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What We Do
Advocacy
Doula Training
Education
SBJN organizes Black midwives and student midwives to establish a representative voice at the national level that clearly identifies and supports the various needs and interests of Black birthing people.
Education
Doula Training
Education
SBJN offers educational training in the areas of conception, reproductive & maternity care,
family planning, abortion & miscarriage services, maternal health, fitness, nutrition, self-care, breast feeding, and birth justice.
Doula Training
Doula Training
Doula Training
SBJN offers a 1-year doula certification training that focuses on supportive services, maternal health/disparities, and advocacy skills to support a healthy pregnancy, termination, as well as multiple birth options.
Community Street Medic Training
“It is our duty to fight for our freedom.It is our duty to win.We must love each other and support each other.We have nothing to lose but our chains.”― Assata Shakur
In the spirit of Assata Shakur and the community health model advanced by the Black Pather Party, Southern Birth Justice Network and a host of doctors, first responders and other emergency health workers trained community members in CPR administration, gun shot wound, pregnancy, and emergency response techniques to provide a community based alternative to EMTs and paramedics in marginalized communities. Hosted by Southern Birth Justice Network at the Circle of Brotherhood in Miami, Florida. The purpose of this event was to share information and resources to prepare everyday people to deal with life threatening emergencies.
Street Medics is a concept that originated in the US during the Civil Rights and Anti-War Movement with the idea that we have to care for and protect our own.
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Enfrentándonos
2020 Latin Heritage Month
Enfrentándonos, Anti Blackness in Latinx Communities was a three-part virtual panel discussion series that featured young Afro-Latino speakers from Miami, Florida, Washington DC, New York City and beyond. Kitchen table conversation took center stage as we explored issues of identity, liberation, culture, healing, family, and birth justice.
Part 1: Abuelita Negrita
"Part One: Hidden Heritage- Abuelita Negrita" was an in-depth conversation and rediscovery of Afro-Latinx roots, centering Black Latinx folks lives and shared experiences. Abuelita Negrita is the colloquialized euphemism for blackness in the broader Latinidad. We've all heard the saying "la abuela negra en el armario”, but when are we going to let her come out? Abuelita Negrita is the keeper of our culture. Abuelita Negrita is where we get our soul. Abuelita Negrita is where we get our sazon. She keeps our stories and our culture yet we act like she is seperate from us.
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Part 2: Action Steps to Decolonization
Part Two: Action Steps to Decolonization: Decolonization involves an understanding of our ancestral practices and accepting who we are outside of a western context. Decolonization is a healing practice, it acknowledges our wounds and cries for justice. In this conversation we integrated relevant voices of our South Florida social justice movement.
Part 3: Justicia de Parto
“Part Three: Justicia de Parto”
Our last conversation in Enfrentándonos was centered around Birth Justice and the intersections of the "Afro Latinida". We explored and expanded our understanding of white supremacy and how to depart from it. We then went on to hear from care providers and birthing families about their experiences relating to Birth Justice.
An understanding of Birth Justice is important to ensure that birthing people get full spectrum reproductive health support as they make decisions that are best for themselves and families.
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Young Mamas Leadership Institute
SBJN launches the fall semester of YMLI!
The Young Mamas Leadership Institute is a year-long vocational program designed by and for young women of color to prepare emerging leaders for careers in social justice, organizing, and birth work.
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2020 Doula Graduation
Congratulations Graduating Class of 2020!!!
We are so proud of SBJN's 2020 graduating class! Our Birth Justice Doula's are already making a profound impact in the lives of birthing people in South Florida.
Congratulations to an amazing cohort:
Tifanny Burks
Shannon Knox
Allika Alce
Stephanie Melendez
Nerlande
Joseph Demaree Rios
Samantha Daley
Rebekah Antoine
Asha Starks