Earth's Natural Touch: Birth Care & Beyond

08/03/2026

Calling all Pregnant New Haven, CT residents! Join us for Move, Nourish & Flourish, a FREE maternal wellness experience created to celebrate YOU with movement, education, and community… and of course food. :-)

We'll be launching our "Sis, Don't Let Them Turn You Away!" campaign, which is a community awareness and advocacy campaign created to ensure pregnant and postpartum women, especially Black women, know that their concerns deserve to be heard and taken seriously.

We’ll also be celebrating Black Breastfeeding Week with our Mocha Milkshakers. This year’s theme is, “We All We Got: 15 Years of Care and Community”.

Space is limited, so register by August 15, 2026 for your chance to attend and become an ENT Flourish Friend! 💜

Registration link in Bio, https://bit.ly/3RsGOim or Scan QR Code!

Registrants must check their emails for updates!

A Maternal Wellness Experience for Pregnant New Haven Mothers

07/31/2026

Calling all Pregnant New Haven, CT residents! Join us for Move, Nourish & Flourish, a FREE maternal wellness experience created to celebrate YOU with movement, education, and community… and of course food.

We'll be launching our "Sis, Don't Let Them Turn You Away!" campaign, which is a community awareness and advocacy campaign created to ensure pregnant and postpartum women, especially Black women, know that their concerns deserve to be heard and taken seriously.

We’ll also be celebrating Black Breastfeeding Week with our Mocha Milkshakers. This year’s theme is, “We All We Got: 15 Years of Care and Community”.

Space is limited, so register by August 15, 2026 for your chance to attend and become an ENT Flourish Friend! 💜

Registration link in Bio or Scan QR Code! Registrants must check their emails for updates!

06/30/2026

Collaboration begins with conversation. We are grateful to everyone who participated in these meaningful roundtable discussions and helped foster greater understanding across maternity care settings. We look forward to continuing this important work together in the fall.

- The Tri-Chairs of the Connecticut Midwifery Working Group.

06/29/2026

ENT Featured Doulas! Thank you! Your dedication to improving maternal and infant health is unmatched.

06/13/2026

No matter where you are in the world or where you are in your breastfeeding journey, join us at the weekly Mocha Milkshake Café, a FREE Virtual Breastfeeding Education & Support Group.

This is a safe, supportive space to learn, share, and decompress with other parents and our ENT birth and lactation professionals about breastfeeding.

See you every Saturday at 10:00 am est! FREE Admission! All you pay is your kindness.

💜🌻Providing Free Education and Support to Breastfeeding Families for more than 5 years! 🌻💜

To Register, Scan QR Code or Use the Link in Bio. Type: https://tinyurl.com/yypst4uy

This breastfeeding support group is designed to fill in the gap and provide much needed breastfeeding support to black and brown families. If you don't identify as being black or brown and still require lactation support, please email us at [email protected] with the subject title "Non-bi...

06/11/2026

ENT Featured Doulas: We are so excited to come together again for our ENT Semi - Annual Conference. ✨

During this time ENT Featured Doulas are invited to present to one another as teams and share the projects they’ve been working on. We’ll use this time to see how teams have been connecting with the community.

We are ready to hear from you all and share space 💜✨

We have work to do! Together we go far !

06/08/2026

Last month, I attended the PSI Perinatal Mental Health Certification Training, Perinatal Mood Disorders: Components of Care with the Greater Washington Urban League.

This training is a thorough, evidence-based curriculum for Black health professionals who serve Black families.

I'm always grateful to be in the company of professionals who are pushing for improvements in maternal health. I got to meet people in person who I've been connected to online, meet new people, and I got to catch up with Jabina, which is always fun!

The room was full of Black mental health professionals, doulas, lactation professionals, a few other midwives and more.

Black Mothers, trust me when I tell you, you are loved and supported! 💜

Next week I'll be attending the Fatherhood Liberated training and then preparing for my certification exam.

"Aint nobody gonna save us but us,"
Kimberly L. Corbin, GWUL Chief Administrative & Financial Officer. Shout out to them for providing scholarships for everyone in attendance! THIS is how you make change.

Earth's Natural Touch: Birth Care & Beyond Forever 💜

05/24/2026

Peace Cohort 9 and Featured Doulas,

Our 5th study hall facilitated by Cohort 9 will be held this upcoming Friday 5/29 at 6:30pm via zoom. It will be led by Student Doulas DeVonna, LaTonya and Monifa. Please join if you are available to connect. The zoom link will be sent via email. As a reminder, this is continuing education for Featured Doulas.

The topic is: “Rooted Nourishment: Supporting First- Generation and Teen Breastfeeding Families”

05/22/2026

May 22 is National Preeclampsia Awareness Day 💜 Know the signs. Speak up. Save lives.

05/15/2026

The HHC annual Maternal Health Conference registration has opened!

Join us for Embracing Birthing Heritage: Elevating Latino, Indigenous, and African-American Traditional Knowledge, a powerful conference exploring the cultural and historical foundations of childbirth practices and how traditional wisdom can help shape more equitable maternal health systems today.

This conference will feature nationally recognized leaders, scholars, practitioners, storytellers, and advocates committed to advancing culturally responsive maternal health approaches and reducing disparities in care.

Featured speakers include:
✨ Dr. Joia Crear-Perry, Founder & President of the National Birth Equity Collaborative
✨ SciHonor Devotion, CPM Founder of Earth’s Natural Touch: Birth Care & Beyond
✨ Madeline Hutchins, Mohegan Storyteller & Scholar
✨ Dr. Isabel Córdova, historian and author of Pushing in Silence
✨ Moderator Bertha Coombs, public health leader and maternal health advocate

Register today: https://fundraise.givesmart.com/e/zEGD1w?vid=1qfu26

The HHC annual Maternal Health Conference registration has opened!

Join us for Embracing Birthing Heritage: Elevating Latino, Indigenous, and African-American Traditional Knowledge, a powerful conference exploring the cultural and historical foundations of childbirth practices and how traditional wisdom can help shape more equitable maternal health systems today.

This conference will feature nationally recognized leaders, scholars, practitioners, storytellers, and advocates committed to advancing culturally responsive maternal health approaches and reducing disparities in care.

Featured speakers include:
✨ Dr. Joia Crear-Perry, Founder & President of the National Birth Equity Collaborative
✨ SciHonor Devotion, Founder of Earth’s Natural Touch: Birth Care & Beyond
✨ Madeline Hutchins, Mohegan Storyteller & Scholar
✨ Dr. Isabel Córdova, historian and author of Pushing in Silence
✨ Moderator Bertha Coombs, public health leader and maternal health advocate

Register today: https://fundraise.givesmart.com/e/zEGD1w?vid=1qfu26