2026 Thacher Community Grants for our new pilot project The Arise BIPOC Midwife Student Community Outreach The Thacher Community Grant supports small yet high-impact community-based projects that promote excellence in health care for women, infants, and families worldwide, especially those that show innovative means to meet their communities’ needs. Funded by the Frances T. Thacher Midwifery Leadership Endowment, this community grant will help us address racial inequity, health disparities, and care of populations in low-resource settings. We are piloting this project at Arise BIPOC Midwife Headquarters Baltimore City The Thacher Community Grant will be used to increase access to racially concordant care in Baltimore City through a dual-focused intervention that will pair the skilled professionals in the Arise network with community-focused outreach for BIPOC families. Most of these services will be p...

 Read the Black History Month highlight article here: https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/midwives-midwifery-black-maternal-care-maryland/?intcid=CNM-00-10abd1h 

https://www.pledge.to/arise-bipoc-midwife  The Arise Black/BIPOC Midwife ARISE COMMUNITY Pledge Opportunity gives Arise Black/BIPOC Honorees the opportunity to be supported by their loved ones and networks who desire to make a pledge to honor their journeys. Instructions: Make a pledge to an Arise Black/BIPOC Midwife Honoree by uplifting their tenant. You can make a Tribute and dedicate your donation to your Honoree. Then, once you have made your donation, add a comment to display in the ACTIVITY FEED. For example, Jackie's tenant is  Serenity  so her donors will leave a COMMENT that says " Serenity Arise! " which indicates that Jackie is the recipient of the gift internally. ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ The Arise BIPOC Midwife! initiative is proudly organized by Together Inspiration Acts Inc. Our mission is to promote the health, safety, and well-being of women, their children, and the communities that support them. Together Inspiration Acts Inc. is a 501(c)3, no...

  Arise Black Midwife! is so excited to be hosting the next commitment ceremony at The National Black Midwives Alliance Conference in March! Arise Black Midwife! is a Pinning Ceremony for Black Student Midwives that spans across all genres of midwifery and across all academic and training programs. Arise Black Midwife seeks to secure the legacy of black midwifery by improving student retention due to lack of connection during the learning experience. The ceremony is an affair where aspiring black midwives commit to their personal journeys while being guided by the altruistic blessings of current Black Midwives. Much like the African American traditions that foster unity through sacred community, the intention of this event is to revive hope and instill vision towards Midwifery as an act of faith. Our collective participation with others leads to a deeper camaraderie that we may not find within our educational institutions. Register for The 2026 National Black Midwives Alliance Con...

The Arise Black Midwife Initiative is launching her sister affair to be inclusive of all people of color. Founded by Rising Black Midwife Keyawna Scruggs Matthews, Arise BIPOC Midwife is a Pinning Ceremony for BIPOC Student Midwives that spans across all genres of midwifery and across all academic and training programs. Arise BIPOC Midwife seeks to diversify midwifery by improving student retention due to lack of connection during the learning experience. The ceremony is an affair where future BIPOC midwives commit to their personal journeys while being guided by the altruistic blessings of current BIPOC Midwives. Our collective participation with others leads to a deeper camaraderie that we may not find within our educational institutions.  This Year's Theme is Unify to Diversify Intake for the 2026 Arise BIPOC Midwife Fall Cohort has begun! Complete the Intake Form Follow @AriseBIPOCmidwife on Instagram for regular updates.

  Join Arise Black Midwife!  on Facebook!  This is a community comprised of Black Student Midwives and their Black Midwife Guides. In this group, we celebrate each others' accomplishments and share opportunities that uplift Aspiring Black Midwives.   Arise Black Midwife! Securing the Legacy of Black Midwifery.

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  There is something peculiar and deeply unique about the Rising Black Midwife. Their origins are strong and their passion unusually groundbreaking. Midwifery is not a basic job choice to them—no, it's typically a calling that rises from their soul. Unfortunately however, the plight of the Black Midwife is never truly straightforward or direct! The obstacles we face arise as if to prevent us from attaining this goal! No matter our native land, our kind, our tribe or tongue, the truth remains that we don’t have the same access, and becoming midwives will empower us to be pillars of hope for our community.  Arise Black Midwife is a commitment ceremony that came from this concept. It is a single affair where aspiring black midwives commit to their personal journeys to the field in a meaningful way, while being guided by the altruistic blessings of current black midwives who have risen through their experiences. Much like the African American tradition of fostering unity and siste...

