Birth equity depends on ensuring that the people carrying the work forward remain visible, valued, and sustainably supported. Through our grantmaking initiatives, we invest in community-rooted leadership, lived experience advocacy, and Black maternal health ecosystem sustainability across New Jersey.

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Joíní James | The Resting Garden

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.

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