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Nurturing Birth & Supporting Community

11/11/2025

This training is for all reproductive & birthworkers who want to learn valuable skills to help resuscitate newborns, especially in low resource settings like homebirths and rural hospitals without a Labor & Delivery department. This specific training is not meant for the general public or for parents.

Saturday, November 15th, 2025.
It will run from 9:00 AM until 5:00 PM, with a prompt starting time of 9:30 AM.
Late arrivals will not have time to catch up.
Registration and payment are due by 5:00 PM ET on Friday, November 14th, 2025

Location:
Iya Pittsburgh Project offices inside of
Tripoli Street Community Center
816 Tripoli Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15212

The fee for this training is Pay What You Can, with some level of investment expected. The training is valued at $350 ($250 for BIPOC/LGBTQ+).

There is a link to PayPal at the end of the registration form for you to pay through. If your payment is not received by 5:00 PM ET on Friday, November 14th, 2025, a seat will NOT be held for you. This training is offered on a first come, first served basis with a 12 seat cap. Once that cap has been reached by paid registrants, the registration link will be disabled.

Registration & more information @ bit.ly/HBBreg

09/16/2025

Our social worker & therapist, Michele (מיכל רביב מבית תרצה), has openings for therapy clients beginning in October and their waitlist is open now (accessible via the QR code in the last slide, bit.ly/MJP-waitlist, or in our bio). We wanted to share their **Philosophy on Therapy**:

Therapy is not about being fixed, made whole, or perfected. You are not a broken vessel to be repaired or problem to be solved, but rather a being in a constant state of flux. My role is not to make you more acceptable to others, but to help guide you in finding a deep and gentle acceptance of yourself, exactly as you are.

The struggles you face are not simply symptoms to be diagnosed or feelings to be labelled; they are part of the natural, often challenging, landscape of a human life. Therapy is a space for cultivating curiosity, awe, and compassion, not correction. Here, we can engage in a practice of honest inquiry with your innermost Self, exploring the wisdom within your struggles, stories, joy, and pain, rather than searching for absolute resolve or easy answers.

In our work together, we will explore what it means to be fully present with your experience, without judgment. We will practice letting go of the need to cling to certain outcomes or identities. Instead, we will provide space to the parts of you that have been exiled or silenced, so they may be heard in safety—not just by me, but by you. This is a space where we can nurture a deep sense of self-awareness and self-compassion, recognising that your feelings are not facts to be proven, but passing phenomena to be observed with loving-kindness.

The true work of therapy is to strengthen your relationship with yourself—not as a static entity, but as a human in a constant state of change. This work is rarely neat or comfortable, and that is precisely where its power lies. In fact, it is often in the messiness and discomfort that we can truly see the nature of things. For even in the deepest moments of discomfort, of confusion, and of pain, we can find meaning, begin to relate to our discomfort with wisdom and compassion, and discover the path back to a state of connection—to ourselves, to others, and to our communities.

ETA: A dear community member brought to our attention the unfortunate typo in the link on slide 6. That link should read: http://iyapittsburgh.org/socialworker

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08/13/2025

Iya Pittsburgh is excited to announce that Michele “Misha” James-Parham (מיכל רביב מבית תרצה) has completed their internship as our Reproductive & Perinatal Social Worker and completed their MSW! We are also happy to announce that they are staying on permanently to be our Reproductive & Perinatal Social Worker and Therapist while they accrue hours under supervision for their LCSW.

Misha has served their community as a traditional midwife for over 2.5 decades, as well as serving as a herbalist, Jewish/secular chaplain, spiritual/life coach, and inclusive s*x educator. They look forward to continuing to support and nurture their community in their new role. Their practice is open to anyone, but centers BIPOC & LGBTQ+ clients.

Michele is certified in treating complex trauma (C/PTSD) with Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy, also referred to as “parts work”. They also make use of mindfulness, meditation, grounding, co-regulation, storytelling, narrative therapy, client-led psychodynamic therapy, psychoeducation, pattern recognition, dream analysis, reflective inquiry & journaling, and more!

Focusing on:
Q***rness in Gender & Sexuality (age 14+)
Pregnancy/Postpartum/Early Parenting
Birth Trauma & SA History
Neurodivergence
Harm Reduction
Mindfulness

Availability begins in October 2025.
Waitlist is open — register now!

Teletherapy only (for now).
Accessible sliding-scale.

More info: iyapittsburgh.org/socialworker
Waitlist: bit.ly/MJP-waitlist

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[1/2 info about therapy openings w/ a QR code for more information. 2/2 a QR code to the therapy waitlist.]

08/07/2025

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07/23/2025

Nature Journaling with Nsai Temko!
Go register: https://bit.ly/3J0Ukov
Starts August 3rd, 2025 @ 12:00 PM ET

07/21/2025

Fun outdoor Yoga for you and your little ones! (3 and under)! 🧘‍♀️🧘🏼🧘🏾‍♂️

This friday Hello Baby is hosting a yoga event at Schenley Park Plaza. Free giveaways, carousel rides, food, yoga and more! Friday July 25th 11am-1pm. To register please click the link below:

https://form.jotform.com/251895070464159

Address

816 Tripoli Street
Pittsburgh, PA
15212

Website

https://iyapittsburgh.org/

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