The Cypher Collective

04/17/2026

Last day of Black Maternal Health Week—but let’s be clear, this work doesn’t clock out. 🤍✊🏾✨

As we close this week with The Cypher Collective, we’re not just honoring the voices that carried us—we’re making space for the ones coming up behind us. The youth aren’t “the future” in some distant way… they’re already here, already watching, already shaping what comes next.

If we’re serious about birth justice, we have to bring them in on purpose.

Not just inspiration—real access. Real tools. Real proximity.
That means: Inviting them into the rooms where conversations are happening

Letting them see birth work in real life, not just online
Teaching them the history AND the skills

Making space for their questions, their ideas, their vision
And most importantly… listening without trying to control the narrative
Because Black mamas deserve care that is rooted, protected, and whole.

And our youth deserve to inherit more than a crisis—they deserve a blueprint.

Let’s tap in together 👇🏾
💬 If you’re part of the next generation, what changes do YOU want to see in maternal care?
💬 What’s something you wish more young people understood about Black maternal health?
💬 Tag a young advocate, student, or future birth worker who’s already walking in purpose

Pour into them. Stand beside them. Pass it forward.
This movement doesn’t end. It grows. 🌱

04/14/2026

Black maternal health deserves more than awareness, it deserves action✊🏾💫

Midwives show us what that looks like:
care that listens, time that isn’t rushed, and support that sees the whole person.

Because when Black women are trusted, respected, and truly heard—
outcomes change. Lives are saved.

This is what community care looks like. ✨🤍

04/13/2026

This week— and every week afterwards is about centering Black mamas, honoring lived experiences, and telling the truth about a system that has too often failed us.

Because this has never been random. It’s structural. And it’s preventable.

But so is healing.
So is community.
So is change.

Our care has always existed—through midwives, doulas, and the wisdom passed down long before systems tried to erase it. And when we are seen, heard, and supported, outcomes shift. Lives are saved.

This week, we speak up. We show up. We build forward.
Because Black families deserve safe, respectful, and dignified care—every time.

🎨 Artwork by Tim Okamura

04/11/2026

Last day of and we made it one to remember 🌿✨

Audrey & Hadassah got called away to a birth (as they should 👏🏾), but even in their absence, they were right there with us in spirit. That’s the thing about this work, you’re always being called to show up, somewhere, for somebody.

So the crew—Cairiel, Trinity, Kandice, and our good sis Uchenna—headed to the Emancipation Tree in Hampton. A place that holds real weight. This tree stands near where formerly enslaved people gathered to learn, build, and reclaim their futures through education.

We touched it, leaned into it, and just took a moment to feel all that history. Grounding ourselves in what came before us while walking boldly in what we’re called to do now.

Full circle kind of day. Heavy. Beautiful. Necessary.

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04/10/2026

🕯️ Day 4 Recap: Arise Black Midwife Ceremony 🕯️

The Cypher Collective stood in a moment that felt both sacred and full circle. Every candle lit, every sash placed, every embrace shared… it meant something.

“Arise Black Midwife” is more than words, it’s a charge. A reminder that we are walking in alignment with something generations deep and future-forward at the same time.

We honor the elders.
We celebrate the present.
And we step boldly into the future of Black birth work—together.

Still standing in gratitude. Still rising. 🤍🤲🏾💜💫

04/09/2026

Stepping into excellence and pure Black midwifery magic 💫

The Cypher Collective showed up and showed OUT at the National Black Midwives Conference Gala—celebrating the brilliance, resilience, and sacred work of birth workers across generations. From honoring our elders to pouring into one another, this night was nothing short of powerful.

Grateful to be in rooms where Black midwives are laughing, centered, celebrated, and thriving 💜✨

03/22/2026

Soaking in the beauty of last week at the National Black Midwives Alliance Conference 💜✨

To be in rooms filled with Black midwives actively doing the work —serving, advocating, protecting, and pouring into our communities was nothing short of powerful. The wisdom shared, the laughter, the real conversations, and the legacy in the room… you could feel it in every moment.

