‘We’re standing in the middle of something that should have always existed’

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After years of planning, fundraising, lobbying, and other preparations, leaders at the Chicago South Side Birth Center are closer than ever to establishing the first independent, Black midwife–led maternity care facility in the city’s majority Black south-side neighborhoods. In early April, the nonprofit’s leaders were joined by political representatives, community partners, neighbors, birth workers, funders, [] The post ‘We’re standing in the middle of something that should have always existed’ appeared first on Chicago Reader.