Blaq Birth Circle

11/05/2025

This evenings Unpack BLAQ is cancelled. See you at the end of the month.

10/23/2025

Calling All BLAQ Doulas!!!

Our Black Doulas Focus Group is almost full!
If you’ve been thinking about joining the conversation to help shape the future of maternal health… this is your moment.

✨ A safe, affirming space.
💬 Real stories.
💜 Real impact.

Don’t wait! Only a few slots left! We only have one date to fill in!
Scan the QR code or sign up here: https://tinyurl.com/yff882ma

09/29/2025

Birthworkers. When you are taking care of your community, who is taking care of you? Come and let YOUR community support you. Blaq Birth Circle is a community of fellow Birthworkers that ONLY goal is to support YOU. Whatever that looks like. We cry together, learn together, and safely unpack trauma that may not be "ours" but lives on our mind, heart, and body.

09/06/2025

Historically we have always been healers, this Birthwork isn't new- .akangbe

08/27/2025

Coming in September: Unpack Blaq

Black Birthwork is sacred work, but it also carries weight. The births we hold, the stories we witness, the trauma that settles into our bodies... it all needs a place to land.

That’s why we’re launching Unpack Blaq: a support space created by and for Black Birthworkers. Together we’ll release, reflect, and rebuild:
Unpack birth trauma that lives in our bodies
Create a healthier headspace for future births
Build community that reminds us we are not alone
Protect our longevity in this sacred profession

Facilitated by mental health professionals and veteran birthworkers, this group will hold us in safety and solidarity while we do the work of healing and rising.

Because when we care for ourselves, we strengthen our community.
Stay tuned- details dropping soon.

08/07/2025

This Saturday, August 9th, we gather again for BLAQ Birthworkers Breaking Bread.

This space has always been more than a meetup- it’s where we laugh loud, cry soft, and hold each other in the in-between. A space to take the masks off, lay our burdens down, and be fed in all the ways.

Every Second Saturday, we show up for each other to listen, to pour, to rest, and to be poured into. Come as you are. We’ll be there.

Fellowship. Nourishment. Community.
Reach out if you’ve got questions or want to bring a Birthworker friend.

06/30/2025

Thank you for the super informative Brain Bite all about Navigating the Medicaid Maze for Doulas. Adriennes Love was so thorough and held the hands of our participants through the initial steps to become an Ohio Medicaid Reimbursable Doula. Our next session is July 27th. Be sure to sign up, we are here to support you on whatever step you are in on this journey.

06/04/2025

Today is Audacity to Hope Day. And whew… if that ain’t the work we do, every single day.

To be a Black birthworker is to dare to hold space for joy, healing, and safety in a world that too often denies our people those very things. It’s to show up — again and again — in systems that weren’t made for us, yet still pour out care that’s sacred, radical, and real.

We carry the audacity of our ancestors. We show up with the hope that the next generation will be born into better. We choose to believe that our presence changes outcomes — because it does.

So today, I’m holding space for every Black birthworker who’s tired but still shows up. For those navigating certification, hospital access, Medicaid drama, or just trying to be seen. For those who are fighting for space and holding it with grace.

We are the Audacity. We are the Hope. We are the shift.
Let’s keep building. Let’s keep breathing life into a better way.

05/08/2025