Pouring Care Back into Community Birth Leaders

During Birth Center Week 2026 (Sept 14-21), we are coming together to invest in community birth center leaders and midwives, the people who hold communities through some of life’s most transformative moments.

Black, Indigenous, and community birth center leaders of color carry enormous responsibility while working within systems that have long underfunded, undervalued, and overlooked community-based maternal health care. They show up for families with compassion, skill, advocacy, and deep cultural wisdom, facing systemic barriers themselves, often at the expense of their own health and wellbeing.

This fund is an opportunity to pour care back into the people who care for others.

Your gift to the Birth Center Leader Wellness Fund will provide direct, no-strings-attached wellness grants to birth center leaders across the network, helping support rest, healing, mental health, sustainability, and resilience.

Because thriving birth workers help create thriving families and communities.

The Birth Center Leader Wellness Fund honors the humanity of those doing this work by investing in their well-being, restoration, and longevity.

What Your Gift Supports

Funds raised through this campaign will be distributed equally across birth centers in BCE's Network as wellness grants for leaders.

These grants are intentionally flexible because wellness looks different for everyone. Support may include:

Mental health and counseling support
Rest and recovery opportunities
Childcare or family support
Retreats or healing practices
Professional wellness resources
Time and space for restoration

Sometimes the most impactful support is simply knowing someone sees your labor and believes you deserve care, too.

Our Goal

We are raising $200,000 to provide approximately $3,000 in wellness funding to each BCE Network birth center.

Every donation — large or small — helps sustain the people sustaining our communities.

When we invest in birth center leaders, we invest in healthier families, stronger communities, and more equitable birth outcomes for all.

Join us in honoring, uplifting, and caring for the leaders caring for us.

Birth Center Leader Wellness Fund

Join us in celebrating Birth Center Week 2026 by donating today!