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EBB 278: Creating an Innovative, Afrocentric Model of Prenatal Care with Hakima Payne, Founder and Executive Director of Uzazi Village

‘It takes a village’: Kansas City nonprofit to host annual Black infant mortality awareness walk
VOICE FOR EVERYONE | Share your voice with KSHB 41’s Rachel Henderson Uzazi Village, a Kansas City-based nonprofit aimed at providing community-based maternal care, is hosting its ninth annual Black Infant Mortality Awareness Walk on Saturday. “We really just want to...
Sister Doula
For the last 5 years, Black documentary filmmaker Emmett Williams has been producing a project titled SISTER DOULA, a one-hour documentary about Black infant and maternal health in America. SISTER DOULA is the story of Hakima Payne, a nurse in Kansas City who tackles...
March for Moms
Announcing our next speaker for our Sept. 29 maternal health workshop, Hakima Payne! Hakima Tafunzi Payne is the founder and Executive Director of Uzazi Village, a nonprofit dedicated to eliminating disparities in maternal and infant health in African American...
One mother’s fight on ‘the front lines of a revolution’ to save Black mothers, babies
Hakima Payne founded Uzazi Village, a nonprofit that trains doulas and focuses on reducing birth inequities for Black mothers and infants in Kansas City. BY ANNA SPOERRE| JILL TOYOSHIBA Editor’s note: During the month of February, in honor of Black History Month and...
Birthing Battle | Labor Pains
A Mother's Story It was a sweltering summer day when Izula Jade, who was about six weeks pregnant, felt sick. This nausea and pain were familiar, like the two ectopic pregnancies she’d had before, wherein she lost her babies. So she sought help from Hakima...
“Voices of Black Mothers: The Baby Friendly Experience”
Normalize Breastfeeding by Vanessa Simmons Vanessa Simmons, mother of 3, artist, and advocate, is speaking out to eliminate the taboo of public breastfeeding in our modern society. She interviews guests about their experiences, advocacy, and activism in the community...
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