reproductive justice
The PostpARTum Project
Program Design
Creative Direction
Created a community of collective care, The postpARTum Project, delivering self-guided artist and yoga retreats for postpartum Black Mothers — made possible in part by the Advancing Black Arts in Pittsburgh grant from The Pittsburgh Foundation and The Heinz Endowments.
New Voices for Reproductive Justice
NVRJ promotes the complete health and well-being of Black women and girls in the Greater Pittsburgh Region, Pennsylvania and Ohio.
// Chair, Board of Directors, 2016 - 2018 // Member, 2014 - 2016
Birthday Yoga Festival
Presented by YOGAMOTIF, the Birthday Yoga Fest centered reproductive justice for women of color during a festive day of healing. Centering brown bodies and inviting all to celebrate, this occasion honors the womb, the original birthplace, our abilities to birth, and heal our most sacred spaces.
// Producer
Black Maternal Health Week
Partnered with New Voices for Reproductive and community partners to offer free YOGAMOTIF memberships and workshops to support Black women and people who birth.
// Community Partner
Nurture & Nourish Yoga: Perinatal Yoga Teacher Training
Delivered trauma-sensitive prenatal instruction to 85-hour Prenatal Yoga teachers in training with integrated movement, breathwork, lecture, and discussion sessions
// Guest Faculty
