The Cypher Collective

The Cypher Collective Inspired by 1990 rap cyphers—The Cypher Collective is a space where Black midwives come together to build community, sharpen skills, and exchange wisdom.

We’re calling out to our village! 🤲🏾💫The Cypher Collective is gearing up for The Learning Lab at the NBMA conference , ...
02/17/2026

We’re calling out to our village! 🤲🏾💫

The Cypher Collective is gearing up for The Learning Lab at the NBMA conference , and baby… this space is about to pour into Black learning midwives in the best way.

This hands-on lab is where students tap into real clinical skills, ancestral knowing, and the grounding that makes our care so powerful. And to make it everything it needs to be , we’re calling on our village. 🤎

We are accepting supply donations and financial contributions to help us build an immersive, well-equipped learning space for future midwives.

🧡 Want to purchase items directly from our wishlist?
Here’s the link:
👉🏾 https://mywishlist.online/w/fljbkn/thes-wishlist

💛 Prefer to donate funds to support the lab?
You can bless the work here:
👉🏾 Venmo:

Every item, every dollar, every share helps us prepare the next generation of Black midwives with confidence, skill, and community behind them. Thank you for showing up for us always.

With gratitude,
The Cypher Collective x National Black Midwives Alliance 🌿🤍

✨ THE LINEAGE CONTINUES ✨Today we honor and uplift another brilliant light in our learning midwife community — Tarynn An...
02/16/2026

✨ THE LINEAGE CONTINUES ✨
Today we honor and uplift another brilliant light in our learning midwife community — Tarynn Anthony.

Based in Belton, TX, Tarynn is a first-year student midwife walking the PEP pathway with intention, humility, and deep reverence for the legacy of Black birth workers. Her commitment to physiologic birth, informed choice, and holistic family-centered care is already shaping the future of her community in a meaningful way.

For Tarynn, Black Midwifery isn’t just history , it’s the foundation. Even when overshadowed, it continues to breathe life, resilience, and protection into our families. And she’s determined to carry that torch forward where representation is needed most.

✨ Her goal: to educate, support, and help heal her community physically, mentally, and emotionally.

✨ Our goal: to surround her with the love, resources, and community she deserves.

Ways to support (links in our Spotlight highlight) :
💛 Donate to her midwifery fund: https://gofund.me/e0d2cad2c
💛 Visit her website: https://www.therootedsouldoula.com

Let’s continue pouring into the next generation of midwives who are preserving the traditions, stories, and power of our lineage.

At The Cypher Collective, we honor the hands that caught us, the wisdom that sustained us, and the stories that refuse t...
02/11/2026

At The Cypher Collective, we honor the hands that caught us, the wisdom that sustained us, and the stories that refuse to be erased. This Black History Month, we’re diving into powerful works that center Black midwives, birth traditions, and the legacy of community care. 🤎

Here’s what’s on our shelf this week :

💜 Delivered by Midwives – Jenny M. Luke
💜 The Women Who Caught the Babies – Eloise Greenfield
💜 My Bag Was Always Packed – Claudine Curry Smith & Mildred Hopkins Baker Roberson
💜 Safe in a Midwife’s Hands – Linda Janet Holmes
💜 Listen to Me Good – Margaret Charles Smith & Linda Janet Holmes
💜 Sisters on a Journey – Penfield Chester

Black midwifery is legacy. It’s skill. It is not a trend.

Stay tuned… more book recommendations are on the way. 📖✨

Today we honor a monumental milestone — 100 years of celebrating Black History Month. What began as a vision to preserve...
02/01/2026

Today we honor a monumental milestone — 100 years of celebrating Black History Month. What began as a vision to preserve, center, and uplift Black excellence has grown into a global movement of remembrance, resistance, and reclamation.

Black History Month was founded by historian Carter G. Woodson, who understood that a people disconnected from their history are vulnerable to having their worth erased. His work planted the seeds for generations to learn, remember, and stand proudly in the fullness of Black brilliance.

Here at The Cypher Collective, we carry that torch with intention.

Our mission is to uplift, educate, and empower Black midwives — honoring our ancestral roots while supporting present-day practitioners and nurturing future generations. Throughout this entire month, we are centering Black midwifery because our presence in birth work is not new. We have always been here. We have always been the blueprint.

This education is free food for thought — nourishment for the mind, the spirit, and the lineage.

Black midwives have:
• Safeguarded our communities through centuries
• Held knowledge when institutions shut us out
• Protected Black families when systems failed

And we are still standing. Still serving. Still rising.

🖤 To the ancestors — we thank you.
🖤 To today’s midwives — we honor you.
🖤 To the next generation — we see you.

