Chicago Birth Workers of Color

02/07/2023

Buenos dias loves. Can I ask where my Dupage and Kane county labor support people are?

02/02/2023

Not sure if everyone has heard but some options for birthing families have shifted in Chicagoland!

I wanted to spread the word that midwives at PCC are taking clients and have been open for business. They catch babies at the PCC Birth Center in Berwyn as well as in the ABC room at West Suburban Hospital. They take serveral types of insurance as well as Medicaid and service a broad population.

Let’s make sure our families have options that are safe and accessible. No one should have to birth alone.

If you have questions or want to send clients over, email msommers@pccwellness.org

07/02/2022

"In the middle of a formula shortage and reproductive rights assault the senate just failed to pass the pump act that would extend protections to over 9 milion working people. 🤢🤮"
- BR

05/17/2022

https://freeformula.exchange/?fbclid=IwAR3ibf2EtirvkAjCFiVKuuq8h7cpFz_t8PqA9USG98X-M2KUMzIXyaEWztY

We got you, fam. ✌️❤️🍼

02/17/2022

Witness slips needed by 2 pm today!!

HB5012 will amend the Birth Center Licensing Act to include licensed certified professional midwives (CPMs) as providers in birth center in Illinois!

Let's get to it community!

Share and sign here: https://my.ilga.gov/WitnessSlip/Create/139489?committeeHearingId=19145&LegislationId=139489&LegislationDocumentId=176040

Check "proponent" and "record of appearance" for the last section.

Dashboard for the Illinois General Assembly

12/05/2021

Blessed be

09/01/2021

les de antes...les de ahora....
cambios ante un etnocidio programado!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LwumpfvR4uC0WkQAnmGhTkf2VA8Gbydi/view?fbclid=IwAR2Ap9xgheQHXcq1nGHduMgIaK2403DGYhTWMn0dk4RrP3DyW_M3XhsYcfI

08/23/2021

We know We don’t base friendship on gifts, but if you’ve ever felt grateful with us for anything, aaaanyyything we’ve done for you, here’s a great way to pay it forward:

Donate to IG account campaign to create the first BIPOC Birth Center in South Chicago. That will make all of us win and celebrated among the communities we love serving!

If you are a BIPOC Birthworker in Chicago you know we need this, you know how most Birth Centers in Chicago are white folks own and everywhere but South where most our Black and Latinx communities reside. And if you know what’s up…. You know what’s up!

The link is on her bio, here also if you feel like typing:

Hello! The Chicago South Side Birth Center needs your help! Let… Jeanine Valrie Logan needs your support for Make Chicago South Side Birth Center a Reality!

08/16/2021

When it comes to birthing, there is still much for us to unlearn. Join us for a workshop on confronting anti-blackness and transphobia as birth workers and pregnant people. We will unpack language, some history, harmful assumptions, and more so that we can ensure better birth outcomes for everyone. Please bring something to write with, your questions, and anything that makes you feel grounded; tea and a snack, perhaps. We look forward to holding this space for you.

https://www.powr.io/zoom-form/i/29149038

08/07/2021

As full-spectrum Birthworkers/Doulas, we also help people seeking abortions with the logistical and emotional labor that it takes to physically get to and from their appointments. We do our best so that people who need an abortion can get one - in a fully comprehensive way!

Though the work itself is nothing new (people have been helping people get medical care forever), practical support as a specific practice IS relatively new in abortion access. The more restrictions that go into place, the more people have to travel - and the more they need people like me to help them.

This work is complicated, stressful, and rewarding and only really works in community. Until now there had not been a space by and for practical support organizations like mine to easily meet and collaborate with each other. In May, we attended the first-ever practical support summit where I got to meet my peers for the first time. It was exciting and uplifting. So many amazing people!
Now the organizers of the summit are officially launching Apiary (will add the link in the comments session), a national collective by and for practical support organizations. Apiary’s mission is to build community and centralize tools and information for practical support organizations so that we can work more effectively.
In order to ensure that Apiary can build the space we want to live in, they are running a seed funding campaign to cover the costs of the team and the launch.

Please consider donating and/or sharing widely to this necessary and valuable piece of the abortion access puzzle. You can also ask the amazing Midwest Access Coalition for more info.

It is just BEAUTIFUL!
❤

On May 14-15, we ran the first large-scale practical support summit. Now we're working to launch Apiary - a national collective by and for practical support organizati...

06/22/2021

https://www.birthbruja.com/store/p54/Midwest_Birthworkers_of_Color%3A_June_Coffee_Date.html

Saturday, June 26th | 10-11:30am CST/ 11-12:30pm ESTCost: Free!*1.5hr gathering will be held via Zoom*Closed captioning is available*Workshop is open to Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (including mixed POC and children of various global diaspora)DESCRIPTIONCalling all birthworkers who are Bla...