Welcome back to The NATAL Summit! In this bonus episode, medical providers and birthworkers share steps needed to create a more integrated model of care that empowers Black birthing parents and protects the sacredness of the childbirth process.  In this episode you'll hear from:<ul><li>Dr. Sinmi Bamgbose (<a href="https://www.cedars-sinai.org/">Cedars-Sinai Medical Center</a>)</li><li>Latham Thomas (<a href="https://mamaglow.com/" target="_blank">Mama Glow</a>)</li><li>Dr. Jamila Perritt (<a href="https://www.jamilaperrittmd.com/">Board-certified OBGYN</a>)</li><li>Tanya Smith Johnson (<a href="http://www.hmhb-hawaii.org/?gclid=Cj0KCQiAhs79BRD0ARIsAC6XpaXrDfgQDTwm-2D4XXggZ3O7QTnYEas_EbhQ0Nkw4YDOPG_8BEKhFekaAmVbEALw_wcB" target="_blank">Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition - Hawaii)</a></li><li>Moderator: Martina Abrahams Ilunga (NATAL)</li></ul>

The NATAL Summit: Our production team

NATAL passes the mic to Black families to hear all about their journey to parenthood in their own words. Our second season follows four parents in rural Mississippi, Iowa and Hawaii as they birth new lives and legacies exactly where they are. Interwoven by narrative interludes, this 10-part story album features the birthworkers, medical professionals and advocates caring for Black rural families at every stage of pregnancy and beyond.