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Help us create better birth and postpartum outcomes in the Black community for generations to come.
Your donations are critical in helping us create perinatal programs that impactfully connect Black/African American families with Black/African American doulas to fulfill the need for conscious healthcare connections and advocacy that facilitates empowered communication with healthcare providers, communities and consumers around birth justice and human rights at birth.
Our outcome impact is tri-fold but not limited to:
Support
the journey of birthing families as they navigate and co-create healthy pregnancy, birth and postpartum experiences that center their unique voices and culturally specific needs.
Provide
community-doula support, which is evidence to reduce non-emergency cesarean rates, improve patient satisfaction in childbirth experiences, and increase breast/chestfeeding rates.
Develop
the doula workforce and support the Black/African American birthworker pipeline by creating income streams for Black community doulas, responsible for delivery of services within their scope of practice.
Since 2019, we have directly impacted over 400 families and 70+ doulas through our various programs and initiatives in California and the United States.
280+
Birthing Individuals through the Frontline Doula Hotline, providing 1:1 emotional, educational and advocacy support.
400+
Families served through the Frontline Doulas 'Centering the Community' Doula Program, the Frontline Doula Hotline, and the Black Doula Awards.
$50K
Awarded to 50 Black doulas in 5 regions across California during the 1st year of the pandemic in the form of $1,000 stipends.
43%
Decrease in Cesarean rates compared to the current national and local average Cesarean rate of 36% (and higher) for Black women. We’ve achieved a 20% Cesarean rate for families in our most recent doula program.
0%
Pre-term births in 2020/2022 programs, compared to national average of 14.2%. We’ve greatly improved outcomes in all measurable areas including lower cesarean births, lower birth interventions, increased breastfeeding initiation and increased birth satisfaction.
Help us to continue to center the experiences and voices of Black birthing persons, their families and the local Black community.
We believe
The Revolution is in the Womb!
Donate to or sponsor our programs today and be a part of the Frontline Doulas revolution.
Please email frontlineadmin@diversityuplifts.org with any questions or if you would like to make a contribution via wire transfer or check.