Helena Grant

@voiceofrabbis @TorahJudaism @authenttorahjew @VOJews This is a Great Rabbi. So honest and loves his people. Protects the women of his community and by extension stands up for truth with other communities. He is a spiritually sound human and soul. Living by Torah is his daily walk.. TY Rabbi Jacobowitz for speaking Truth to Power!

The Sacred Duty to Preserve Torah and Exile: Rabbi Aron Jacobowitz’s, Stern Warning Against Zionism’s Betrayal of Torah, Desecration of Our Ancestors’ Graves, and False Nationalism Endangering the Jewish Soul Source @TorahJudaism @authenttorahjew @VOJews

@TheNWHN @ReynosoBrooklyn Proud to answer the CALL to affect and effect change so that Birth can be Safe, Satisfying, and Sacred

Tune in to our discussion with Brooklyn BP @ReynosoBrooklyn & @MatriarchMidwif, the co-chair of his newly founded Maternal Health Taskforce, on how they're fighting against unacceptably dire #maternalhealth outcomes for Black women in Brooklyn. l8r.it/SCKg

@SarahDiGregorio @phara4assembly @BKLYNlibrary It's a Blessing and a Privilege to take part in such an important conversation. THIS IS THE WORK!

@keithboykin HAIL!!

Thirty-four years after Donald Trump led a lynch mob to execute him and four other wrongly accused young Black and brown men, Yusef Salaam of the Exonerated Five has declared victory in the New York City Council race to represent Harlem.

@rachelbruns @MercyOne_Iowa @IowaHHS Agree! And this is why it is also imperative that midwives establish solid relationships with community and Elected officials The days of driving into the parking lot and giving good care and calling it a day have long been over. Where is @ACNMmidwives Iowa?

🧵1/ At the end of this month w/closure of Mercy Midwives by @MercyOne_Iowa there will be no hospital based #midwives providing VBAC care in Des Moines. This runs counter to every practice guideline you can find & evidence-informed care. @IowaHHS #Iowa #DSMUSA #MaternalHealth

@AnnLedbetter6 Agree! And this is why it is also imperative that midwives establish solid relationships with community and Elected officials - they days of driving into the parking lot and giving good care and calling it a day have long been over

When healthcare systems eliminate hospital midwifery care, they encourage people who are not good candidates for home birth to choose it anyway.

@mi_niles @iamn0tthe1 @AnnLedbetter6 @lizmayessex Idolizing European Midwifery, Yes there is that purposeful bamboozling bc IT IS the most Utilized and Studied. We need also consider the "inference of origination" in addition to the perfected status, for this is the WHY of the upheld supremacist value system

@iamn0tthe1 @AnnLedbetter6 @lizmayessex TY for educating fellow tweeters @iamn0tthe1 with a precision that I don’t really demand of this birdy 🐦app Also don’t see how the fact that they are nullips makes it any more legible or “believable” or acceptable. PSA: stop idolizing European midwifery. We all got problems.

FYI: Episiotomy rates in Europe are astounding: 🇸🇪6% in Sweden, 🇩🇰7% in Denmark, 🇮🇸24% in Iceland, 🇳🇴35% in Norway, 🇩🇪38% in the state of Hesse, Germany, 🇲🇹41% in Malta, 🇳🇱46% in the Netherlands, 🇫🇮46% in Finland, 🇮🇪47% in Ireland & 🇧🇪68% in Belgium

@mi_niles Woodhull's is 2% and my personal statistic is .07%. 12 Epis in 27 years of practice 1,700 births. WTF is going on in Europe? High Midwifery, low MMM, high vaginal trauma- I'm in shock on a Friday evening!

@KelDaroe Takes one to know one!!😘

I mean, who has mentors *this* beautiful? @MatriarchMidwif is a goddess who just happens to be on the earthly plane. 😍😍😍

I have been down—SAD, mourning, etc. But all it takes is scrolling my📱to realize how ❤️ I am, especially by Black midwifery scholars. ⁦@MatriarchMidwif⁩ ⁦@keishagoode8⁩ ⁦@tayisharebecca⁩ ⁦⁦@iamn0tthe1⁩ reached out just because they FELT I needed it. 🥰

@mi_niles I've got ingredients to add to that pie...

