BLACK & BROWN MATERNITY WELLNESS COLLECTIVE (BMWC)
LIDAs Black & Brown Maternity Wellness Collective (BMWC) project aims to support the elimination of discrimination in maternity care for black pregnant families by:
-Training black and brown women to provide childbirth education and doula services to other black and brown women (and others as they wish)
-Connecting black and black women in Long Island with black and brown doulas, childbirth educators, and lactation consultants who can support them during their motherhood journey
-Helping mothers and families gain access to the care and support they need during their pregnancies and provide them with evidence based information so they can make healthy decisions for themselves.
For more information email us at: BMWC@lidadoulas.com
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Find a BMWC Doula:
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Makeetah Cochy, LIDA President
718-427-5493
Birth Doula, Postpartum Doula, Childbirth Educator
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Thaishah Riche, BMWC Chair
770-940-0959
IBCLC, Birth & Postpartum Doula/Prof, Childbirth Educator​​​
Languages Spoken: Haitian/Creole
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Ayah Nimir
(516) 528-2623
Birth Doula
Languages Spoken: Arabic
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Barbara Small
516-382-4013
Birth Doula
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Chanel Jones
me@chanelscomfortingdoulacare.com
631-566-0233
​Birth Doula, Childbirth Educator​​
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Chris Gonzalez Baez
631-838-8332
Birth Doula, Postpartum Doula, & Childbirth Educator
Languages Spoken: Spanish
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Hyacinth Taylor
(347)-383-4968
Birth Doula
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Janet Campoverdi
(631) 383-9175
Birth Doula, Postpartum Doula
Languages Spoken: Spanish
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Janet Ricketts-Simon
(516) 263-8780
Birth Doula, Postpartum Doula
Jeanette Jaquez
516-273-3931
Postpartum Doula
Languages Spoken: Spanish
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Jennifer Jaser
516-643-6266
Birth Doula​​​​​​
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Madeleine English
(631) 657-8580
info@madeleineenglishcounseling.com
Mental health counseling for postpartum
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Yvonne Jackson
631-383-6865
Birth Doula
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PROGRAM BENEFITS
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One year free LIDA membership ($70 value)
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The opportunity to earn $600 per birth attended​ (through Community Support Fund)
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Creating professional relationships/support
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A new career... the opportunity to create a private doula practice
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Opportunities to gain additional maternal/infant support education and skills (postpartum doula and/or childbirth educator etc)
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Making a beneficial impact on your community; reducing morbidity/mortality among black women and their newborn
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May be eligible to have the opportunity to become a LIDA doula trainer for the Black Maternal Wellness Collective
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Eligible for the Big Sister Mentoring Program
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Free monthly LIDA membership meetings
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Opportunity for continuing education at a reduce fee
REQUIREMENTS
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Eligible applicants should represent the Black and BIPOC community.
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You must attend all 3 consecutive days of the Birth Doula Workshop
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Must complete a LIDA application
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One year contractual obligation service to The Black Maternity Wellness Collective or attend 4 births for the Collective
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Must purchase one year doula liability insurance (approx. $110.00/year)
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Training fee $475.00 (full/partial need based scholarships offered)
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Read and sign the LIDA Code of Ethics (Form E) and the LIDA Scope of Practice (Form H) and LIDA Grievance Policy (Form G)
DID YOU KNOW?
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According to an article published in the NY Times (April 2018), Black women are 9 times as likely to die from childbirth-related causes as white women
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387 out of 10,000 black women will experience life threatening complications from pregnancy and childbirth (this is triple the rate of white women)
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Black women with a college education are more likely to have complications in birth than white women with out a high school diploma