OUR WORK

Maroon Calabash is a community of Black Radical birthworkers supporting Black folks in decolonizing our reproductive experiences at the intersection of cultural traditions and modern medicine.

OUR COMMITMENTS

• To contribute to strengthening Black communities in Wisconsin through radical reproductive justice;

• To affirm the self-determining ability of Black families around sex, sexuality, gender, contraception, pregnancy, birth and parenting;

• To engage reproductive justice as a collective work and responsibility of members of the Black community and the broader community;

• To establish reproductive justice practices that cultivates economic power for Black communities;

• To develop a collaborative strategy of radical reproductive justice that intersects with other anti-oppression movements;

• To re-imagine new possibilities for Black families from beginning to beginning;

• To reclaim African rituals, traditions, dignities, and joys through radical reproductive justice;

• To hold healing, self-care, and family support as a sacred part of the radical reproductive justice process and the stewardship of tomorrows.