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Women Making History Mural, Portland Oregon

“Women Making History in Portland,” mural at N Interstate and N Harding Ave. Shafia Monroe, top right holding infant.

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    Launching Your Birth Work Using A Non-Profit

    Creating a Non-Profit for Your Birth Work Thirty-plus years ago, I made the decision to find a way to serve families as a midwife.  It was stressful doing birth work and working a traditional job.   In my hiring interview, I told the employer that I was a midwife/birth worker; and that I could not predict…

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    Ending Black U.S. Maternal Mortality

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