Melanin & Maternal Wellness improves birth outcomes and decreases health disparities in Black maternal and infant health, providing culturally-congruent perinatal doula services, lactation support services, childbirth education, advocacy and linkage to community-aligned resources that support maternal wellness.

Abounding Love Doula founder Kayla Lloyd is a certified full spectrum doula who believes supported mamas are empowered mamas. 

Shanda Gadsden is passionate about empowering women throughout their pregnancy and birth. A focus on pregnancy massage led Shanda to become a birth doula, and she is deeply committed to ensuring the people she works with feel comfortable, safe, and important in her care.

The Black Sex Workers Collective is a philanthropic arts project seeking to amplify the voices of Black Sex Workers by addressing their needs through peer support, legal assistance, housing and other basic needs assessment. They create safe space where the unique experiences and needs of current and former Black Sex Worker voices are validated and responded with appropriate needs based resources.

MyLÚA Health is a digital front door for maternal care that extends the capacity and reach of care providers in an equitable and culturally informed way. The MyLÚA platform offers an SMS and web app experience that streamlines access and engagement by automating culturally sensitive data collection, video education, and care coordination.

Founded in 2010, the Central Jersey Diaper Bank is Middlesex County’s only dedicated diaper bank and a program of the Anshe Emeth Community Development Corporation, which provides free social and health-related services to residents throughout the Middlesex County community.

Founded by Shirley Harris, My Kota Bear, Inc. is on a mission to bring awareness and support to NICU families within Essex and Union counties and surrounding communities.

For nearly 50 years, Puerto Rican Unity for Progress, Inc. (PRUP) has been supporting the wellness of Camden County residents through programs designed to improve access to economic, social, and cultural opportunities and resources for low income individuals and families, with an emphasis on the county’s Hispanic community members.

The Resting Garden provides trauma-informed, empathetic doula care, for Black, Brown, and Indigenous birthing people, encouraging self-advocacy, providing education, and championing birth and reproductive justice. By offering pregnancy support, education, and the early postpartum support birthing people and families need, founder Joíní James bolsters the new parents she works with as they overcome anxiety about pregnancy and childbirth and confidently transition into parenthood and beyond.