What We Do and How to Get Involved
Our Initiatives
What We Do
We grow a radical community of care. We follow embodied, values‑based practice. We choose power with people, not power over people, and we stay accountable to our community. We take collective action across issues and identities, and we build liberatory economic and investing relationships that move resources into community hands.
Community‑Based Doula Collaborative
EMBRACe Village (Campaigns Hub)
Coordinated, Person‑ Centered System of Care
EMBRACe Village (Campaigns Hub)
Grow and sustain a community where moms, birthing people, and those who care nurture each other, build power together, and organize for collective action together in pursuit of equitable birth outcomes. This space of belonging is where we embody our values, connect with other organizations and partners, organize, and advance community-based initiatives that disrupt systems of oppression.
Purpose
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Monthly gatherings for us to come together and build strong authentic relationships while actively building power for reproductive justice.
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Communities of practice bring our Village members together around our shared passion for reproductive justice and identifying challenges, creating space to learn from one another, and build collective power. Communities of Practice are important for strengthening community-led solutions, centering lived experience, and ensuring investments flow and power shifts to those most impacted. By nurturing these communities, we prioritize not only knowledge-sharing, but also equity, care, and systemic change. These issues are identified and defined by our Village members led by those most impacted.
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Communities of practice become powerful organizing campaigns when people join forces around reproductive justice, community issues and turn shared learning into collective action. Together, we transform lived experiences into strategies that challenge maternal health disparities and win lasting change.
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MCC remains open!
What we do
Community-Based Doula Collaborative
Purpose
To nurture and invest in the development of a sustainable community-based doula collaborative led by women of color and dedicated to providing accessible, compassionate care and support.
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Sponsor doula training for up to 20 Black and Hispanic-Latine women and build a local support network to assist with completing certification requirements.
To date, we have:
Sponsored the training of 20+ Black and Hispanic-Latine doulas
Connected doulas in training to shadowing and mentoring opportunities with experience doulas
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Work with local healthcare partners including Chatham County Public Health Department, Piedmont Health Services, and Chatham Hospital to identify opportunities to integrate services into the local perinatal care system and to sustain the services so they remain accessible to all women.
To date, we have:
Partnered with Piedmont Health Services to secure funding to support doula services for up to 100 women
Worked with Chatham Hospital Maternity Care Center to establish a ‘Doula-Friendly’ policy at the Maternity Care Center
Partnered with Chatham County Public Health Department to lead the grant-funded effort to grow and sustain community-based doula collaborative
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Leverage partnerships and innovative funding opportunities to cover the costs of doula services for those who can not afford it.
To date, we have:
Connected over 40 women with free doula support services
Have additional funding to support 70 additional women
Partnered with Piedmont Health Services and two local community-based doula organizations to identify, refer, and provide doula services to prenatal clients
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Support and nurture the establishment of a community-based cooperative business
What we do
Coordinated, Person‑Centered System of Care
Build a community-rooted network that makes respectful, high-quality care easy to find and easy to navigate from pregnancy through the first year.
Purpose
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Childbirth education that is culturally concordant and free or low‑cost
IBCLC lactation support at MCC with warm handoffs
Doula care integrated with clinics and hospitals
Mental health support and peer groups
Care navigation for benefits, transportation, housing, and childcare
Postpartum care and home visiting with continuity of supporter
Community midwifery and respectful referral pathways
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Single front door, flexible scheduling, and options that honor language, culture, and choice.
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IBCLC onsite at MCC
