Authors and Activists Loretta Ross and Samsarah Morgan met to honor International Midwives' Day in Oakland Ca
About the Authors:
Loretta Ross started her career in the women’s movement in the 1970s, working at the D.C. Rape Crisis Center, NOW, the National Black Women’s Health Project, and SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective, among other social justice organizations. She is one of the co-creators of the Reproductive Justice framework and has lectured extensively on human rights, racism, appropriate whiteness, Calling In the Calling Out Culture, and violence against women. Her most recent publication is Reproductive Justice: An Introduction co-written with Rickie Solinger and published in 2017. She was the Co-Director of the 2004 March for Women’s Lives with 1.15 million participants.
Samsarah Morgan
Ms. Morgan is an Interfaith Minister and Counselor, Family Life Coach, Doula and Hypnotherapist. She is the founder of Nia Center for birth and family life. and Oakland Better Birth Foundation. She is a birth and postpartum caregiver and childbirth and parenting educator, and is this year celebrating 37 years as a birth worker and trainer.
Samsarah has been a trainer of birthworkers for approx 20 years through her own organization, beginning Spring of 2016 she will offer doula certification via ICTC (International Center for Traditional Childbearing) as well as other opportunities for the mentorship, education and training of birth and postpartum professionals.
.Her book, “The Children’s Village. Tales of an Urban Nana.”, was published July 22, 2015 . Her books, Birth: A Black Woman’s Survival Guide is expected in the December of 2017 and “The Birth Plan” was born April of 2017.
Ms Ross' book is available via Amazon.
Ms Morgan's book is available via Createspace.com
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