Giving Tuesday: 15 Community Orgs to Support Today

As BFF's executive director, I have had the opportunity to learn about so many inspiring organizations doing critical on-the-ground work to advance birthing justice. This Giving Tuesday, I want to share with you some wonderful community based organizations that I would encourage you to check out and support. Some of these organizations have received grants from BFF, others exceeded our capacity to grant this year, and all deserve abundance today and all year round.

• BIPOC for Better Birth in Central Illinois

• Birth Detroit in Michigan (Also check out their merch store here)

• BirthMama in Los Angeles, California

• Breath of My Heart Birthplace in Espanola, New Mexico

• Chocolate Milk Cafe (National)

• Community Roots Midwife Collective in Colorado

• GLO Preemies in Northern California

• Granny's Birth Initiative in Kentucky

• Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Hawaii

• Holistic Birth Collective in Chicago, Illinois (Also check out their merch store here)

• MAAME Inc (Mobilizing African American Mothers Empowerment)

• Mothers for Mothers Postpartum Justice in the Bay Area, California

• Naturally Nurtured Birth Services in Memphis, Tennessee

• Urban Perinatal Education Center in Rhode Island

• Want to Be Well Doula Services in North Carolina

Part of our mission at BFF is to uplift changemakers and birth justice leaders hard at work serving their communities, often without national recognition or fundraising teams to bring in resources. I hope you are inspired as we are by the creativity and skill of these wonderful groups.

Giving Tuesday is not only a day for fundraising, but a day when we can all strive to align our actions with our values.

In Solidarity,
Tanya Smith-Johnson