Birth Justice & Doula Information Session at Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice HQ

Join us to learn about our new Birth Justice Program & how having a doula increases the safety & dignity of the birth experience. This program is for people looking for (free) doula service, people interested in becoming community doulas & those interested in our birth justice endeavours. Refreshments will be served & children are welcome.

The Birth Justice Program at the BRCSJ centers on educating, supporting, & empowering women of color, queer & transfolx, low-income women, differently abled women, & immigrant women to safely navigate pregnancy, birth & the postpartum process.
We look forward to sharing about some of the free services our program offers~
Full spectrum Doula services for people in marginalized communities
Bimonthly parent & child meetups with topical presentations (breastfeeding, child care, family planning, early childhood resources, etc.)
Childbirth Class
Community Events

Pregnancy experiences & outcomes can be dramatically different for different people, especially for members of vulnerable communities. The disparities in maternal & infant outcomes are not the result of differences in genes or behaviors but are mostly explained by the differential historical, social, economic, & health environments experienced by Black & brown women. These economic & social differences matter for health; they are determinants of health, & as long as they exist, so will the disparities in maternal & infant health.
We acknowledge those inequalities & work to empower people in these communities to make autonomous healthy decisions for themselves & their babies to obtain safe, respectful, equitable medical care.

We believe Birth Justice exists when women & transfolx are empowered during pregnancy, labor, childbirth & postpartum to make autonomous healthy decisions for themselves & their babies & are able to obtain safe, respectful, equitable medical care