Current Projects & Efforts

• Donate $5,000 to Washington state organizations supporting Black lives and match up to an additional $2,000 based on member donations.

• In addition to continuing to  offer Annual Meeting scholarships to Student Midwives of Color, we will be offering a scholarship for a practicing Midwife of Color

• Subsidize membership fees for a minimum of 10 Washington Student Midwives of Color or Midwives of Color; we are continuing to work with the National office to further expand this opportunity.

• In 2019, we developed the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Committee. We are committed to continuing to amplify and listen to BIPOC midwives’ voices

• All committee projects will have an EDI focus and must include efforts towards dismantling racism, including grassroots advocacy, marketing, and education for members and communities. Additionally, all board projects will be reviewed to ensure an EDI lens was taken when considering how we operate as an organization.

• Gather demographic information for midwives in Washington state to better understand the true disproportion in race amongst midwives and patients.

Leadership Efforts

• In 2019 we developed the EDI Representative Board position.

• Plan to motion to change bylaws for addition of BIPOC board member.

• Continuing efforts to network and create partnerships with organizations across the state who also support the Black Lives Matter movement

• Ask other organizations to join us in these commitments