The ARIAH Foundation

The ARIAH Foundation The ARIAH Foundation was created in 2019 in response to the loss of Shamony Makeba Gibson who passed away due to complications associated with giving birth.

ARIAH utilizes art & healing as conduits for the prevention of reproductive trauma, loss & death

Deep Care is here. ✨Join us TODAY for the virtual launch of Deep Care on April 22nd at 7 PM ET as we gather in celebrati...
04/22/2026

Deep Care is here. ✨

Join us TODAY for the virtual launch of Deep Care on April 22nd at 7 PM ET as we gather in celebration, reflection, and community with the people who helped bring this powerful project to life.

Hosted by Kaytura Felix, this evening will feature guided conversation with Ruha Benjamin and a special visioning + poem by Leseliey Welch.

This is an invitation to imagine care differently, center Black birthing futures, and honor the communities building pathways toward healing, justice, and liberation.

Register now and be part of the conversation.

ALL ABOARD 🚆✨We are STILL in motion.JOIN US TODAY, April 15th, 2026 at 5pm EST, as Speak, Move, Change continues our IG ...
04/15/2026

ALL ABOARD 🚆✨

We are STILL in motion.
JOIN US TODAY, April 15th, 2026 at 5pm EST, as Speak, Move, Change continues our IG Live series leading up to “The Reproductive Freedom Train: The Afrofuturistic Journey to Liberation Continues.”

This week, we are honored to travel with four “Freedom Riders” who are doing transformative work across the country:

🔸James Hogue
🔸Nikia Lawson
🔸Toshira Maldonado
🔸Kaytura Fleix MD

These visionaries will take us into their regions, their work, and their lived commitment to reproductive freedom and justice.
🗓 Wednesday, April 15, 2026
🕔 5 PM EST
📍 IG Live .move.change
Moderated by: Angela Lewis-

This is more than a conversation.
This is a journey across states, stories, and sacred work.Each stop brings us closer to liberation.Come witness. Come engage.
Come be in movement with us.

🚆 And as always… the question remains:
Where should the train go next?

ALL ABOARD 🚆✨We are STILL in motion.JOIN US TOMORROW, April 15th, 2026 at 5pm EST, as Speak, Move, Change continues our ...
04/14/2026

ALL ABOARD 🚆✨

We are STILL in motion.
JOIN US TOMORROW, April 15th, 2026 at 5pm EST, as Speak, Move, Change continues our IG Live series leading up to “The Reproductive Freedom Train: The Afrofuturistic Journey to Liberation Continues.”

This week, we are honored to travel with four “Freedom Riders” who are doing transformative work across the country:

🔸James Hogue
🔸Nikia Lawson
🔸Toshira Maldonado
🔸Kaytura Fleix MD

These visionaries will take us into their regions, their work, and their lived commitment to reproductive freedom and justice.
🗓 Wednesday, April 15, 2026
🕔 5 PM EST
📍 IG Live .move.change
Moderated by: Angela Lewis-

This is more than a conversation.
This is a journey across states, stories, and sacred work.Each stop brings us closer to liberation.Come witness. Come engage.
Come be in movement with us.

🚆 And as always… the question remains:
Where should the train go next?

ALL ABOARD 🚆✨We are STILL in motion.JOIN US TOMORROW, April 15th, 2026 at 5pm EST, as Speak, Move, Change continues our ...
04/14/2026

ALL ABOARD 🚆✨

We are STILL in motion.
JOIN US TOMORROW, April 15th, 2026 at 5pm EST, as Speak, Move, Change continues our IG Live series leading up to “The Reproductive Freedom Train: The Afrofuturistic Journey to Liberation Continues.”

This week, we are honored to travel with four “Freedom Riders” who are doing transformative work across the country:

🔸James Hogue
🔸Sherlonda McNeil
🔸Toshira Maldonado
🔸Kaytura Fleix MD

These visionaries will take us into their regions, their work, and their lived commitment to reproductive freedom and justice.
🗓 Wednesday, April 15, 2026
🕔 5 PM EST
📍 IG Live .move.change
Moderated by: Angela Lewis-

This is more than a conversation.
This is a journey across states, stories, and sacred work.Each stop brings us closer to liberation.Come witness. Come engage.
Come be in movement with us.

🚆 And as always… the question remains:
Where should the train go next?

ALL ABOARD 🚆✨We are officially in motion.JOIN US TODAY , April 8th, 2026 at 5pm EST, as Speak, Move, Change continues ou...
04/08/2026

ALL ABOARD 🚆✨

We are officially in motion.
JOIN US TODAY , April 8th, 2026 at 5pm EST, as Speak, Move, Change continues our IG Live series leading up to “The Reproductive Freedom Train: The Afrofuturistic Journey to Liberation Continues.”

