Jennie Joseph-Midwife

01/06/2025

Some see herb work and plant medicine as an esthetic. I see it as autonomy, revolution, liberation, and culture work. To understand how to heal yourself, to be able to serve your family and community, even when things shut down around you. To know that you can do something to support your body's wellness, even if it's "basic," is knowledge and wisdom many folks don't have nowadays.
I hope that you will join me for my Grandma's Hands® Pregnancy and Postpartum Herbs and Nutrition in the Southern Tradition 6 Week Online Course starting Aug. 7, 2025. Learn how to tend to yourself and pregnant mamas with folkhealing from the Black Southern Tradition.
Register at the link in my bio, I can't wait to share with you! 🌱https://form.jotform.com/210125862674152




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22/05/2025

This month, we’d like to spotlight Dr. Hannah Harris, founder and executive director of / Signs Community Services , located in Springfield, Missouri. Water Signs Community Perinatal Services began in 2021 as a simple idea sparked by a classroom project. This started as a student-led exploration of the hidden costs of womanhood & then led to the creation of a maternity clothing closet. Since then, the work has blossomed into a growing, community rooted organization committed to reproductive justice and holistic perinatal support.

As a solo mom, full spectrum doula, childbirth educator, yoga teacher, and clinical psychologist, Dr. Harris brings both lived experience and deep intention to her work. Water Signs Community Perinatal Services is a recognized Perinatal Safe Spot, offering culturally grounded doula care, mental health support, and long-term community connections especially for BIPOC families. Dr. Harris is reminds us that sometimes, the most powerful movements begin with just one small idea and a whole lot of heart.

We invite you to support and uplift Water Signs Community Perinatal Services by spreading the word, connecting with their work, and continuing to build community alongside them.

09/05/2025

Happy Mother’s Day!

And to all of you who have been wondering what I have been up to recently ……….🥁🥁 I am happy to announce that Commonsense Childbirth is joining with FC Mother to launch Morad Fareed’s brilliant concept of HEALING SPORTS this Mother’s Day 2025!

Yes!! We are healing our mothers through the ‘beautiful game’.

has joined forces with FC Mother to present the World Cup of Healing — a groundbreaking movement uniting the global football(soccer) industry around one urgent goal: improving maternal health. Through storytelling, science, and the power of community, this initiative redefines how football can generate real impact far beyond the pitch.

The mission? To improve maternal health and wellbeing globally through the world’s largest social infrastructure: football ⚽️

Thanks for highlighting ’s story for Mother’s Day.

Y’all KNOW that this right up my street!! Watch this space, it’s about to take off!!! Goooaaaallllllll!

09/05/2025

Happy Mother’s Day!
To all the mamas that we have supported throughout the years, to all the mamas who have helped us, funded us, and assisted us to continue this vital, uninterrupted service over 27 years - our staff, our volunteers, our board, our colleagues, our funders and our community - we thank you! ~ Jennie and the Commonsense Childbirth Team

02/05/2025

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30/04/2025

Join BMMA, Inc.’s Executive Director, Angela D. Aina, at The First 100 Days virtual town hall hosted by Black Women's Health Imperative today at 7 PM ET.

This dynamic conversation will bring together Black women leaders across health, policy, and advocacy to unpack the urgent issues impacting our communities—from maternal health and public health cuts to reproductive justice and economic equity.

🔗 RSVP now at 100days.bwhi.org

28/04/2025

Every Mother Counts’ Christy Turlington is a trailblazer in championing - one of the few who used her platform to highlight the existing problem of racial disparities in the US. Her work speaks for itself! Thank you Christy!

🎥 15 years ago this week, our founder & president Christy Turlington Burns released her film, No Woman, No Cry — the powerful documentary that led to the creation of Every Mother Counts.

The film follows the journeys of pregnant women in four countries — Tanzania, Bangladesh, Guatemala, and the U.S. — highlighting the challenges they faced to give birth safely.

This film marked Christy’s directorial debut and informed the mission of Every Mother Counts to make pregnancy and childbirth safe for everyone, everywhere.

🔗 For a limited time, you can watch the film now: https://bit.ly/3GloX77

21/04/2025

- what a week it was! Thank you Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated , and all who toil year round to support the mamas and families of our beloved communities. We fight on and we will prevail! 💙💙💙 🕊️🕊️🕊️💙💙💙

Through the Extraordinary Power of S.H.E., Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated remains unwavering in our advocacy for Black maternal health. We are dedicated to driving change, championing initiatives like the Momnibus Act, and working to end the Black maternal mortality crisis.

Alongside trailblazers like Soror Jennie Joseph, who’s embracing community-based care, and challenging systemic disparities, we are supporting efforts to revolutionize maternal healthcare fighting for equitable and accessible maternal health for all.

💙 Every mother deserves equitable, safe, and quality care. It’s time to amplify voices, push for policy change, and create real solutions for Black maternal health.

27/02/2025

Jon me this evening! https://www.socialdocumentary.net/cms/2025-festival-black-birth .pat.j Paolo Patruno, documentary filmmaker.