Below is a list of resources to help you navigate the full spectrum of birth as a mama, mama-to-be, birthworker, or advocate. This page is updated regularly, so be sure to bookmark or add to your reading list. To add yourself to this list, email Melissa at helloitsme @melissamail.net.
Policy & Advocacy
- Black Families Do Breastfeed
- Black Women Birthing Justice
- Black Infants and Families Los Angeles
- The National Association to Advance Black Birth
- Decolonize Birth
- Black Mamas Matter Alliance
- National Birth Equity Collective
- MomsRising
- Black Mothers Breastfeeding
- Birth Justice Now
- Protect Black Birth
- 4 Kira 4 Moms
- Save a Rose Foundation
- Equity Before Birth
- Sisters in Control
- Black Maternal Health Caucus
- District Motherhued
Find a Black Doula and/or Midwife
- Sista Midwife Productions
- National Black Doulas Association
- Frontline Doulas (Los Angeles County)
- Black Doula Locator
- Black Infants & Families Los Angeles
- Alliance of Black Doulas for Black Mamas
- Ontario Black Doula Society (Canada)
- Mamatoto Village (DC)
- Wisconsin Doulas of Color
- Omaha Black Doulas Association
- Triangle Doulas of Color (North Carolina)
- WeRise Doulas (SE Wisconsin)
- Bx(Re)Birth (Bronx, NY)
- Jamaa Birth Village (Missouri)
Peer Support Groups
- Mocha Moms
- Fertility for Colored Girls
- Melanin Moms
- Brown Mamas
- Black Moms Connection
- Breastfeeding Support Group for Black Moms
- Sisters in Loss
- Postpartum Support International
- Postpartum Support International – Black Moms Connect
- Postpartum Support International – Black Moms in Loss Support Group
- African American Homeschool Moms
- The Shades of Blue Project
- Perinatal Mental Health Alliance for People of Color