“I’ll be the baker and the maker of the piece of my pie” - OutKast #MondayMotivation

@mamdiarra Thank you for Holding the Mirror we share in this work that is ever humbling!

@MatriarchMidwif Sistah I seen you in Aftershock and you were professional and on point, and as RN myself who once worked in an elite hospital, I seen alot of the elements you mentioned in the documentary, Let's keep waking our sistahs up..knowledge is power!

THIS...All day everyday. I think I'll come back and speak to this and the connected Herstories more than a few times this month- but for now all I'll say is Black Midwifery IS the UNDENIABLE Genesis Energy for Black AND White folks on this stolen land America

@MurseWordsworth @iamn0tthe1 @ElleLettMDPhD @1andOnlyChrisN Cuz they keep pretending NOT to understand - as you know they ESPECIALLY get to do this bc BP are falling in line nicely with the UNACTIONABLE nonplans. Frankly it's shameful especially after you and I did the heavy lifting here midwife.org/truth-and-reco…

@iamn0tthe1 @ElleLettMDPhD @1andOnlyChrisN @MatriarchMidwif

@iamn0tthe1 @RJEpiOBWarrior Yep!!! ABSOLUTELY!

@MatriarchMidwif @RJEpiOBWarrior does this remind you of anything? We still need to record that dramatic reading for perpetuity.

@iamn0tthe1 @keishagoode8 @mi_niles Yes...this is ALL @mi_niles fault... She was doing being modest, not publicizing widely AND doing her ABSOLUTE best to drive me to 🍸- 🤪 So please forgive me for not setting more FIYAH to the invitation list. Love you @iamn0tthe1

@keishagoode8 @mi_niles @MatriarchMidwif Me searching for my lost invitation

The absolute best day ❤️ ⁦@mi_niles⁩ ⁦@MatriarchMidwif⁩

@mi_niles Ummm...NO one can take anything from you...although they surely try. This behavior has white Matriarchal roots. You know what to do so do it...her name is Kali Ma...BET they won't come your way again dealing their toxic doses of Fuckery

I really wonder sometimes if YT women see me? when it seems they just look right through me- taking what they need/want without any consideration or consent. It’s the lack of listening for me that is deeply invisibilizing

@iamn0tthe1 @bidibidiSNM @keishagoode8 @RJEpiOBWarrior @ndgrayson @udropicatch @midwifeana @lexiTHEmidwife YES...I AGREE!! LMAO!!

@MatriarchMidwif @bidibidiSNM @keishagoode8 @RJEpiOBWarrior @ndgrayson @udropicatch @midwifeana @lexiTHEmidwife Will you agree to do dramatic readings of all my emails from here on out?

About last night. The Revolution may not be televised, but it will be tweeted. With friends like this, I have no enemies. @MatriarchMidwif @keishagoode8 @RJEpiOBWarrior @ndgrayson @udropicatch @midwifeana @lexiTHEmidwife thanks for the most laughter I’ve enjoyed in 3 years. 🖤

@mi_niles Who needs to be snatched

🛑Stop using midwife and doula interchangeably- it causes confusion & chaos that ultimately impacts those seeking out care - not knowing the difference does more harm than good. You don’t need a midwife OR a doula - you need a midwife AND a doula (& sometimes a Physician too)

I get that folks want to call themselves “midwife” and I also know calling yourself one is not the same as being one- it’s heavier, it’s the hours, the training, the reverence, the humility, the sacrifice and the unapologetic dedication to being accountable - that is truth

@Ebmidwif @black_midwives This is how the Fire Born Lionesses Do it!

@black_midwives Yes Bday twin!! @MatriarchMidwif ❤️

Our midwife crush this week is Helena Grant, midwife of 25 yrs in Brooklyn. Midwife Helena spoke powerfully last week during NYC's announcement of efforts to address maternal health disparities. More info abt the announcement: on.nyc.gov/3LskbSf #mcw #blackmidwives