holistic, healing, and humanistic. It has a rich herstory and legacy in communities of color. Our vision is to make this care accessible to all peoples - especially Black, Brown, immigrant, indigenous, LGQBT, low-income and other marginalized communities.
Through Mobile Midwife, our mission is to expand Birth Justice by using story-telling, popular education, and community organizing to improve access to midwifery care.  

Every time I hear or read the story of a survivor who was forced to birth in chains, I am reminded of how broken our prison system is. The legacy of prisons, especially in the South, evolved from the convict-lease system, a thinly veiled continuation of the enslavement of Black people. Continue reading here

     Mobile Midwife along with 34 other local and national organizations, such as National Advocates for Pregnant Women, National Women’s Law Center, Amnesty International USA and ACLU of Florida are now celebrating a great victory as HB 367, the HealthyPregnancies for Incarcerated Women Act, has passed in the Florida House of Representatives. The historic vote in the House occurred on Wednesday the 7th of March in Tallahassee, Florida. The landmark legislation bans the inhumane and unjustified practice of routine shackling of those who are incarcerated during pregnancy. Read more here.