This week, we are honored to travel with five powerful “Freedom Riders” who are doing transformative work across the country:
🔸 Stacy Bevill -
🔸Juan Irby is:
🔸Dr. Eboni January
🔸 Dominique Jerome
🔸Hadassah Bellot is

These visionaries will take us into their regions, their work, and their lived commitment to reproductive freedom and justice.
🗓 Wednesday, April 8, 2026
🕔 5 PM EST
📍 IG Live .move.change
Moderated by: &

This is more than a conversation.
This is a journey across states, stories, and sacred work.Each stop brings us closer to liberation.Come witness. Come engage.
Come be in movement with us.

🚆 And as always… the question remains:
Where should the train go next?

04/03/2026

Today we invite you to continue giving to help save the lives of Black and Brown mothers, birthing people, and babies.

At Speak, Move, Change, we believe Money is Energy—that energy turns into real life-saving change.

Your support allows us to:
• Advocate for our families
• Sustain critical, life-saving activism and policy work
• Host our 2026 gatherings
• Uplift postpartum wellness—because Postpartum Is Forever
• Turn conversation into action

This movement exists because community shows up.

If this work has moved you, we invite you to give today.

🔗 Link in bio: bit.ly/SMCFundraisingFridays

Thank you for fueling the movement.
Peace ♥️💚🖤🙏🏾

ALL ABOARD 🚆✨We are officially in motion.JOIN US this Wednesday, April 1, 2026 at 5pm EST, as Speak, Move, Change presen...
03/31/2026

ALL ABOARD 🚆✨

We are officially in motion.
JOIN US this Wednesday, April 1, 2026 at 5pm EST, as Speak, Move, Change presents our IG Live series leading up to “The Reproductive Freedom Train: The Afrofuturistic Journey to Liberation Continues.”
This week, we are honored to travel with four powerful “Freedom Riders” who are doing transformative work across the country:
🔸 Tamara Robertson (California)
🔸 Theresa Fortune (California)
🔸 Rebeca Segraves (Colorado)
🔸 Shaunte “Tay” Langley (Virginia) #
These visionaries will take us into their regions, their work, and their lived commitment to reproductive freedom and justice.

🗓 Wednesday, April 1, 2026
🕔 5 PM EST
📍 IG Live .move.change
Moderated by: (New York)

This is more than a conversation.
This is a journey across states, stories, and sacred work.Each stop brings us closer to liberation.Come witness. Come engage. Come be in movement with us.

🚆 And as always… the question remains:
Where should the train go next?

ARIAH & Speak Move Change presents: Women’s History Month Artivist Women’s History Month is not just about looking back—...
03/29/2026

ARIAH & Speak Move Change presents: Women’s History Month Artivist

Women’s History Month is not just about looking back—it’s about recognizing the women who have shaped culture, challenged systems, and used their voices to create lasting change. It’s about honoring those who turned pain into power, identity into art, and truth into something the world could no longer ignore.

From Frida Kahlo, whose work embodied radical honesty and self-definition, to present-day artivists like Jessica Kennedy Vickers, Autumn Breon, Sonia Sanchez, and Angelina Spicer—we witness a lineage of women who refuse silence.

These women don’t just create—they disrupt, and transform the spaces they step into.

Through painting, poetry, performance, storytelling, and advocacy, their work becomes more than art—it becomes a call to action. A demand to be seen.

Today we stand at the intersection artivism—where creativity becomes a tool for liberation, healing, and policy change. Because for us, this work is not symbolic—it’s necessary. Especially as we continue to fight for the lives, dignity, and care of Black and Brown mothers, birthing people, and families.

Artivism reminds us that change doesn’t only happen in legislation—it happens in culture. In conversation. In the stories we choose to tell and the ones we refuse to let be forgotten.

Please give us a follow, comment like share, repost, reshare ♻️and stay in tune with our movement by subscribing turning on post notifications.

Peace & Blessings
❤️🖤💚

03/25/2026

Peace & Blessings Family! We invite you to invest in our ongoing commitment to saving the lives of Black and Brown mothers, birthing people, and babies. At Speak, Move, Change, we believe Money is Energy—and when we choose to give, that energy creates real, tangible change.

Your financial support allows us to:
• Advocate for Black and Brown women, birthing people, babies, and families
• Sustain life-saving activism and critical policy work
• Host our annual gatherings and activations in April & May 2026
• Uplift postpartum wellness with the truth that Postpartum Is Forever
• Move our message from conversation to action

The movement exists because community shows up—with time, resources, love, and heart. Every contribution fuels our ability to expand the work, deepen our impact, and fight for a future where Black and Brown mothers and babies are safe, supported, and thriving.

If this movement has moved you, taught you, or inspired you, we invite you to give TODAY.

🔗 Link in Bio to Give: bit.ly/40forfreedom
Thank you for being part of the movement.
Peace 💚♥️🖤🙏🏾

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