The Dandy Doula Birthing Services, LLC

So excited about the upcoming Evidence Based Birth Podcast!! I was interviewed and discussed the need for intersectional perinatal support for QTBIPOC birthing bodies with Dr. Dekker. I can’t wait for you to listen. You can listen to the full episode on any podcast player by searching Evidence Based Birth. My episode is #227 and you can also check it out on www.evidencebasedbirth.com/blog
to
read the transcript on June 8th when the episode launches!
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This Medical Student Is Bringing Representation to the Medical Field With Black Illustrations Chidiebere Ibe is a Nigerian medical illustrator and a first year medical student disrupting the status quo by “portraying anatomy, physiology and pathology on Black skin.” Ibe’s recent illustration of a pregnant Black woman with a baby in utero has taken the internet by storm as many recogniz...

Dove launches fund to help Black pregnant people pay for doulas The company is giving out $1,300 grants to more than 190 pregnant women or birthing people over the next six months.

At the Louisville Pride Foundation, pride in our community is at the heart of everything we do, and this includes concern for the health, welfare and safety of our Louisville family. Thus, with sadness and sincere apologies, our 2021 Louisville Pride Festival is cancelled. We cannot ignore the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in the Louisville area and the CDC and Kentucky Department for Public Health’s recommendations to avoid large gatherings.

We would like to thank our team and partners for the hard work that they have put into planning the 2021 Louisville Pride Festival. We would also like to thank the donors and sponsors that make our work possible. It was a difficult decision, but we cannot risk this year’s Louisville Pride Festival contributing to the community spread of the Delta variant of COVID-19.

Each of us can help our community emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic and protect ourselves and others from COVID-19 by getting a COVID-19 vaccine, wearing a mask, and social distancing. Text your zip code to GETVAX - 438829 to receive three vaccine locations near you. Text VACUNA - 822862 for Spanish. For evidence-based information on COVID-19, please visit https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html

We will continue our work to unite our community through collaboration, empowerment, and celebration. Please visit our website or follow us on social media for up to date information on other events, programs, and activities.

Join us online and in person for a celebration of Black Breastfeeding Week happening at the end of the month. Stay tuned for event dates and times! Help us spread the word!

Save the date for this event in support of Black Breastfeeding Week! Join us for the community baby shower, walk, prizes, vendors and FUN! On-site childcare will be FREE and available during the event thanks to Play Cousins Collective!

Interested in sponsorship or a vendor table? Reach out!

We are closing out our Pride 🌈 Month Talk Series with NBDA Member and discussing:

-Why representation in birth matters
-What advocacy looks like
-How one can join forces and align yourself or your work with LGBTQIA Birth Workers
-and more....

Join us for this IG LIVE
Thursday
9am PST
11am CST
12pm EST

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👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾National Black Doulas Association

Walmart Offering Doula Care to Associates in Georgia June 17, 2021 By Lisa Woods, Vice President, Physical & Emotional Well-being There are few moments in life that are as special or extraordinary as welcoming a child into your family. At Walmart, we celebrate thousands of these moments each year as our associates across the U.S. grow their…

Great piece by Andrew Rich

Am I A Dad Yet? Reinventing Fatherhood As A Trans, Nonbinary Parent A friend who is a few months ahead of me in the testosterone-driven second puberty sent me a text: "are you ready to have a hairy butt?"

Why I do what I do and

Labeled 'Mother' When Not A Mother At All: On Being A Non-Binary Gestational Parent In his debut The Natural Mother of the Child, Krys Malcolm Belc credits the pregnancy and birth of his son with helping him decide to transition.

