HEALING Midwifery BIPOC Listening Session in with Beloved Birth

What is the project about?
You are being asked to participate in a study about midwives’ experience of midwifery education in the US with the aim of exploring an integrated midwifery educational program for all paths to midwifery. It is up to you to decide whether you want to participate. If you decide to participate, please know you can stop your participation at any time.
What will you be asked to do?
If you agree to be interviewed for this project, you will pariticipating in Community Listening Session at the Federal Way Birth Center on Sat, March 7, 2026. Please fill out the form that is connected to the QR Code below
Optional additional elements.
You have been identified as leaders in the midwifery community and your voice is important. We are asking you to participate in the project because your perspective, knowledge and experience is crucial to improving midwifery education and practice. Please read this form and ask any questions you may have before agreeing to be in this study.
What happens to the information you provide?
The information you provide will be kept confidential. We will store the data with a code instead of your name. We will keep a list that links the code to your name and will store it securely and separate from the data.
Talk to our team that can be contacted via email:
Farrah Ka’healani Rivera: Co-Investigator
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Brooke Prudhomme: Co-Investigator
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Clare Sherley: Co-Investigator
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Leticia Salazar-Monk: Co-Investigator
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Tiffany Renée Ellis-Brown - Program Manager
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Molly Altman: Co-Investigator
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Ellen Solis: Co-Investigator
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Info: Introductions to Facilitators: Farrah & Dr. Leticia

Info: Potential Listening Session Questions What are the top three barriers in midwifery education?
it is okay to have people have a collective answer and answer that repeat
What would midwifery education look like if there were no barriers?
What would it look like to have all your personal identities and intersections ←– how to bring authenticity into midwifery?
If you could envision a midwifery training that would best suit you and the community you serve, what would it look like?
What classes and subjects do you want to see in this Midwifery Training?

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