23rd Annual Begemann-Gordon Lecture: Honoring the Legacies of Black Midwifery Care in Modern Practice

Reproductive Justice Across Time: Honoring the Legacies of Black Midwifery Care in Modern Practice

This lecture integrates lived experience, historical context, and contemporary challenges in midwifery care, particularly focusing on its implications for racially minoritized birthing communities who encounter disproportionate risks.

Guests speaker Rose E. Archer holds a Master of Divinity from Duke University and a Master of Science in Sociology from Florida State University. She is currently a Ph.D. student at Emory University and the Literature Review Research Fellow with the Black Mamas Matter Alliance (BMMA) in Atlanta, GA. Along with her academic pursuits, Rose is an ordained minister, trained birth doula and founder of Doulas for Me. Her interest in reproductive health inequities was initially sparked in her professional life as a Board Certified Chaplain (BCC) where she worked with Duke University Hospital, Emory Healthcare, and Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare.