Shadowing
In the United States the midwifery workforce is greater than 90 percent white. For aspiring midwives who are not white it can be challenging to find opportunities to shadow a midwife, let alone shadow one who looks like them or may share a similar cultural or racial background. In 2018 Asmara Gebre a Black & Latinx midwife began offering shadowing opportunities to aspiring midwives who expressed interest in shadowing her. After providing shadowing opportunities to 5 aspiring midwives, volunteering greater than 140 hours of shifts to being shadowed the shadowing program was organically born. With the invaluable feedback from aspiring midwives, Ms. Gebre designed shadowing sustainability so that shadowing could also take place with other BIPOC Midwives.
MISSION
to provide BIPOC aspiring midwives first hand exposure to the midwifery profession. An opportunity for aspiring midwives to visualize themselves in the midwifery role.
VISION
To support the expansion of midwifery shadowing opportunities for Black, Indigenous, and People of color aspiring midwives
3/2020: All shadowing has been put on hold due to COVID19
Do you live in the Bay Area, identify as a Black, Indigenous, or Person of Color, & are interested in seeing what a midwife in action does? Click button above to learn more!
(Since 3/2020 no shadowing due to COVID19)
This area will be updated when shadowing resumes
BIPOC Aspiring Midwives is interested in creating partnerships where BIPOC Midwifery Care is happening. Would you or your site like to allow a BIPOC aspiring Midwife to shadow a BIPOC midwife in action? Click button above to learn more!