Choice Matters Midwife Collective

Choice Matters Midwife Collective Choice Matters Midwife Collective is comprised of a group of 6 Southeastern Wisconsin Licensed Midwi

01/03/2021

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06/04/2020

**🚨IMPORTANT MESSAGE🚨**

We have been dreaming of the time when we would make home birth a reality- the time is now. Our mission & traditional values move us to launch the IWR Midwifery Fund, exclusively for Indigenous people in . Click the link below to donate!🙏🏽

https://www.paypal.me/MidwifeFund

Interested in hearing more information? Please join our co-founder Malia Luarkie and board member Shaine Garcia for an IG live discussion, June 14th, 5pm MT. Stay tuned and see you soon! đź’•

06/04/2020

My name is Silencia Cox and I am the CEO of Motherlove Herbal Company. I have a voice and an audience and today I am choosing to use it. We must end racism, now. Leaders in this country have an obligation to stand up for what is right, but to also stand strong against what is wrong. Whether you are a public official, a pastor, a police officer, a business owner, a corporation, or a community member, if you have a voice in your community, now is the time to use it.

What happened to George Floyd is beyond wrong; it is murder. Those responsible must be held accountable. But it is not just George Floyd, it is countless people through hundreds of years of suppression and racism. Have we made progress as a country? Yes. Have others before us stood up and helped change the world? Definitely. Have we achieved equality in society? No, there is a lot more work to do. As long as people are being murdered in the streets by those who are sworn to protect us we cannot claim that we are living by the statement we wrote in our very own Declaration of Independence, that all men are created equal. Too long has racism existed in this country and throughout our world. We must all stand up and say, “no more”.

As a white woman in a predominately white community, I have struggled to know how I can best contribute. But it must start somewhere. Any action is better than inaction. How we each show our support might differ. We may not all march in the streets, but just because you are not peacefully protesting, does not mean you can’t take action. Take the time to find resources for how to speak about racism with your children and your family; make a safe place for those around you to have their voices heard; donate to organizations that support minorities; use your voice to speak up for what is right. This is my open ask to the Motherlove community, to our black mothers and fathers: what can we do to help? What can we do as an organization to make a better world for your children?

We must not sit by idly while yet another tragedy occurs, and we all just settle for the way things are. We are all in this together, even if we feel alone. This is our country, our future, and our moment to make it a better place. The time is now.

06/02/2020

For those in the USA...

From La Leche League USA: We have been asked, "Is it safe to breastfeed after being exposed to tear gas?" Yes, usually. From LLL of Asia and Middle East, “Unless a mother is repeatedly exposed to tear gas in large quantities, for example, as a riot control police officer, frontline protestor or journalist, there is no reason to avoid nursing.”
Read more at:https://www.lllasia.org/uploads/1/2/3/4/123407059/tear_gas_and_breastfeeding.pdf

05/29/2020

NACPM Is Committed To:

Safeguarding the right to normal physiologic birth for every childbearing person

Ensuring that midwives are the primary birth care providers in the United States

Establishing licensure and equitable reimbursement for CPMs in all 50 states, territories and the District of Columbia

Advocating for CPMs to the public, state and federal legislators and health policy makers

Securing a place in the birth care system for the unique and valuable services of CPMs

Investing in a strong, racially, ethnically and socially representative CPM workforce to meet the needs of childbearing people

Supporting excellence and innovation in midwifery education
Informing best practice and providing clinical guidance relevant to our unique model of care

Unifying and strengthening midwifery through partnerships with midwives and consumers

Influencing state and national policy to improve birth outcomes in all settings throughout the United States

Eliminating unconscionable disparities in birth outcomes for people of color, indigenous people, and their infants

Dismantling systemic racism in midwifery and the birth care system

Ensuring safe, high-quality, respectful care for all women and childbearing people that improves outcomes, avoids unnecessary medical interventions and locates power over the birth experience with the woman or person giving birth

Opposing the oppression of childbearing women, including the impacts of sexism, misogyny, and gender-based and obstetrical violence.

Opposing the oppression of LGBTQIA2S+ childbearing people, including homophobia, transphobia, biphobia, and violence based on sexuality, gender expression, and family structure

Utilizing NACPM’s colonial privilege as an organization to influence policy that recognizes the inherent sovereignty and self-determination of Indigenous peoples

Understanding and addressing the compound negative impact of oppression on childbearing people with multiple intersecting identities

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West Milwaukee, WI
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