Mama Glow

FIRST FOODS JUSTICE BREASTFEEDING CERTIFICATION PROGRAM FOR DOULAS Nourishing Our Babies to Nurture Ourselves APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR SUMMER 2024 COHORT The Mama Glow Foundation is a 501c3 non profit committed to advancing reproductive justice and birth equity through education, advocacy, and the arts.  We are thrilled to announce the Mama Glow Foundation FIRST FOODS JUSTICE: BREASTFEEDING CERTIFICATION PROGRAM FOR DOULAS - Nourishing Our Babies to Nurture Ourselves 🙌🏾 This application is for the inaugural cohort for our FIRST FOODS JUSTICE PROGRAM centered on reclaiming breastfeeding education and bringing lactation support to communities most impacted by low breastfeeding rates. The design of this course centers the safety and support of Black and Brown mothers, birthing people, and families as they navigate the unique challenges and joys of breastfeeding/chestfeeding. Applications Open June 3rd, 2024 Deadline - June 17th, 2024 The design of this course centers the safety and support of Black and Brown mothers, birthing people, and families as they navigate the unique challenges and joys of breastfeeding/ chestfeeding. This course approaches the topic of breastfeeding from the framework of first food justice—the notion that all infants should have the right to access the best nutrition, and caregivers their right to provide it. We cannot discuss the joys that accompany the breastfeeding journey for BIPOC mothers without acknowledging the elephant in the room. While human milk is the gold standard for infant nutrition, Black birthing people and families face systematic barriers to breastfeeding—a reality that is tethered to the historical legacies of chattel slavery in the United States. Compared to their white counterparts, Black mothers and birthing people are less likely to initiate breastfeeding—and once they start breastfeeding, they are less likely to continue the practice for long enough to confer the benefits onto their infants. This course is a moment for restorative justice and healing. Infant formula companies have long-targeted members of minoritized populations in their efforts to heighten the accessibility of formula, and this is an opportunity to shift the narrative. Mama Glow Foundation FIRST FOODS JUSTICE: BREASTFEEDING CERTIFICATION PROGRAM FOR DOULAS will provide professional lactation education to birth workers belonging to communities facing health inequity, to equip them with skills that they can bring back to their community spaces to be of service. Course attendees will emerge from the course as First Foods Justice Advocates and upon completion of certification, will become Certified Community Lactation Educators. This program is grounded in a deep commitment to community and an investment in the Mama Glow workforce of community care workers. It is our hope that with this education comes great validation and healing. ❤️ APPLY HERE: https://lnkd.in/gmsV6Tci

Replenish Retreat: Immersive Wellness Weekend for Doulas  Nourishing those who nurture their communities. May 17-19, 2024 AN INTIMATE IMMERSIVE HEALING GATHERING INVITING BIRTH WORKERS TO SURRENDER TO SELF-CARE. LEARN MORE & REGISTER TODAY: https://lnkd.in/eTMGWwKU Join us for an immersive weekend reclaiming rest, well-being, ritual, mindfulness tools, community healing and coalition building, in a space of sacred sisterhood. The Replenish Retreat is an offering designed, curated and facilitated by the global maternal health and education platform, Mama Glow. We recognize the deeply impactful work that doulas, nurses, physicians, caregivers, social workers, therapists and healing artists and the like, do to improve the lives of those they serve. Yet, who is there to nurture the ones who are constantly nurturing others? We are! We are here to hold space for you. The Replenish Retreat weekend is grounded in movement building, wakeful rest, inspired sacred sisterhood and a deep dive into the sanctity of ourselves. Because of the very nature of their work, birth workers need spaces to access healing. We will engage in healing modalities, soulful sound meditation, ritual and conversation exploring creativity and vulnerability as portals for authentic self-expression and pathways to empowerment as care workers. Burnout is now classified as an illness and it is far too common that doulas and caregivers experience burnout because they lack support and self-care practices that keep them fortified. We hope to facilitate a space where birth workers can replenish and therefore better serve their communities because they are caring well for themselves. This retreat weekend will guide us to explore how we can fully realize our personhood and activate self-care and self-reflective practices that support our personal growth and wellbeing and fortify us for the times we live in. During this weekend we will: Lean into vulnerability and expand our capacity to receive support  Explore paired sharing and storytelling and be witnessed in support  Practice new skills, mindfulness and leadership tools that will transform our relationship with our personal wellbeing Plant seeds to cultivate the personal care work that will continue after this weekend What’s included:  Gift Bag over $250.00 in wellness & self-care products Meals provided by: Chiyo, Welcome Home & Maman Weekend of expert content including workshops and panels Investment: $595.00 + processing fees Meet our Sponsors Carol’s Daughter Chiyo Liz Winston Mad Hippie Pink Moon Perelel Versine Welcome Home WTHN

JOIN US SATURDAY FOR WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH in D.C D.C Mayor Muriel Bowser and Latham Thomas founder of Mama Glow invite you to join them in the D.C HERSTORY 5K 2024 Join us for a lively morning walking in celebration of International Women's Day. SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 2024 FREEDOM PLAZA, Washington D.C REGISTRATION | 9AM KIDS DASH BEGINS | 9:30AM RACE BEGINS | 10AM Mama Glow will be in Washington D.C., for in celebration of International Women’s Day. The FITDC HerStory 5K, powered by AETNA, is a free run/walk that attracts thousands of DC residents and folks from around the country to commemorate Women’s History Month, live and in person from Freedom Plaza. This event is dog friendly and stroller friendly. This annual event pays homage to the 350,000 women and girls living in the nation’s capital, and the 165 million women and girls across the country. Get ready for a downtown DC party featuring a pre-race lineup of speakers headlined by Mayor Bowser and Latham Thomas, a scenic race route down Pennsylvania Ave, a plaza adorned with quotes for HERstory making women, pop-up exhibits about women’s history, and a post-race finish festival with music, giveaways, and vendors from local women-owned businesses. Click here to learn more and RSVP: https://herstory5k.com/

