Our team consists of passionate consultants, volunteers, and a board of directors who are intersectional and intergenerational. We work together 
to promote postpartum justice through:

Community engagement (NOURISH! project, HUGS, NURTURE! Bags, and traditional Black postpartum recipes project)

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Supporter engagement (Nourish Village)
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Policy (advancing Postpartum Justice)
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Fundraising
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Media
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Our Team

Linda Jones

Co-Founder & Director of Collaboration
Nina Arrocena

Nourish! Program Coordinator
Josephine Nana-Ama Raine

HUGS Program Director & Nutrition Co-Chair
Tora Spinger

Treasurer
Tia Lindsay

HUGS Program Assistant & Nurture Program Assistant

Our Board of Directors

Dr. Aisha Mays MD: Founder of Dream Youth Clinic, Roots Community Health Center
Asmara Gebre: Certified Nurse Midwife, Co-Lead BIPOC Mentoring and Belonging Program, UCSF
Jyesha Wren: Certified Nurse Midwife, Beloved Birth Black Centering, Highland Hospital Alameda Health System
Linda Jones: Doula and Co-founder of Black Women Birthing Justice
Marilyn Wong,: MD, MPH: Co-Founder MPJ
Tora Spigner, RN: Doula, Labor & Delivery NurseRN

Community Partners

A Pleased Palate

Oak Harvest Kitchen

Peaches Patties

Teni East Kitchen

The Pleasure Principle

Local Restaurant Partners

BELoved Birth Black Centering
Highland Hospital, Oakland, CA

OneLove Black Community
San Francisco, CA

SF General Hospital Black Centering
San Francisco, CA

Roots Community Health Center
Oakland, CA

Mandela Partners
Oakland, CA

Piikup
Oakland, CA