Black Doula Day Virtual Global Celebration

DATE: 04/11/2025

TIME: 9:00am CST

LOCATION: Virtual Press Conference

COST: FREE

EVENT DESCRIPTION:

Kicking off Black Maternal Health Week 2025 (#BMHW25), in collaboration with Jamaa Birth Village, the Black Doula Day Virtual Press Conference aims to celebrate the joy of Black birth, honor holistic restoration, and ensure sustainability in Black Maternal Health efforts.

This year’s Black Doula Day™ Global Celebration is a powerful declaration that our future lies in the wisdom of our past. As we launch this movement on a global scale, we center the timeless knowledge of our ancestors, embracing community-based birthwork, holistic restoration, and sustainable Black maternal health efforts.

Black doulas have always been the keepers of sacred birth traditions, acting as healers, advocates, and guardians of life. Through this year’s theme, we call on doulas, midwives, birthing people, and the broader community to reclaim and restore ancestral birthing practices that have sustained us for generations—practices that prioritize care over profit, relationships over institutions, and healing over harm.

Featured Speakers Include:

Okunsola M. Amadou – Founder of Black Doula Day™, Jamaa Birth Village

Milan Spencer – Doula & Associate Director with Black Mamas Matter Alliance

Dasha Tate – Doula & Director of Family Services with ROOT

Libre X – Doula Work in Palestine, International Solidarity in Birthwork

Khye Tyson – Kuluntu Reproductive Justice Center, Black Queer Birth Justice

Kefilwe Sibenya – South African Traditional Doula, Restoring African Practices

Gosego Kotu-Rammopo – South African Doula, Serving Deaf & Hard of Hearing Women

T. Luna Imhotep – Traditional Doula in Ghana, Rooted in Doula Care Across The Diaspora

James Hogue – The Dad’s Doula, Fathers Assisting Mothers With a

Special Guest Legislative Speaker advocating for Black maternal health and doula inclusion in policy.

This years press conference is a call to action for global solidarity, justice, and the restoration of birth as a sacred, communal, and protected experience for Black families around the world.