Center for Indigenous Midwifery

Hummingbird Indigenous Family Services will be at the Seafair powwow all weekend! Tent # 77 & 78. Look for us near the playground and behind the elders coffee tent. We will have a baby nursing station, free art posters by and air conditioning! 🥰🥰

Join us tonight, July 19th 5-7 PST for our 6th Virtual Book Club meeting!

We will be discussing last month’s read: The Natural Mother of the Child: A Memoir of Nonbinary Parenthood by Krys Belc, and introducing the next title: In the Future There Are No Hospitals.

No registration required, join us using this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85089072063

August is National Breastfeeding Month! Learn how you can get involved: https://bit.ly/3PUR38w

Join us this Saturday July 20th in Indianola for our second BIPOC Families Ice Cream Social!

Welcoming BIPOC/Indigenous families with children
under 5 as well as those breastfeeding & pregnant to
join us in community as we harvest & process garden
plants into delicious ice cream together.

No registration required!

Attend a listening session, earn a $50 gift card and learn more about this benefit. Scan the QR code for more details.

Join us next Thursday at .vortex.seattle (in-person only) for our upcoming Birth Story Processing Circle!

We will process and release birthing experiences in a safe, loving environment.
This workshop includes:

✨ Guided writing prompts
✨Verbal storytelling
✨Body-based exercises

All participants will get a zine with repeatable writing and processing exercises co-written by experienced community leaders within the birthworking community.

No cost to participate.
Open to BIPOC birth workers and birthing people.
Register using this link: https://forms.gle/cNc8aS3LqRWJwokQ9

🤔 Which one is your favourite? ✨stickers✨ printed and prepped for our table at the Assembly of First Nations/Assemblee des premieres Nations AGA next week.

This is so beautiful! If you are in the Seattle area- sign up today!

📢 Announcement: Book Club Rescheduled! 📢

Hey everyone,

We wanted to let you know that the Birth Workers Virtual Book Club, originally scheduled for tonight at 5 PM, has been postponed. The new date is Friday, July 19th at 5 PM.

We look forward to discussing The Natural Mother of the Child: A Memoir of Nonbinary Parenthood by Krys Malcolm Belc with you soon!

Thank you for your flexibility and see you on the 19th!

Best,

Dalecia Young

Upcoming Indian Country ECHO telehealth opportunities! Please visit their website for complete registration and schedule information, https://www.indiancountryecho.org/ .

¡Nuestra plática de apoyo virtual en español es mañana a las 5:00 pm PT!

Un espacio para doulas, parteras y guardianas de nacimiento para compartir historias, procesar partos, hacer preguntas y construir comunidad.

¡Abierta a todos los niveles de experiencia!
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82205682590

Join us this Saturday in Indianola, WA for our BIPOC Families Herbal Ice-Cream Social event hosted by Montana Honeylion.

Montana is a mixed Indipino woman of Iloko, Chatah, Tsalagi and European ancestry who is a lifelong learner of her cultural relations through the intersection of plant medicines, nutrient-dense food, and motherhood.

This event is for BIPOC families with children under 5 as well as those breastfeeding and pregnant. Come join us in community as we harvest & process herbs into delicious ice cream together.

Free event!

Questions?
Reach out to Montana at [email protected]

Join us tonight at 5pm Pacific Time for this virtual support meeting.
Open to all current or aspiring Indigenous birth workers regardless of experience level.

Come build community to share stories and wisdom.

Zoom in using this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89872970720

There is still time to register for our June Virtual Childbirth Education classes!

English class, June 17, 10:00 am PT: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/914114259357?aff=oddtdtcreator

Clase en español, 18 de junio, 10:00 am PT: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/914113577317?aff=oddtdtcreator

No cost to participants!

Join us at our next Indigenous & BIPOC Families Plant Teaching Pop-Up event!

Happening this Saturday, June 15 in Port Angeles at West 10th Street & South Oak Street.

We will enjoy a day filled with learning, wildcrafting, and community connection.

This in-person event is an excellent opportunity to get your hands dirty and learn about the importance of plants in Indigenous and BIPOC cultures.

Come ready to taste yummy plant recipes, listen to teachings, and share the joy of growing together.