  

  Congratulations to  All Arise Black Midwife Graduates and recent Graduates!!!  Your Communities cannot wait for you to begin!  Arise Black Midwife  is offering The Midwifery Board Exam Awards!  These awards will cover the fees for taking the midwifery board exam for your pathway. You are eligible if  1) You have participated in The Arise Black Midwife Commitment Ceremony or the Aspire to Inspiring Student Midwife Programming 2) You plan to take your Midwifery Board Exams in the next 9 months OR you have passed your Midwifery Board Exams within the past 3 months . To qualify, please send an email to hello@ariseblackmidwife.org with the following information: 1) Proof of Midwifery program completion 2) The cost of your total board exam fees Awardees will receive funds to cover their Midwifery Board Exam fees and be honored at the 2023 Arise Black Midwife Commitment Event. For more information, please contact the Arise Black Midwife Director of...

REVIVE. RENEW. RESTORE.   Will You Be An Honoree at  The 2023 ARISE BLACK MIDWIFE Commitment Ceremony? Respond to An Invitation Arise Black Midwife: Securing the Legacy of Black Midwifery

  "HEY!" "Are You An Aspiring Black Midwife or A Black Student Midwife Seeking Connection to The Greater Black Midwifery Community?" "Well, You Should Check Out  The National Black Midwives Alliance !" "The mission of the National Black Midwives Alliance (NBMA) is to establish a representative voice at the national level that organizes, advocates, and brings visibility to the issues impacting Black midwives and the communities they serve."  https://blackmidwivesalliance.org/  "They have Mentorship, Scholarships, and Programs with Us in Mind, along with so much more:" REACH OUT TO  hello@ariseblackmidwife.org  FOR A FREE 1 YEAR MEMBERSHIP WITH NBMA Arise Black Midwife...uplifting our future midwives

The  Arise Black Midwife Commitment Ceremony Is On Pause, Focus, and Reset for 2022. 💤 In the meantime, we celebrate all Aspiring Black Midwives who are dedicated to reaching destiny in pursuit of their unique Midwifery goals. Write your Congressman/Congresswoman PAST  EVENTS Join Us for 2 Panel Discussions featuring Black Midwifery Students from various genres of Midwifery programs   All  Inquiring  &  Aspiring  Black Individuals are Welcome. 💫  Signup &  Submit Questions Here.   💫 Join via FACEBOOK LIVE  (QR CODE) About Certified Midwifery & Nurse-Midwifery Options Thursday, November 10, 2022 at 6-8pm EST https://fb.me/e/ 2nPHdldYU About Homebirth, Apprenticeship & Traditional Midwifery Options Thursday, November 12, 2022 at 6-8pm EST https://fb.me/e/ 2oQH3ggPP   Honoring International Midwives! About Midwifery across Oceans & Borders TBA 💫💫💫💫💫💫💫💫💫💫💫💫💫💫💫💫💫💫💫 TO GET INVOLVED,  SIM...

  By Taiwo “Tia” Ajao, NBMA Mentee & Fellow 2021 In July 2019, the late Mama Claudia Booker of Birthing Hands Midwifery and Birth Services gathered a mixed group of black birth workers in Washington, DC for a deeply engaging birth assistant training for her midwifery company. That weekend, in what I like to call   The Outpouring , she gave to us the Gems of her service as a Homebirth Midwife. Then, she celebrated the completion of her treatment with us: a group of wide-eyed, fiery souls dreaming to be as she. Little did we know that her investment in us would be ours to keep forever, freely and with no charge. Mama Claudia was the only black homebirth midwife who would travel to serve Baltimore, Maryland, where I live; and when she transitioned, there was a true cry in our local birth community as the pandemic threatened us all:  “Are there any black homebirth midwives in all of Baltimore?”  And the deathening silence resounded:  No! No, not one!  That ...