Upcoming events
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Past Events
2023 Trainings and Doula Events
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CLOSED AT CAPACITY - ONLINE Medi-Cal Doula Benefit Enrollment Training
Nov. 14 6-8pm
Join us for an ONLINE TRAINING to support community doulas in the process of becoming Medi-Cal providers.
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SOLD OUT - Doula Mingle - IN PERSON
Nov. 7 7-9PM
Meet and Greet Community Birthworkers and find out more about the Medi-Cal Doula Benefit. At the Gathering Spot, Los Angeles
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SOLD OUT Medi-Cal Doula Enrollment Training 101 - IN PERSON
Nov. 7 4-7pm
Learn more about the requirements to become a Medi-Cal Doula approved through the PAVE system. At The Gathering Spot, Los Angeles
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REGISTRATION CLOSED - ONLINE Medi-Cal Doula Benefit Q and A
Oct. 20 6-8pm
Join us as we support doulas in the process of becoming approved Medi-Cal providers. You got questions! We got answers!
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SOLD OUT Doula Mingle and Impact Report Celebration - IN PERSON
Oct.10 7-9pm
Frontline Doulas impact Report Celebration - Meet and Greet Community Birthworkers. At the Gathering Spot, Los Angeles
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SOLD OUT Medi-Cal Doula Enrollment Training 101 - IN PERSON
Oct. 10 4-7pm
Learn more about the requirements to become a Medi-Cal Doula approved through the PAVE system. At The Gathering Sport, Los Angeles
Black Maternal Health Week 2023 Frontline Doulas Events and Collaborations
“Supporting Black Mothers: Restoring Joy”
Date: Wednesday Apr 12, 2023
Time: 10:30am-2:00pm
Location: MLK Jr. Center for Public Health
Register via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/594969458667
This event is INVITE ONLY by RSVP. We would like to thank all of the amazing organizations contributing to such a fabulous event.
Black Maternal Liberation Celebration:
A Black Maternal Health Week Event
Sankofa Birthworkers Collective of the Inland Empire presents the:
Saturdayday, April 16, 2022
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM (PT)
This event is in partnership with:
The California Black Women’s Health Project, Frontline Doulas, Center for You and Community Development
This will be an indoor and outdoor gathering of Black Birthworkers (Doulas, Midwives, Lactation and Childbirth Educators) and Black pregnant and postpartum families. The purpose of the event is to celebrate Black maternal wellness in the community and connect Black Birthworkers to Black Birthing Families. Our event will include food, Birthworker/Doula activities, networking, community resource tables and more.
Frontline Doulas and Sole Folks presents
The Revolution is in the Womb:
Liberation of the Womb Through Birthwork
Tuesday, April 12, 2022
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM (PT)
on behalf of
Black Maternal Health Week 2022
A virtual salon panel discussion of the healing of our wombs through the modality of birthwork. Join us to deeper connect and gently root into our collective womb consciousness, divine feminine wellness and birth justice.
Conversation will include:
The importance of radical self care in private doula practices
Unique birth stories that center joy when trauma presents itself
Liberation through nonviolent communication with our wombs
Self-reflection and awareness as a integral component of community doula work
Your hosts:
Dr. Sayida Peprah, Co-Founder Frontline Doulas, Sankofa Birthworkers Collective, Executive Director Diversity Uplifts Inc., Psychologist and Doula
Khefri Riley, Co-Founder Frontline Doulas, CEO of Urban Goddess Lifestyle & Los Angeles Birth Partners, Doula, Prenatal Yoga Specialist and Mentor/Trainer
Deidre Coutsoumpos, Sankofa Birthworkers Collective Co-Lead, Birthworker, Doula Access Program Coordinator and Doula Mentor/Trainer
Panelists include:
Dr. Kacie Blackman, Epidemiologist, California State University Northridge
Community Doulas - Nakomi Kirby, Felicia Francis-Edwards and Chantel Runnels (Frontline Doulas & Sankofa Birthworkers Collective)
YOU…the Community. We want to hear your voices!
Event Flyer + Graphics
Click to download the flyer (PDF) and social media graphics below.
Join Frontline Doulas and Sole Folks
Heal the Womb, Heal the World
July 7th, 10th and 11th 2021
for a series of Maternal Health / Reproductive Justice and Wellness experiences, in the historic Leimert Park District, funded in part by LA Care.
Location: Sole Folks, 4317 Degnan Ave. LA, CA 90008 and Online as specified
Wednesday July 7th, 11am-3pm
ORGANIC FOOD GIVE AWAY - (LIVE)
Organic whole foods nourishment provided by Let’s Be Whole. Come on by to pick up your FREE provisions. Our goal is to feed 150 households. Help us meet our goal by sharing this information.
Location: Sole Folks, 4317 Degnan Ave. LA, CA 90008
Wednesday July 7th, 7pm-9pm
THE REVOLUTION IS IN THE WOMB - (VIRTUAL) Panel Discussion on Zoom
A salon panel discussion on holistic healing, anchoring the power of the divine feminine and reproductive wellness for Black Women. Conversations about activating the divine feminine, creating wholeness within our wombs and in our own consciousness. We would like to call in a space that centers our healed and whole selves, moving us beyond habitual reaction to the disparities and the injustices of the world.
We invite you to assemble with us in a virtual salon to participate in creating intentions and solutions for emotional, physical, spiritual womb health in our community.
Panelists include: YOU! (Community engagement is what this is about), Moderated by Addis The Great with Master Herbalist Cameron Moore, Frontline Doula Directors Khefri Riley & Dr. Sayida Peprah, Acupuncturist Carine Camara + Kindred Space Birth Center LA.
