The Black Mamas Matter Alliance serves as a national entity working to advance Black maternal health, rights, and justice, and uplifts the work of locally based, Black-led and Black women-led maternal health initiatives and organizations. We honor the work and historical contributions of Black women’s leadership within their communities. We value the need to recognize, amplify, and support this work on a national scale. For this reason, BMMA does not have chapters. The alliance is composed of existing organizations and individuals whose work is deeply rooted in reproductive justice, respectful maternity care, birth justice, and the human rights frameworks. Affiliation within the Alliance as an official Partner and Collaborator is on a case-by-case, invite-only annual basis.
2023 Partners
Collaborators
Breana Lipscomb, MPH
Caitlin Williams, PhDc
Deidre McDanie MSW, LCSW
Fleda Mask Jackson PhD
Ifeyinwa Asiodu, RN, PhD
Isabel Morgan, MSPH, CPH, PhDc
Jamila Perritt, MD MPH FACOG
Jill Denson, PhD, MSW
Monica R. McLemore
Nia Mitchell, MPH
Nicole Clark, LMSW
Philicia W Castillo-Sanders
Raena Granberry
Sayida Peprah-Wilson, PsyD
2025 – 2026 Partners
Ancient Song Inc. – NY
Atlanta Doula Collective – GA
Baobab Birth Collective – AL
Birthing Cultural Rigor, LLC – TN
Black Girls’ Breastfeeding Club, LLC.
Black Mothers Breastfeeding Association – MI
Black Women Birthing Justice – CA
Black Women for Wellness – CA
Black Women’s Health Imperative – GA
Bloom Collective – MD
Center for Black Women’s Wellness – GA
Chocolate Milk Café National Inc. – NJ
CHOICES Center for Reproductive Health – TN
Commonsense Childbirth Inc. – FL
Dem Black Mamas Podcast – SC
Diversity Uplifts, Inc. – CA
Feminist Center for Reproductive Liberation – GA
Health Equity Resources & Strategies (H.E.R.S)
Jamaa Birth Village – MO
Kuluntu Reproductive Justice Center – GA
Mamatoto Village – DC
Mothering Justice – MI
Narrative Nation, Irth App – NY
National Black Midwives Alliance – FL
Nzingha Maternal Health Rights and Research – GA
Oshun Family Center – PA
Perinatal Health Equity Initiative – NJ
Restoring Our Own Through Transformation – OH
RJ Squared LLC – NC
Sankofa Reproductive Health & Healing Center – NY
Shades of Blue Project
SisterReach, Inc. – TN/IL
Sisters in Loss – VA
SisterSong – GA
Southern Birth Justice Network – FL
The Afiya Center – TX
The Foundation for Black Women’s Wellness – WI
The Melanated Mammary Atlas – FL