MAMA GLOW CHILDBIRTH EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION COURSE - 4-WEEK ONLINE PROFESSIONAL TRAINING PROGRAM 8 SESSIONS TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS - MARCH 5 - APRIL 23, 2024 - 6:00-8:30PM ET (ONLINE) If you’ve pursued a professional training program with Mama Glow, then you’ve already embraced your role as a birth advocate and educator. If you have not yet joined our community but are ready to expand and build on your education in birth work, this is the right course for you, welcome! From the global maternal health and education platform that brought you the Mama Glow Doula Professional Training Program, comes a new offering for birth professionals that you don't want to miss. Are you ready to build on your knowledge and skills in the birth space? You are meant to stand alongside people during the most powerful and transformative moments of their lives, and with our new Mama Glow Childbirth Educator Certification course, that process just became a bit easier. The Mama Glow Childbirth Educator Certification Course will equip you with the education, skills, and to prepare people from all walks of life for the journey that is pregnancy, labor, childbirth and the early postnatal period. Over the course of eight sessions in four weeks, you will be joined by other like-minded individuals in your journey to ease the transition for women, laboring people, and their families. Twice a week, your instructors will focus on a curriculum theme that emphasizes a particular dimension of childbirth education, all of which will culminate in a full toolbox and an exploration of how to utilize the training. The Mama Glow Doula Childbirth Educator Certification course is unique in that it implements the framework of trauma-informed care to emphasize cultural competency, empathy, and structural competency. When you emerge from this course you will have the tools to be able to successfully lead individuals and groups in childbirth education and will broaden your access to career opportunities and advancement. We hope you can join us! This program is open to all individuals exploring and expanding their career path in birth work. This is a professional training program and upon completion of the course, students will receive a certificate. LEARN MORE: https://lnkd.in/exHCUv_m

Happy Holidays to each and every one of you! May this be a blissful and restful time for you and your family. We are thankful for all we were able to accomplish this year and look forward to reaching more milestones! xo Mama Glow Team

What an infant eats plays an important role in establishing a healthy microbiome and immune system for them. Human milk contains powerful nutrients that are individualized to support infants' needs. Human milk also contains important bacteria and probiotics that are critical to the development of the infant gut microbiome and immune system. There is a small yet critical window where we can lay the foundation for long term health for our newborns. Learn how you can protect and improve gut health to help your baby get a great start!

Mama Glow is hosting our inaugural Holiday Bazaar and debuting our new beautiful space, The Soft Space by Mama Glow to the public! You’re invited! Head down to Brooklyn this weekend to join us! Shop 20+ BIPOC + female-founders.

Mama Glow Webinar: Insights and Guidance on Infant Feeding and Immune Health - Dec 6th, 6:30-8:00pm ET What an infant eats plays an important role in establishing a healthy microbiome and immune system for them. Human milk contains powerful nutrients that are individualized to support infants' needs. Human milk also contains important bacteria and probiotics that are critical to the development of the infant gut microbiome and immune system. There is a small yet critical window where we can lay the foundation for long term health for our newborns. Learn how you can protect and improve gut health to help your baby get a great start! In this webinar we will explore: - How to support healthy infant digestive and immune function - How breastmilk influences the infant gut biome - Feeding practices to optimize infant health - Effect of maternal diet on human milk - Strategies for creating optimal conditions for breastfeeding/chestfeeding - How to protect formula feeders And so much more! We will be in conversation with the following panelists: - Charnise B. Littles, B.S., IBCLC, LD, Executive Director at Birth and Milk Co - Carrie McGuckin, BSN, RNC-NIC, Sales Director, Evivo - Jennifer Jolorte Doro, Chiyo co-founder and Chief Culinary Officer - Latham Thomas - Founder of Mama Glow (moderator) We will Giveaway a 3 Month Supply of Evivo® Infant Probiotic Powder (Value $225) REGISTER HERE: https://lnkd.in/dq6eV3_c

The holiday season is HERE and we are ready to celebrate with you! Mama Glow is hosting our innaugural Holiday Bazaar and debuting our new beautiful space, The Soft Space by Mama Glow to the public! You're invited! We are welcoming some of our favorite women and femme-owned brands that have wellness centered products and services. Prioritizing Black and POC-founded brands, the Holiday Bazaar will feature products in the categories of beauty, skincare, holistic health, pre/postnatal wellness, activewear, infant apparel, fragrance and more. The Mama Glow Holiday Bazaar is a FREE, ticketed event open to the public for shopping, product sampling, mingling, and celebrating the Soft Space’s grand opening. Participating brands will be showcasing their favorite products for the holiday season and this is a wonderful way to shop ethically! Enjoy an elevated and curated shopping experince with music, product sampling, mingling and more! Meet Some of the Brands! A Life Balance Ancestral Whisper ANeedAJuice BabiSabi Behrhaus Bella Aura Fragrances Bergen Dermatology  Camille Rose Doula Deity Divine Sacred Space Evereden Fourth Phase Box Karite  K.Smith Studio Mimi’s Apothecary  oHHo Pink Moon  Reprise Activewear Simply Shacoya The Blended Garden The Orange Moon Violets are Blue Skincare This is a FREE ticketed event open to the public and broader community. You must be registered to attend. RSVP to ATTEND - https://lnkd.in/dMcxyqbB