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Southern Birth Justice Network @BirthJustice

Advancing the Birth Justice movement with storytelling, education, and community organizing to improve access to midwifery and doula care ✊🏿✨

Joined June 2011
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Mobile Midwife Clinic - #Midwives and #Doulas coming soon to a (South Florida) hood near you. Support by retweeting and spreading the word. Help us reach our fundraising goal to bring access to care to marginalized families in Miami💜 gofund.me/46a86955
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Join Southern Birth Justice Network for Birth Justice Days at the Florida Capitol. ✨ A call to collaborate, advocate, and center Birth Justice in Florida’s policy conversations. Last day to register is Jan 20th. More details soon. 💜 #BirthJusticeDays #FLCapitol #BirthJustice
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Meet us at Art Basel. SBJN will be part of a conversation along with Sistersong, meant to elevate the brilliance of Black women and femmes working across art, music, reproductive justice, strategy, and cultural innovation. Register here! ow.ly/vGjZ50XC8QK
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Sunday at Vara in Miami, join us for an intimate community gathering and discussion on what it means to survive under escalating bans across the South. Jamarah will be there, leading a meditation session during the event! Register here! luma.com/o4qmqoh7

Existing Under Bans: Community Care and Collective Survival · Luma

Join us for an intimate community gathering, meditation session, and panel discussion on what it means to survive, care for one another, and build power under…

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Thank you to everyone who showed up for SBJN this Give Miami Day. 💜 Thank you for standing with us as we continue building a community-led Birth & Wellness Center, and training the next generation of birthworkers. This is long-haul movement work, and you make it possible.
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💜 Give Miami Day is HERE, family! When you give to SBJN, you’re helping us bring Miami’s new community-led Birth & Wellness Center to life. We can’t do this without you. givemiamiday.org/organizatio… ✨
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There’s still time left to give on #GiveMiamiDay! ⏳ Your support strengthens midwives, uplifts families, and helps us create the kind of care our community deserves right now. Visit our giving page directly: givemiamiday.org/organizatio… 💜✨
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Team SBJN is moving for birth justice! 👟 Join us Nov 16 for the #GiveMiami5K Festival for Generosity. Every step helps build a future where all birthing people are safe, supported & free. 🏃🏽‍♀️ Register: bit.ly/GiveMiami5K #GiveMiamiDay #BirthJustice #SBJNStrong
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🌿 Greetings Future Birth Justice Doulas! We’re thrilled to announce SBJN’s Birth Justice Doula Training & Certification — Cohort #6 🕊️ 💡 Info Sessions, register for 1, not both. 🗓️ Nov 5 @ 6PM EST → bit.ly/cohort6infosess1 🗓️ Dec 1 @ 12PM EST → bit.ly/cohort6infosess2
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✨ Thank you. ✨ Our hearts are full after the incredible launch of the Birth Justice Origins Project — an online archive celebrating the history, culture & future of Birth Justice through 7 Black Papers. Explore: birthjusticeorigins.org
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Every movement begins with a seed. 🌱 The Birth Justice Origins Project honors the roots of birth justice—autonomy, care, and liberation. Join us as we honor our past grow toward what’s next. Pre-register for Oct 23! ✨ #BirthJusticeOrigins #BirthJustice #Sankofa
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Every movement begins with a seed. 🌱 The Birth Justice Origins Project honors the roots of the #BirthJustice movement & the stories that made it grow. Pre-register for the Oct. 23 launch help us nurture what’s grown from the ground up. 🌿 #BirthJusticeOrigins
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As we celebrate National Midwifery Week, we are still over here in awe that one week ago today, we made history. ✨ SBJN officially closed the deal on our new birth and wellness center building! 💜💜💜 This milestone is an impossible dream realized.
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On October 23, SBJN, National Black Midwives Alliance, and Birth Center Equity are unveiling the Birth Justice Origins Project—a living archive honoring the wisdom, struggle, and triumph of our community midwives and birthworkers. #BirthJusticeOrigins #BirthJusticeOriginsProject
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Jamarah Amani will be a speaker for a Birth Center Week 2025 event with @birthcenterequitybce, “Lessons from the South: Midwives & Birth Centers Leading In Times of Crisis.” Register at bit.ly/bcwsouth now. #BelovedBirth #BirthCenterWeek #BelovedBirth #BCW2025 #BCW25
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Birthing families deserve safe, culturally rooted care. ✨ This #BirthCenterWeek, we honor SBJN’s future birth center midwives leading the way toward 50% of US births in midwife-led care by 2050. 🌴 #WeAreBelovedBirth #BirthJustice
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“Breastfeeding takes back my power and my autonomy over my body as a Black woman. A power and autonomy that was stolen from my ancestors.” 🤎 — Caroline J. Sumlin #birthjustice #bootsontheground #blackbreastfeedingweek #BBW25 #chestfeeding #blackmamasmatter #humanmilk
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🎥 Watch Water Angel — a moving short film on the Black maternal health crisis, featuring SBJN’s own Jamarah Amani as consultant. 📚 Florida Maternal Health Guide — know your rights, find care, and share resources. 🔗 Links in bio. #WaterAngelFilm
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Water Angel is a haunting exploration of the Black maternal health crisis in the U.S. — a reality our communities know too well. SBJN's own Jamarah Amani worked on the film as technical advisor. Watch and share Water Angel, from @inbloom_stories and @MTVStayingAlive.
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📣 Volunteers wanted! Join SBJN’s Birth Justice 101 training to support outreach, education, mobile clinics, and birthworker networking. Breakfast lunch included. Click the link in bio to apply. 💜 #BirthJustice #SBJN
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Celebrating our new cohort of Birth Justice Doulas with a Birthworker Beach Party! ☀️🏖️ Black birthworkers, friends, and allies — time to rest, connect, and honor the work of care. 💜 🗓️ July 27, 2–6 PM 📍 Location TBA (registration required) #BirthJustice #SBJN
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