Our Papas Day Celebration will honor the strength that comes with being a black parent. In this trans inclusive space, we honor your entire identity and experience that comes with black masculinity.
Join us this Thursday at 6:30 for a conversation around what decolonized fatherhood looks like for self family and community. Register now: Bit.ly/RadicalPapasDay Kaydenxofficial

Our doula crush this week is Xian Brooks. Xian is a full-time master's nursing student, studying to be a certified nurse midwife. He is the owner of The Dandy Doula Birthing Services, LLC . After seeing the limited amount of birth workers capable of wholly honoring his Black Trans body, he became a birth doula to center support for folks with all bodies, specifically Black, Brown, trans, disabled, gender non-conforming, and/or fat bodies. He lives in Louisville, KY with his partner and dogs and cats.

If you're looking for a whole healing mood.....
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The Dandy Doula will be there. Hope to see you!

"Southern Birth Justice Network celebrates black families in the most radical and revolutionary ways. Continuing from our Mamas Day Celebration last month we want to uplift our Papas during this Father's Day season.
We love you Black Papa! On this Papas day we want to honor the strength that comes with being a black parent. In this trans inclusive space we honor your entire identity and experience that comes with black masculinity.
We are curating a virtual panel discussion from various Papas to have a community discussion on what does it mean to be a Papa? What does decolonizing fatherhood look like? How do we heal our intergenerational trauma?

This radical papas day will have art ,a quick cooking lesson and good vibes all throughout the space. We would love to invite you in.” Register now at:bit.ly/radicalpapasday

Per much request, I'm finally doing a q***r and trans only class!!

This class is ideal for:
- First time birthers
- Folks who have had a previous traumatic birth
- People wanting help with self advocacy around birth decisions
- QT birth workers furthering their education

We will discuss all the fun and interesting pieces of
🔅labor progression
🔅how to support a person in labor, etc., and also:

🔅Chestfeeding/bodyfeeding

🔅Parenting and q***r divisions of labor

🔅Inducing lactation in non-bio parents/guardians

🔅Advocating for oneself in general and as a q***r person/family

🔅Trauma and body gender dysphoria in pregnancy/birth/ postpartum

🔅So much more!

This space will be closed to include only q***r, trans, and gender nonconforming identified individuals as well as their support people who may or may not be q***r.

Reserve your space at link in bio under "Register".

Discounts are available by simple email request for BIPOC folks including Palestinians. I also offer discounts for trans identified folks who need it to access this prep class- this still applies! Just email me.

About the instructor: I'm Ash Dasuqi, a trans nonbinary Palestinian midwife and birth parent who has attended around 150 births and been teaching childbirth classes for a year and a half. I care about reproductive sovereignty, helping people to birth with integrity, dignity and to be more connected to their babies and support network, and I focus on improving the unacceptable birth outcome disparities between white folks and folks of color in the so called USA, as well as the high rates of inappropriate interventions in the US hospital system (I do this through education and homebirth). I do NOT currently have a homebirth practice, and I assistant midwife in the homebirth setting very part time. Touch base with any questions! DM/email [email protected].

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Happy Midwives Day! On this International Day of the Midwife, and on the heels of Black Maternal Health Week, we make it resoundingly clear that Black women and Black birthing people need midwives as a crucial part of their perinatal health team. And they need Black midwives to provide comprehensive and culturally specific care that can save lives.
Sign now to show your support: http://bit.ly/blackmidwives2021

If you plan to join us tonight you'll have to register to get the Zoom link. https://uoflhealth.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwvf-6pqjssGdOgZGQVzoaBAfDT3epxwGgn?fbclid=IwAR36G-IrT3TDOtbXlbDybD6y5Fx6EOFkNCddJV1ihbzRFcaEkROd05SsX2o

Perinatal service providers and stakeholders, join us Thursday, April 15th from 12-1 pm EST for this important conversation on Decolonizing Your Birth Practice. Damara Jenkins, CNM will be leading this session with featured guests, Kiki Jordan (LM, CPM) Amanda Chandler (ASM, ADEM, LCPM), Cheyenne Varner (CD) and Kazia Bryant (CD). Register now at https://uoflhealth.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcvceGhrzwtGdBs-1ojBGgLJ6MoTPEc7sMP