The Mom Market
Motherocity Health, in collaboration with Sweetgreen, is excited to announce "The Mom Market," a free pop-up marketplace dedicated to promoting healthy and safe products for mothers at all stages of their journey. The event will take place on June 22nd, 2024, from 6-9 p.m. at Sweetgreen (Mueller), Aldrich Street
Culture of Collaboration Summit
Austin Together Presents The 2024 Culture of Collaboration Summit - Supported by The Applied Materials Foundation
What is the Summit all about?
The 2024 Culture of Collaboration Summit is a day-long convening designed to inspire collaboration in the social sector through community-building activities, inspirational guest speakers, interactive presentations, and robust peer-learning opportunities.
This welcoming and accessible event is intended to plant the seeds of a culture of collaboration and an abundance mindset in the greater Austin area. We believe that when we all come together to work in collaboration, we can solve our community's greatest challenges.
Learn more on our event website at www.cultureofcollaboration.net
Attend the Summit
Our goal is to make this event accessible to all. We are employing a pay-what-you-can model. Please buy a ticket that fits your budget. Your ticket price includes parking, light breakfast, lunch, and a happy hour, as well as the full day of learning and connecting. If you are unable to afford any of the options listed here, please send an email to karen.lashelle@austintogether.org, and we will work with you.
Donations are Welcome
All tickets for this event are subsidized by our generous sponsors and in-kind donors. If you’d like to financially support the event in addition to purchasing your ticket, please consider making a donation on the ticket page.
Black Divas Event
Come be a part of AUSTIN PBS's live studio audience. Enjoy BLACK DIVAS an evening song honoring the birth working community in the Central Texas.
This wonderful evening will be taped live for national broadcast distribution.
It is complete with a post show mingle and ceremony to honor our organizations in the birth working world Black Mamas ATX and Black Mama's Village. We will also honor our esteemed diplomat and international leader, Her Royal Majesty Dr. Rev. Manbo Asogwe, Dòwòti Désir, Sêmévo the 1st. Queen Mother to the African Diaspora for the Republic of Benin.
There will be a live DJ and BLACK DIVAS creative merch.
Buy your tickets and coordinate a night with people you enjoy. $30
The show is 18+
Doula/RN/Physician Meet & Greet
Please join us for a unique opportunity to mix and mingle as we share a vision for patient-centered care. Lunch will be served.
Organized by Ascension Seton
ASMCA 1201 W. 38th Street Austin, TX First Floor, Former Gift Shop
Mama Sana Vibrant Woman Winter Childbirth Prep Workshop
Join MSVW for our Winter Childbirth Preparation Workshop featuring our facilitators, Paula X. Rojas, and Dominique Adeniyi. This will allow pregnant individuals to learn about the various stages of labor, different labor positions, recovering postpartum, and more! Childcare and lunch will be provided for this full day event. Attendees should dress comfortably and bring a water bottle. Please complete this survey after you register.
Acompaña a MSVW para nuestro Taller Invernal De Preparación Al Parto con nuestras facilitadoras, Paula X. Rojas, y Dominique Adeniyi. En este taller personas embarazadas aprenderán sobre las diferentes etapas del parto, las diferentes posiciones de parto, la recuperación después del parto, ¡y mucho más! Un almuerzo y cuidado de niños será proporcionado para este evento de todo el día. Por favor de vestirse cómodamente y traer una botella de agua. Por favor de llenar esta encuesta después de registrarse.
About Paula X. Rojas
Chilean-born community organizer, midwife and social justice trainer Paula X. Rojas was licensed as a midwife in 2014. Paula became a doula in 2005, after a traumatic birth experience while on Medicaid. In 2012, Paula co-founded Mama Sana Vibrant Woman. Paula served as Director of Education and Training at MSVW until 2020. Paula currently supports families at MSVW and LAMP as a community midwife while working on a national project linking birthing justice with police and prison abolition work. She is the mother of two amazing kids, Xue-li and Camino, and loves to dance!
About Dominique Adeniyi
Dominique Adeniyi is passionate about Black Maternal Health and improving birth outcomes for underserved folks in her community. She has many roles, serving as a Student midwife, Full Spectrum doula, Birth Photographer, and Program Administrator for a local nonprofit organization. However, most importantly she is a dedicated member of the birth worker community. As a mother who experienced her own birth traumas, Dominique has found healing by actively uplifting and empowering Black birthing folks. Her mission is to create a safe space for expectant parents to receive empowerment, support, education and nurturing care.
Event Agenda 9:45 am - 4:00 pm
(9:45 am- Participants arrive
(10:15 am) - Start time
(10:15 am - 11:00 am) Introductions
(11:00 am - 12:15 pm) - Stages of labor
(12:15 pm - 12:45 pm) - Lunch provided by MSVW
(12:45 pm - 1:45 pm) - Labor positions/Spinning babies
(1:45 pm - 1:50 pm) - Break
(1:50 pm - 2:50 pm) - Pain relief options in/out of hospital
(2:50 pm - 3:15 pm) - Labor signs, normal vs. not normal
(3:15 pm - 3:45 pm) - Birth Plans
(3:45 pm - 4:00 pm) - Questions and Close out
Community Day
Join us for a virtual community day!
Reach out to an MHEC member for the link!
Community Day
Community Days are an opportunity for us to connect with people and organizations whose missions align with the work of MHEC to make child birth safer for Black and Brown families.
We are currently in our strategic planning season and are looking forward to connecting with professionals and organizations who are experienced with forming cooperatives, strategic fund raising, reproductive justice, and birth worker sustainability.
If you’re interested in learning more about MHEC and how we can collaborate, please register via the link below.
Thank you!
MHEC Community Day
Join us for our MHEC Community Days to learn more about the Maternal Health Equity Collaborative and how we can work together to make childbirth safer for black families!
We want to learn more about the work of other organizations that makes holistic care accessible for BIPOC families, as well as hold space for any questions you may have about the MHEC.
We invite stakeholders, community members and organizations to join us for Community Day to discover and collaborate. We look forward to connecting with you soon!
Thank you!
Rally at the Capital
Maternal Health Equity Press Conference & Rally
On Dia de los Muertos, join advocates and their supporters to demand action on Texas’ maternal health disparities
You are invited call to action to prioritize people over politics by immediately releasing the 2022 Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review Committee and Department of State Health Services Joint Biennial Report.
The last report, released in 2020, determined that most pregnancy-related deaths were preventable, Black women are more likely to experience pregnancy-related death, and additional study of maternal health disparities was necessary.
Now, for the first time ever, the most recent report on how many Texans die as a result of pregnancy or childbirth complications is not planned to be released before the Texas Legislature convenes in January.
WHAT: Maternal Health Equity Press Conference + Rally
WHO: Maternal Health Equity Collaborative
WHEN: Tuesday, November 1, 2022, 12-1pm
WHERE: Texas State Capitol, South Steps
1100 S. Congress Avenue, Austin, TX 78701
MHEC Free Garage Sale
Join the MHEC for a garage sale where everything is free!
Baby, toddler, household supplies and more.
Sign up at bit.ly/mhec-garagesale
Become A Volunteer
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