Health Equity Anti-Racism Scholarship

ADVANCE HEALTH EQUITY!!

SUPPORT THE NEXT GENERATION OF RACIALLY DIVERSE MIDWIVES!!

 

The Health Equity Anti-Racism (HEAR) Committee of the Pennsylvania Affiliate of the

American College of Nurse-Midwives (PA-ACNM) announces a new scholarship fund to support the midwifery education of students who self-identify as Black, Indigenous, or other racially oppressed groups. The first scholarship will be issued in March 2023 and will continue annually.

• Roughly 90% of midwives currently practicing in the US are white, while 45% of pregnant people cared for by midwives are Black, Indigenous and Latinx.

• Racially concordant providers have been shown to improve outcomes, increase access, improve quality, and reduce experiences of racial bias in health care.

• Our profession was built on the disenfranchisement of non-white midwives.

• This scholarship is an opportunity for those who have benefited from generations of systemic racism and white supremacy to participate in a reparation and restoration process.

 

For a tax deductible charitable donation letter please message the organizer using the button below, include your name, address and phone number. This information will not be public. We anticipate letters to go out in December 2022 or January 2023.

The members of the PA-ACNM HEAR Committee

Brittany Case, SNM

Aya Eliza-Christie, CNM

Rebecca Clark, CNM

Kamil El, CNM (PA-ACNM treasurer)

Mari-Carmen Farmer, CNM (Advisor)

Robin Hewlett, CNM

Kathleen Nishida, CNM (Chair)

Cassidy Rush, SNM