Birth Work

This is community healing. This work is Sacred.

Why our birth matters

Did you know that Black women are 4 times more likely to die during pregnancy or childbirth than white women?

Or that infant mortality is 2.3x higher for black babies than white babies? Did you know that Indigenous women are 2.3 times more likely to die than white birthers; in urban settings, they are 4.5 times more likely to die?

If you’re Black and/or Indigenous, the reality is that you probably already knew that. You most likely have experienced, witnessed and know of many accounts of heartbreaking disparities and harmful experiences in the health industry. Black + Indigenous birth workers + doulas are fundamental in closing that gap. Click here to register for our 2024 CBE Program.

Child Birth Education Program

Black birthing mother hilding their newborn baby on their chest, with black doula assisting over the mother and child

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A summoning of MOTHER-TONGUE

The Coven is a collective for Black birth workers, storytellers, midwives + doulas who wish to explore themes of social justice, connection to the land and cultural ways of healing. We fuse African Drum, spoken word + the art of twerk to unearth your mother tongue while exploring the effects of colonization on Black birth work, family dynamic + womb wellness and healing.

Our 12-week online Childbirth Education Program provides education around

  • the effects of Ancestral trauma on womb wellness + infant mortality

  • the spirituality of Black birth, labour + delivery

  • reproductive anatomy

  • birth keeping practices from West Africa + the Caribbean

  • postpartum rituals + information lost along the middle passage

  • cultural tools for resistance through Hoodoo + Herbalism and Inner Child Healing

  • The role of the black father + family

  • breastfeeding + lactation support

2024 Program Dates



Start date: Our 2024 CBE Course begins March 2024. First day of class is March 20th; general enrollment is now open.

Live classes are held on select Wednesdays at 1pm ET:Classes are 75-120 minutes long. They are recorded and replays are shared on the learning platform.

  • March 6, 13, 20, 27

  • April 3, 10, 17, 24

  • May 1, 8, 15, 22,

"This is for our foremothers, the ones who chose Atlantic Ocean + Caribbean Sea for they knew death was better than bondage" - we have returned.