featured toolkits

black & Brown Maternal Health Toolkit

Created by:

Atabia Williams, Octavia Mingerink, Carolina Lopez-Ruiz, Jamecia Thomas, & Dawn Kaltenberg

Atabia Williams is a versatile birth worker, serving as a full-spectrum doula and community sex educator. Through Womanist Williams Birth Support Services, she provides culturally competent care, addressing pregnancy, postpartum, pelvic floor therapy, and pregnancy loss, while promoting sex education to challenge taboos and foster bodily autonomy.

She created the Black and Brown Maternal Health Toolkit to improve maternal care for marginalized communities and co-founded Empower Her, an online platform for sexual health education. Atabia’s efforts fill gaps in inadequate curricula and create safe spaces for dialogue, addressing systemic disparities with culturally relevant information.

Passionate about equity, Atabia advocates for affirming care for Black, brown, and LGBTQI+ individuals, using a sex-positive and Womanist lens to redefine reproductive justice. She envisions expanding her work through collaborations with birth workers, herbalists, and other specialists, building a legacy of empowerment and education.

Connect with Atabia on Instagram, Facebook, or her website to learn more!

#WINTERREADY PARTNERS TOOLKIT

This toolkit offers messaging, graphics, and resources designed to assist you in safeguarding lives, raising awareness about winter weather risks, promoting fire safety, and encouraging caution while traveling in winter conditions. By using the hashtag #WinterReady and sharing winter safety and preparedness tips, you can inform your communities and motivate individuals to:

  • Understand their winter weather risks.

  • Prioritize fire safety.

  • Travel with necessary supplies and caution.

  • Take proactive steps to prepare.