As birthworkers, we are constantly pouring into others. It is also essential for us to care for ourselves and one another, so that we may pour from full vessels. This page is for fellow birthworkers to connect and find self-care, continuing education, and community resources.
birthworker network
birthworker communities, circles & conferences
+ D4A Doula Hub - Doula Directory for Doulas in WA, OR, and ID
+ Puget Sound Birth Professionals Facebook Page
+ Birth for the People Facebook Page
Are you a birthworker looking to connect with others doing this sacred work?
If you would like to connect, offer services for birthworkers, or know of any community spaces that you think should be included here, please fill out the form below.
Educational & wisdom-building Organizations
Mesoamerican & Indigenous Ancestral Knowledge Preservation
+ Center for Indigenous Midwifery (WA) and the Cedar Medicine School of Midwifery
+ Canoe Journey Herbalists (WA)
+ Chichihualtia Perinatal & Family Wellness (CA)
+ Cihuapactli Collective (AZ)
+ Fundación Mujeres Bachué (Colombia)
+ Indigescuela by Pānquetzani (Indigemama) (CA)
+ Luna Mama Services by Metzli Lopez Torres (CA)
+ Maya Midwifery International (Guatemala)
+ Mujer de la Tierra by Montse Olmos (Mexico)
+ Postpartum Healing Lodge by Raeanne Madison (MI)
+ The Midwife Project Guatemaya (Guatemala)
Black & Brown Training & Wisdom-Building
+ Erika Davis Whole Body Pregnancy Doula Training & Mentoring
community-based Organizations
A note on certification
As an Indigenous birthworker, I do not believe that certification is a necessary component to providing exceptional care. The western model of education is rooted in exclusion, white-supremacy, and harm against marginalized communities. Our traditional ways have been condemned and delegitimized. Education has been commodified and policed. I do not believe our sacred ancestral practices can nor should be made into a state-recognized certification. I also recognize that under current geopolitical conditions, some of us may need to pursue various forms of certification in order to provide care to our communities. If certification feels right for you, there are numerous agencies and organizations to do so with, including some of the organizations listed here.
Birth & Birthworker Collectives
These collectives offer community support and education, doula trainings and services, and more.
+ Asian Birth Collective (CA)
+ Alaska Natives Birthworkers Community (AK)
+ Bellingham Birth Collective (WA)
+ Birthworkers of Color Collective (CA, MI & Guam)
+ Cihuapactli Collective (AZ)
+ Community Aware Birthworker (MN)
+ Conscious Birth Collective (Virtual)
+ Chicago Birthworkers Collective (IL)
+ ekw’í7tl doula collective (BC, Canada)
+ Indigenous Birth (AZ)
+ Pacific Birth Collective (HI)
+ Roots of Labor Birth Collective (CA)
+ Sacred Seeds Black Birthworker Collective of Colorado (CO)
+ Sankofa Birthworkers Collective (CA)
+ The Northern Birthwork Collective (NT, Canada)