Community partners: Black Women for Wellness and ARC
RSVP HERE Zoom registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYsduqqrz4qGt35_a_zDV1TI8bCQzUsTGQb
Upon registration participants will receive an auto-email from Zoom to join the event on Wed. 7/7
Saturday July 10th, 9am-12pm
DONUTS WITH DADS - (VIRTUAL) Dads Group for BIPOC Fathers
A father's support group created with the intention to create conversation, community and counsel amongst fathers who share the layered experience of fatherhood.
On Saturday July 10th from 9am-12pm, Mannie Thomas III, Co-Executive Director and Growth Coordinator for Success Stories Program, will be joining Donuts for Dads for a discussion on toxic masculinity and the impact it has on the culture of fatherhood. This event is FREE and for BIPOC FATHERS ONLY, the link below will be active on the date and time of event. NO RSVP required, just click on Zoom meeting link below.
Time: Jul 10, 2021 09:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83054481370?pwd=MXVFMGVsd1RUSFkxR1Q5REI4M1lTQT09
Sunday July 11th, 12-4pm
Spend the afternoon with us! Black Doula Info Table, DJ Bsmooth and MC Danae, Children’s Art Empowerment Table, Yoni Herbs, RJ Prison Film Screening, Face Painting, Altar Building + much more. (LIVE) @ SOLE FOLKS
12pm-4pm
COMMUNITY ALTAR TO HONOR THE DIVINE WOMB - (LIVE)
You are invited to bring your offerings to this public community Altar. We will collectively build an altar to honor the womb as the seat of divine creation. Let’s give thanks to the Creator, Mother Earth and our Ancestors who gave us LIFE. Inclusive of all spiritual paths. Examples of offerings include flowers, candles, art, objects from nature, fabrics, decorative items, photos of ancestors, prayers written on paper, poems etc. Location: Sole Folks, 4317 Degnan Ave. LA, CA 90008
BLACK DOULA INFO TABLE - (LIVE)
Come meet our doulas and get educated about doula and midwife care for your birth and postpartum experience. With representatives from Frontline Doulas + Kindred Space South LA’s 1st Black Birth Center + AAIMM Doula Program + Black Women for Wellness + Sankofa Birthworkers Collective of the Inland Empire. Location: Sole Folks, 4317 Degnan Ave. LA, CA 90008
12 - 2pm
YONI HERBS GIVE AWAY AND PLAYSHOP - with the amazing folks from Cosmic Kichin. (LIVE)
“High Vibration Healing from the Motherland” with Cosmic Kichin’s Adaobi Mozie. Find out more how gentle herbs for your reproductive system can be used to heal your womb. Gift packets will be given to participants. www.cosmickichin.com
Location: Sole Folks, 4317 Degnan Ave. LA, CA 90008
12pm-2pm
CHILDREN’S ART EMPOWERMENT TABLE (Parent Supervised) with Susan Lowe, LMFT and Nadrien Bishop, PsyD
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FACE PAINTING + POP UP with Adah of Afro Puff Designs
Come with your children to experience arts activities designed to foster communication and empower children to express thoughts and feelings in positive and healthy ways. Facilitated by Mama Susan and Auntie Nadrian, Black Child Therapists
Face painting and Pop up shop with avant garde artist and mother Adah Glen of Afro Puff Design’s bourgeois street gothic chic studio.
Location: Sole Folks, 4317 Degnan Ave. LA, CA 90008
1pm-4pm
RJ PRISON FILM SHOWING AND COMMUNITY PANEL (LIVE and VIRTUAL)
‘BELLY OF THE BEAST’
A Powerful Expose of Human Rights Abuses in Women’s Prisons
Location: Sole Folks, 4317 Degnan Ave. LA, CA 90008
www.bellyofthebeastfilm.com
When an unlikely duo discovers a pattern of illegal sterilizations in women’s prisons, they wage a near impossible battle against the Department of Corrections. Filmed over seven years with extraordinary access and intimate accounts from currently and formerly incarcerated people, BELLY OF THE BEAST exposes modern-day eugenics and reproductive injustice in California prisons.
Following the film join us in a discussion about how we as Black women and communities can shift from victimization to reclaiming our autonomy within a human rights framework.
We are honored to welcome to the community panel, Kelli Dillion - film participant, survivor of domestic and state violence, City of Los Angeles Commissioner, Co-chair of Empowerment Congress Southwest and Executive Director of the non-profit Back to the Basics. https://back2thebasicsla.org
This event is FREE. ****SPACE IS LIMITED FOR IN PERSON SCREENING FIRST COME FIRST SERVE. ****
1pm - 2:30pm (LIVE IN PERSON) Screening of documentary @ Sole Folks
* POPCORN will be served.
2:30pm - 3:30pm (LIVE) Film Screening Panel Discussion @ Sole Folks
You may also join us via video-cast in a virtual showcase simultaneously 1- 4pm.
To Register for Virtual showcase: https://forms.gle/bue4h4Yi2gUHdvYS8
For Virtual participants - 24 hours prior to the event you will get an email with a link to view the screening + a link to join the panel discussion via Zoom.
We would like to thank our Community Partners:
LA Care, Sole Folks, Diversity Uplifts Inc., Black Women for Wellness, AAIMM Doula Program, Kindred Space LA, Afro Puff Designs, Let’s Be Whole, Cosmic Kichen, ARC.
Produced by: Khefri Riley + Dr. Sayida Peprah of Frontline Doulas and Diversity Uplifts + Addis Daniel