The Black, Indingeous, People of Color (BIPOC) Student Midwives Fund provides financial assistance, skills training, resource sharing, and community building for BIPOC student midwives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Join us for our Move-a-Thon: BSMF’s annual fundraiser!
We've had another successful year at BSMF supporting student midwives all over the Bay Area. Last year for the first time, we were able to award 10 apprenticing students a stipend of $1000 each, as well as provide a free weekend retreat of wellness and collaboration to improve the apprenticing process. This is in addition to our regular, monthly Student Skills Days, which we will be completing another round in this June. With BSMF's support, multiple student midwives around the Bay Area will be completing their academic and apprenticeship courses within the next couple of years!
This is why we're excited to announce the ...
Move-A-Thon for Student Midwives: the BSMF's Annual Fundraiser!!
We're raising money for our programs and we need your support! Our fundraising goal of $10,000 will fund our ongoing and new programs like:
Monthly Student Skills Days, free!
Advanced Student Skills Days, free!
Our virtual summer learning series, free!
Our Paps and IUI Workshop in the fall
Stipends that go directly to apprenticing BIPOC student midwives
Our Business Incubator program for new midwives
And much more!
What: Choose your move activity! Yoga, a creative corner, art projects, dancing, walking around the lake, and more! This is a family-friendly, all abilities friendly event so bring the whole family to be a part of this community too.
When: Sunday, May 18th, 10am - 12:30pm
Where: Lake Merritt across from the Cleveland Cascade
How do I sign up?: https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/MjMxMDgz Sign up to participate or donate using that link.
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“Being cared for by a midwife of color for my home birth provided me a feeling of safety. There was a greater understanding due to their lived experience as a person of color. These invaluable lived experiences are needed in predominantly white spaces where BIPOC are excluded and often met with barriers and systemic racism. It is important that all aspects of my midwifery training be informed by a social justice lens for me to provide anti-racist midwifery care for my clients to resist these injustices.”
— Audrey, Student Midwife
