Conference Schedule

In 2019, Jamarah Amani, the co-founder and director of NBMA, was awarded the Trailblazer Award along with a proclamation that March 14 would be Jamarah Amani Day in the City of Miami. Her vision for this day was to aim higher than the recognition of a sole midwife. She believed a day honoring the legacy of black midwifery would be a greater value and has repurposed the day of celebration to include the collective body of past and present midwives.

Registration for NBMA's first Black Midwives Day celebration on March 14, 2023 is open! bit.ly/BMDREGISTRATION Join us as we commemorate the day with a virtual conference being held from 9 am to 6 pm EST and a Legacy Power Voice: Movements in Black Midwifery screening at 7:00 pm  to 9:30 pm EST.

The conference will open in ceremony with remarks from Midwife Jennie Joseph and feature a series of presentations by midwives, birth justice workers, and organizers from our community.  As we uplift the significance of the day and share in thought-provoking topics related to history, policy, education, Black midwifery practice, and more. 

The conference will end at 6 pm after which we invite everyone to return later in the evening at 7:00 pm EST to watch a screening of documentary shorts from the Legacy Power Voice's film collection. Created by Director/Cinematographer/Editor Karyl-Lyn Sanderson and executive produced by NBMA Co-founder/Director, Jamarah Amani, Legacy Power Voice features the voices of trailblazing Black midwives, uplifts the enduring legacy of Black midwifery, and offers glimpses into Black maternal health movements.   

We encourage you to reshare any of the Black Midwives Day promotions on our social media channels and website:

www.blackmidwivesalliance.org

Instagram: @blackmidwivesalliance

Facebook: @blackmidwives

Twitter: @black_midwives

We encourage you to use these hashtags:

#BlackMidwivesDay 

#celebrateblackmidwives 

#NBMA 

#blackmidwives

#BMDCelebration

The National Black Midwives Alliance [IG @blackmidwivesalliance | FB @blackmidwives] is campaigning for March 14 to be established as Black Midwives Day annually and is hosting the 1st annual celebration this March 14, 2023. The contributions of Black midwives are integral to American history and are essential to the solution of improving maternal health in all our communities and especially communities of color. Let's show our love and appreciation for Black Midwives!

Register for the Black Midwives Day Conference and Film Screening: bit.ly/BMDREGISTRATION

Sign the Black Midwives Day petition: bit.ly/BlackMidwivesDayPetition

#BlackMidwivesDay 

#celebrateblackmidwives 

#NBMA 

#blackmidwives

This March 14, 2023, the National Black Midwives Alliance [IG @blackmidwivesalliance | FB @blackmidwives] is hosting the 1st annual celebration of Black Midwives Day. There will be a conference from 9 am to 6 pm EST featuring presentations by Black midwives, birth workers, and community organizers on education, history, culture, policy, and more. At 7 pm, we can look forward to a film screening of Legacy Power Voice: Movements of Black Midwifery, which captures powerful glimpses of the maternal health movement and Black birthing traditions through the eyes, voices, testimonies, and experiences of Black midwives.

Register for the Black Midwives Day Conference and Film Screening: bit.ly/BMDREGISTRATION

#BlackMidwivesDay 

#celebrateblackmidwives 

#NBMA 

#blackmidwives

The National Black Midwives Alliance [IG @blackmidwivesalliance | FB @blackmidwives] is campaigning to establish March 14 as Black Midwives Day annually and is commemorating the 1st year with a celebration. The goals of Black Midwives Day are to strengthen the base of Black midwives and their supporters, preserve the cultural history of Black midwifery, provide advocacy tools that eliminate barriers to education and resources for Black midwives, to build power by developing a national unified voice that advocates for Black midwifery, to address perinatal health disparities that impact Black communities, and to elevate the consumer demand for access to midwifery and community birth. Join NBMA's March 14 celebration this year: bit.ly/BMDREGISTRATION and sign the Black Midwives Day petition: bit.ly/BlackMidwivesDayPetition.

#BlackMidwivesDay 

#celebrateblackmidwives 

#NBMA 

#blackmidwives

We support the National Black Midwives Alliance's [IG @blackmidwivesalliance | FB @blackmidwives] campaign to establish March 14 as Black Midwives Day! The first Black midwives on American soil were African people who brought with them traditional knowledge, beliefs, ideas, rituals, tools, approaches, and methods that existed in Africa for thousands of years. Ancient birth practices and rituals were passed down from generation to generation through a calling to midwifery. A nationally recognized Black Midwives Day venerates the work and contributions of the past and present birth attendants that have served in the birthing of a nation, an important part of the American story. Sign the petition: bit.ly/BlackMidwivesDayPetition 

Join the March 14 celebration: bit.ly/BMDREGISTRATION

#BlackMidwivesDay 

#celebrateblackmidwives 

#NBMA 

#blackmidwives

Our families and communities deserve access to affordable, diverse, culturally congruent, holistic birth care! We support the National Black Midwives Alliance's [IG @blackmidwivesalliance | FB @blackmidwives] mandate to elevate the importance of #blackmidwives with their campaign to establish March 14 as #BlackMidwivesDay. Sign the petition to show your support for more Black midwife birth attendants in your community! bit.ly/BlackMidwivesDayPetition. Join the March 14 celebration - NBMA's Black Midwives Day conference and film screening: bit.ly/BMDREGISTRATION 

#celebrateblackmidwives 

#NBMA 

@black_midwives is campaigning for March 14 to be established as Black Midwives Day annually and is hosting the 1st annual celebration this March 14, 2023. Register for the Black Midwives Day Conference and Film Screening: bit.ly/BMDREGISTRATION #blackmidwivesday #NBMA

Black midwives are essential to the solution of improving maternal health in our communities, especially communities of color! Sign @black_midwives petition to establish March 14 as Black Midwives Day: bit.ly/BlackMidwivesDayPetition #BlackMidwivesDay #NBMA #blackmidwives

The contributions of #blackmidwives are integral to American history. Support @black_midwives campaign to establish March 14 as #BlackMidwivesDay & elevate the mandate of increasing Black midwives in our communities. Sign the petition: bit.ly/BlackMidwivesDayPetition #NBMA

Our families & communities deserve access to affordable, culturally congruent, holistic birth care. Support @black_midwives mandate to elevate the importance of #blackmidwives: bit.ly/BlackMidwivesDayPetition. Join the March 14 celebration: bit.ly/BMDREGISTRATION #BlackMidwivesDay

Let's celebrate Black midwives past and present! Join @black_midwives conference & film screening for the 1st annual celebration of #BlackMidwivesDay on March 14: bit.ly/BMDREGISTRATION

#NBMA #blackmidwives #celebrateblackmidwives