Tag: history

• The Role of Traditional Midwives in Modern Healthcare

  The Role of Traditional Midwives in Modern Healthcare As a traditional midwife living in America, I often have to prove my midwifery skills. Traditional midwifery is an ancestral practice that has supported women and families through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum for centuries. Our program, Rooted in Wisdom, is our community-centred women’s group; we receive this…

  Melissa Philippe

  February 21, 2025

  MATERNAL HEALTH, WOMEN’S HEALTH

  community midwife, doula, health, history, MATERNAL HEALTH, midwife, midwifery, motherhood, pregnancy, traditional midwife, Women’s Health

• Marcus Bookstore| Shop Black in Oakland, CA

  

  If you’ve ever wondered what the oldest Black bookstore like me as well, you’re in luck. Let’s start off with the fact I didn’t know this even existed – for Brown people to have cultivated a business, especially in 1960 was nearly impossible and not an easy track. But to be the oldest is beyond…

  Melissa Philippe

  February 17, 2020

  HOLISTIC LIFESTYLE

  black authors, black couples, black history month, black love, black writers, blackownedbusiness, brown history, california, first of their kind, freedom, historical venues, history, love, MATERNAL HEALTH, oakland, oldest, strength