The Garden Reproductive Health

10/28/2025

📢 Voting is officially OPEN!

I'm running for Student Representative on the new NARM Board of Directors to make sure the next generation's voice is heard.

I'm committed to Structural Equity, Proactive Transparency, and ensuring the CPM credential truly serves our diverse communities.

This is your chance to shape the future of NARM. Let's build it together.

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10/10/2025

It offical now!
I have graduated from National Midwifery Institute and am now studying to take the North American Registry of Midwives (NARM) to earn my credintal of Certified Professional Midwife. Then on to become a Licensed Midwife with the state of Hawaii.

🌟Congratulations to Mel Kennedy on their graduation! We are thrilled for you and inspired by your dedication to serving families as a community midwife!

03/05/2025

See you all tomorrow!

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Join the Sister Circle Mānoa for a panel on reproductive justice and rights on Wednesday, March 5th 2025 in the CC Executive Dining Room from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM.

We will have a panel of Black leaders in the field of birth work, reproductive rights and advocacy, and more sharing resources and knowledge from their professional and community experiences.

Please fill out the RSVP form (https://forms.gle/VpNWcVGQwdgpFkqA8) in our bio to secure your attendance, let us learn more about you, and share any questions with us you would like to ask our panelists on March 5th.

Email any questions or concerns to thesistercirclemanoa@gmail.com
A hui hou!

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03/15/2024

I'm back!
Settled in now on Oahu 🤙🏽

05/27/2023

Goodbye Virginia, Maryland, and Washington D.C.!
My family and I are PCS'ing to O'ahu this summer.

It's been a fun ride these last 9 years but it is time to move on.
I will miss my community and the families I've assisted during these years.

During this transition, I will be available for virtual support only.
If you are in need of in-person resources please feel free to reach out to me and I will help you the best that I can.

This fall I will begin working with Selena Green of Hale Kealaula to complete my CPM studies and serve the families of O'ahu.

03/14/2023

Happy Black Midwives Day!

03/14/2023

Happy Black Midwives Day!

01/25/2023

I am honored to be the awardee for the Returning Descendance of Grand Midwives scholarship.

Congratulations, Mel!

Mel Kennedy (They/Them)

Mel is Q***r, Black, and Neurodivergent and serves the Virginia, Maryland, and DC area as a full spectrum Doula, Community Herbalist, Childbirth Educator, and Certified Lactation Consultant under their business The Garden Reproductive Health: “For All The Seasons Of Your Life”. Mel has been working in the Reproductive Justice community since 2009. They are incredibly passionate about inclusive and holistic reproductive health care for ALL people. To help achieve that goal, Mel is currently studying to become a Certified Professional Midwife in the Commonwealth of Virginia with the National Midwifery Institute and is in Phase 3 of their studies

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01/11/2023

It is with great sadness that I must reach out to my community to ask for support for these grieving parents.

I was honored to be the birth assistant to Elizabeth Reiner /Midwife at and welcome baby Redemption into this world with his Moms on Christmas Day.

Please help support this heartbroken family as they navigate this deep loss and trauma. Money raised will go toward their mental and physical health care and daily expenses—as they are self-employed and unable to work at this time.

Please respect the privacy of the family at this difficult time.

https://gofund.me/60485705

link in bio

01/01/2023

Happy 2023 everyone!
2022 was great year for learning and growing.
I was able to support 50 families as a birth and postpartum doula, with lactation support, and as a student midwife.

Here's to a year of continued progress, supportive community, and welcoming families
#2023

11/21/2022

Thank you International Confederation of Midwives for centering Trans and Q***r voices this week

📣 As we close out , it’s time to to Mel Kennedy 🎤

Mel Kennedy (they/them) is a Black, q***r, non-binary, and neurodivergent full-spectrum Doula, Certified Lactation Consultant, Childbirth Educator, student midwife, and reproductive justice advocate in the US. Mel’s role in birth work is deeply connected to intersectional justice and liberation. For , we talked to them about q***r- and trans-inclusive care and education.

In this volume of Pass the Mic, we seek to educate midwives on how midwifery care can centre the needs of trans and nonbinary people. Throughout Trans Awaren...