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/indigenous-bipoc-families-plant-teaching-pop-up-tickets-919066752397?aff=oddtdtcreator

We can’t wait to see you there!

Native Visibility and Power Convening Livestream

Our Postpartum Doula Training fills up FAST!
Our out-of-state registration is now closed, but we still have 10 spots available for WA state residents.

This fully virtual training will happen on June 25, 26 and 27 from 12pm to 4pm Pacific Time and it's open to indigenous people who want to support families during postpartum.

If you're interested, register soon!
https://forms.gle/QUbqhfJwfDSRYFxc6

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4 Seasons of Indigenous Learning - Outdoor Learning School & Store An Indigenous Learning Opportunity running from October to May annually. Each year – or Season – builds on the next… Beginning in the Fall, offered in partnership with over 50 non-profit organizations, this course serves to support participants in deepening their understanding of Indigenous kn...

Happening today! 12pm Pacific Time!
We will be talking about perinatal exercise.
Join using this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83142448082

Happy Pride Month! 🌈✨

Soooo excited to announce our Two Spirit and IndigiQueer Pride Series on the Relentless Indigenous Woman Podcast! 🪶❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

We have a line up of incredible guests where we talk about some real sh*t.

From navigating a colonial world as Two Spirit and IndigiQueer people, to dealing with discrimination from loved ones, to the power of resurgence, you’re surely to learn a lot from these amazing beings.

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JUNE 5: Kairyn Potts (Speaker, Writer, Actor & Advocate) - Two-Spirit Realities: Authentic Insights and Wisdom

JUNE 12: Haley Robinson .robinson (Actor, Model & Advocate) - Reclaiming Roots: A Two-Spirit Journey Across Cultures

JUNE 19: Chase Campeau (Speaker, Performer & Visionary) - Two-Spirit Experiences in Native Communities

JUNE 26: Alex Manitopyes .thndr (Fashion Designer & Artist) - Two-Spirit Alchemy: Embracing Authenticity Through Self-Love

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Join us Friday, May 31st 5-7 PST for our 5th Virtual Book Club meeting!

We will be discussing last month's read: Safe in a Midwife’s Hands by Linda Janet Holmes, and introducing the next title: The Natural Mother of the Child: A Memoir of Nonbinary Parenthood by Krys Malcolm Belc.

This book club is open to all birth workers of all backgrounds and is focused on BIPOC and marginalized communities.

This book club is hosted by Dalecia Young (Iñupiaq + Black), a Full-Spectrum doula, founder of Due North Support Services based in Anchorage, Alaska, and a student at Cedar Medicine School of Midwifery.

You don't need to register. For more information including the Zoom like please visit https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RGNEpNr-ychAAnV_WZ0AHIENprtlIJ8QThFdlAkj4FY/

Dearest friends, you can see a lot of our upcoming programming in our lastest newsletter. Birth and postpartum doula trainings, childbirth ed classes in Spanish and English, new offerings in Spanish, zoomcast, book club and more!
Check it out!

We hope you're enjoying the sunshine as spring turns into summer. We're excited to offer the following June programs. Seeking People Who Can Share their Recent Childbearing Experiences Did you recently have a baby? Do you identify as Indigenous and/or American Indian or Alaska Native? Are you interested in sharing your experience to help improve maternal and infant care for people like you? The National Partnership...

Join us for the live recording of our new zoomcast episode: ""A Brief History of Colonization and Reproductive Coercion in Puerto Rico"

Alivia Mercedes Feliciano (she/her) is a Maternal-Child Health Advocate and Social Worker of the Boriken diaspora. She is a passionate herbalist and she currently resides on Chinook and Cowlitz territories. In this presentation she will explore the trials of birth control in Puerto Rican women and the removal of land as a means to perpetuate the myth of population control.

Happening tomorrow, Wednesday May 29th at 12:00 pm PT

Zoom in using this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/s/81481412060

We're so excited to announce registration for our June BIPOC doula
training is now open!

The course is offered for no cost to participants and it includes four
classes held virtually and a weekend in-person skills practice
intensive available in two different locations: Longview and Tacoma.
Priority given to WA residents.

To register, visit this link: https://forms.gle/7V7GoVxuTtKL7wG68