Happy Black History Month.
Let’s build. Let’s heal. Let’s thrive. 🌀




ATTENTION BLACK MIDWIVES 🖤The Cypher Collective is seeking instructors ( If you’re a NARM-registered preceptor, that’s a...
01/20/2026

ATTENTION BLACK MIDWIVES 🖤

The Cypher Collective is seeking instructors ( If you’re a NARM-registered preceptor, that’s a plus!) for The Learning Lab at NBMA CON 2026 on March 12, 2026.

Will you be in the building?
Do you feel called to pour into the next generation of Black midwives?
Do you carry skill, lived experience, and practice wisdom that deserves to be passed hand to hand?

This space is about legacy, accountability, and skill-sharing. No fluff. Just solid instruction, communal care, and protecting the future of Black birthwork.

👉🏾 Complete the interest form (link in comments).
We look forward to connecting and building together.

LearningLab EachOneTeachOne SacredHands

MIDWIFE MOMENTS ✨Featuring Learning Midwife AudreyPrenatal visits aren’t just check-ins.They’re where trust is built.Whe...
01/20/2026

MIDWIFE MOMENTS ✨
Featuring Learning Midwife Audrey

Prenatal visits aren’t just check-ins.
They’re where trust is built.
Where fears get named out loud.
Where we talk through what normal looks like—and what it means when birth takes a turn.

So when things shift, when the rhythm changes, the foundation is already there.
My client trusts my judgment because we’ve been walking together long before labor begins.

And in the corner, my preceptor—watching, listening, offering those quiet, validating smiles that say yes, you’re doing this right.
That kind of support? Priceless.

This work is sacred.
It’s a blessing to be invited into families’ lives at such a tender, powerful moment.
To witness love, preparation, vulnerability—and soon, the return of an ancestor through this baby.

I’m deeply honored to be here.
Can’t wait to welcome this little one earthside.

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🗓 Friday, January 16, 2026🕕 6:00 PM EST📍 Virtual | Registration link in comments We’re honored to welcome Mama Sarahn He...
01/15/2026

🗓 Friday, January 16, 2026
🕕 6:00 PM EST
📍 Virtual | Registration link in comments

We’re honored to welcome Mama Sarahn Henderson, CTM as our featured guest!

Mama Sarahn is a Community Traditional Midwife, educator, and ancestral knowledge keeper devoted to the protection and continuation of culturally rooted birth practices. As a wife, mother, and grandmother, she serves families through holistic, relationship-based care grounded in tradition, compassion, and community accountability.
She centers birth as sacred work—guided by ancestral wisdom, reproductive justice, and the Sankofa principle: reclaiming what was carried forward to ensure healthy futures. Her work uplifts families, trains the next generation of birthworkers, and advocates for the recognition and dignity of traditional midwives.

✨ Come ready to listen, learn, and build.

This is a virtual gathering—pull up from wherever you are and tap in to this wisdom.


Today, we’re celebrating our sisters Cairiel and Trinity for completing their didactic portion from their midwifery prog...
12/12/2025

Today, we’re celebrating our sisters Cairiel and Trinity for completing their didactic portion from their midwifery program at —a milestone that moves them one step closer to becoming licensed midwives!

Their journey has been full of dedication, sacrifice, and deep commitment to the families and communities they’ll serve.💫🤲🏾

As Black birthworkers, their accomplishments strengthen a legacy much bigger than any one of us. We’re incredibly proud and grateful to witness their growth.

If you’re able, help us shower them with love and support by sowing into their emerging practices through their wishlists( in their bio’s for instagram folks).

🔗 Support Trinity:
https://mywishlist.online/w/sqheo5/trinitys-student-midwifery-wishlist?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio

🔗 Support Cairiel:
https://mywishlist.online/w/enres1/cairis-student-midwife-wishlist

Every share, contribution, and word of encouragement matters. Thank you for showing up for the future of midwifery 💐🤍





The Cypher Collective is opening the virtual doors to our Study Group—a bi-weekly learning space crafted by us, for us. ...
12/07/2025

The Cypher Collective is opening the virtual doors to our Study Group—a bi-weekly learning space crafted by us, for us. ✨

If you’re a Black CPM or Traditional Midwifery student, this circle is for you.

Sessions meet bi-weekly on Wednesday evenings at 7 pm EST via Zoom.

Space is limited—register now!

Active participation is required (camera on and/or engaging over the mic).

Community. Culture. Collective learning. 🌿🤲🏾

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Washington D.C., DC

Website

https://linktr.ee/thecyphercollective

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