This wasn’t just a conference, it was alignment. A reminder that this work is bigger than us and that we’re walking in the footsteps of giants while building something even stronger for the generations coming behind us.

Grateful to learn, connect, and be poured into by some of the most brilliant, compassionate, and dedicated birth workers out here. The mission is alive and well 💫

03/05/2026

Meet the Midwives bringing The Learning Lab to life at the 2026 NBMA Conference!💜

Each instructor carries rich experience, cultural wisdom, and a deep commitment to advancing birth justice in our communities.

We’re honored to have these leaders pouring into the next generation of Black Midwives with skill, heart, and passion.

More instructors coming soon!

See y’all March 12th — it’s up from here. ✨

03/04/2026

✨ Meet the Midwives of The Learning Lab ✨

We’re honored to introduce the skilled instructors leading our sessions at the 2026 NBMA Conference on March 12th.

From clinical excellence to community-rooted care, each midwife brings years of experience, wisdom, and a deep commitment to reproductive justice and education.

Together, they embody what it means to teach, serve, and uplift the next generation of birthworkers.

Follow along as we prepare for an unforgettable Learning Lab experience. 🌿✨

03/02/2026

Can’t wait to see y’all there!

Calling all Students and practicing Midwives!

Full Day Pre-Conference Workshop with ✨

The Learning Lab is a full-day, immersive midwifery experience designed to build confidence through context. This pre-conference workshop includes instruction provided by a host of seasoned Black midwives committed to training confident, skilled, culturally grounded community midwives. It will take participants through the full arc of care—from the first prenatal visit to labor support, emergency response, postpartum care, and the fourth trimester. Expect didactic learning, hands-on skill practice, small-group rotations, real-time scenarios, and documentation woven throughout. You’ll practice clinical skills and strengthen communication, clinical reasoning, and your ability to respond clearly and calmly in a variety of situations.

Skill Stations & Scenario-Based Learning Include:

🤲🏽 Intake and history-taking
🤲🏽 Prenatal assessment (fundal height, Leopold’s maneuvers, fetal heart tones)
🤲🏽 Standard of care timeline (labs, imaging, testing, and shared decision-making)
🤲🏽 Poke Practice: IV starts, phlebotomy, and IM injections
🤲🏽 Cervical exams
🤲🏽 Shoulder dystocia response
🤲🏽 Postpartum hemorrhage management
🤲🏽 Pharmacology and medication decision-making
🤲🏽 Newborn assessment and documentation

Experience: Full-day, in-person learning with rotating skill stations, simulation, and guided case-based application.
Includes: Instruction, skill practice, printed materials, automatic raffle entry, and NARM PEP skill sign-offs.

Instruction is provided by Black midwives committed to training confident, skilled, culturally grounded community midwives. This offering is intentionally for us, by us.

Get your ticket now! Spots are limited! 🔗 More details on our conference website.

02/25/2026

✨ THE LINEAGE CONTINUES ✨
Today we uplift and celebrate another luminous force in our learning midwife community — T. Luna Imhotep-Amonoo.

Based in Cape Coast, Ghana, Luna walks her MidWombmyn journey with devotion, discipline, and a spiritual grounding that reflects the very heartbeat of our ancestral midwifery traditions. Guided by Teachers, Elders, and the timeless wisdom of those who caught before her, she carries forward a lineage that refuses to be forgotten.

For Luna, this path is sacred. It’s a calling shaped by the babies who chose her, the ancestors who named her, and the communities who continue to pour into her. Her commitment to Afro-Indigenous healing, traditional medicine, and international birthwork is a reminder that our heritage is not past tense — it’s alive, breathing, and returning to its rightful place.

✨ Her mission: to honor the teachings, uplift her people, and follow the charge to “Return and Get It.”
✨ Our mission: to surround her with the support, community, and love that ensures she never walks alone.

WAYS TO SUPPORT:
💛 Donate to her midwifery journey: Cash App — $TLuna12
💛 Learn more / connect through her website: http://aydhealwell.org/

Let’s continue sowing into the midwives who are reclaiming, restoring, and redefining the story of our lineage — one birth, one lesson, one return at a time.