Reproductive Justice, Advocacy & Equity Resources

Efforts Birth Matters Supports (& we recommend you support)

• Interested in getting involved in political action to effect positive change for birthing families? Learn more or join the Movement to Birth Liberation

• Birth Monopoly - Share your story of obstetric violence with Birth Monopoly, who’s compiling a geography-based resource (for birthing families OR birth workers)

• The Irth App - a Yelp-like place for Black & brown folks to leave reviews for prenatal, birthing, postpartum and pediatric providers

• Listen to this excellent birth equity interview with Dr. Neel Shah (Sakara Life podcast)

• Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act

• National Birth Equity Collaborative

• Ancient Song Doula Services (Brooklyn)

• The Bridge Directory - A directory and resource for families of color, but a community of professionals of colors, who seek to heal the disparities in health and care from the inside. Currently serving NYC, Long Island, northern New Jersey, southern Connecticut, and Westchester.

• The Birthing Place (Bronx)

• Ashe Birthing Services (NYC)

• Chocolate Milk Cafe

• Save a Rose Foundation

• 4Kira4Moms

• Black Mamas Matter Alliance

• Birth Queen

• Every Mother Counts

• Sista Midwife

• Hour Children (NYC)

• Safe Families for Children (NYC)

• Foundation for the Advancement of Haitian Midwives

• Interested in getting involved in political action to effect positive change for birthing families? Learn more or join the Movement to Birth Liberation