KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Comfort during pregnancy and labor isn’t guaranteed, but a local non-profit is working to make the empower families throughout the experience.
Rootead Enrichment Center in Kalamazoo offers three community-focused programs in the form of “branches”: Birth Justice, Youth Enrichment, and Community Healing.
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The Birth Justice branch provides a variety of resources for young families, with a focus on women of color. Their trained birth and postpartum doulas provide continuous, non-medical support throughout pregnancy and labor, free of charge.
“I was sick of hearing the stories of Black and brown women talking about how they’re traumatized by birth, and you should never be traumatized in birth,” Birth Justice Lead, Teleshia Parker, said…