Here, the founders of Chicago Birthworks share the nuance of the pregnancy and birth journey for Black individuals and how they're working to create sustainable, long-lasting change for communities of color through better maternal outcomes.
. We're trying to make sure that we are giving folks the opportunity to curate their own journey and not just use what is provided to them or available to them. We want to create an empowering experience around pregnancy and postpartum and parenthood.
We're trying to be extremely innovative in how we're showing up to support these families. That involves finding new services, creating programs, and also partnering. The reason why we operate in the collective is because we recognize we can do this work long term if we are literally working together. There's an African proverb that says"many hands make light work": That is the heart of our collective.
I have four children, and I would see over and over again. Each time, I would think: Wow, Tayo, you're growing as a mother, you're learning things, you're speaking up for yourself, you are putting yourself in uncomfortable situations, you're being brave, and you are being patient. And I want that for everyone. I want them to have the opportunity to do those things.
I appreciate the fact that I come from [a] good line of strong, compassionate, resourceful, brave, loving, smart women.My advice would be to any woman or any person starting off in this career is to protect yourself, to be aware that moral injury exists, and you are going to be overly exposed to it. You have to have some sort of way of removing the residue and the weight of what we're going through.
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