EP61:
In Pursuit of Liberation and Reproductive Justice with Sabia Wade
Summary
Understanding health inequities, reproductive justice, and the importance of centering the most marginalized
What true liberation means and how it fuels your life’s purpose
Sabia’s personal experience as a birth and death Doula
The role of intersectionality in identifying privileges for different social identities
Powerful reasons why you should know yourself and overcome the pressure to be perfect
About Sabia Wade
Sabia is a Black, Queer CEO, Investor, Author, Educator, Full Spectrum Doula, and expander of Black Luxury. Sabia is the founder of Birthing Advocacy Doula Trainings, For the Village Inc, Loads of Pride Logistics, and author of Birthing Liberation. She provides mentorship to entrepreneurs and serves as an executive coach and board member, as well as a speaker, educator, and programming development consultant for organizations and communities throughout the Birth and Reproductive Health Industry around the world.
She worked with The Prison Birth Doula Project supporting incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people with substance abuse disorders at birth. During her time as a volunteer there, she discovered that reproductive justice touches everything from the water we drink to the medical systems available to us to the education and incarceration system and beyond.
Sabia’s expanded perspective of Reproductive Justice and Black Luxury led to a professional focus on forming solutions to expand wealth, access, and possibilities for Black people and marginalized communities by founding Birthing Advocacy Doula Trainings for community care workers. On the ground, her non-profit organization, For the Village, provides doulas at no or low cost to low-income and marginalized communities in San Diego, CA.
Connect with Sabia
Website: Sabia Wade | The Birth Neoterist Newsletter | For The Village
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