Part Three: Deep South, North Star

We pass the microphone to Jenice Fountain, executive director of the Yellowhammer Fund, and midwife Tanya Smith-Johnnson, executive director of Birth Future Foundation. From mutual aid to midwifery, they discuss their organizing work, the power of relationship building, and why the Deep South is forever their North Star.For transcripts and more, visit natalstories.com. Follow @natalstories on Twitter and InstagramLearn more about Jenice FountainLearn more about Tanya Smith-JohnsonLearn more about WHOLESpecial thanks to Marz Lovejoy at the Black Homebirth InitiativeLearn more about Tatyana Ali, and use code NATAL15 for 15% off at baby-yams.com

Om Podcasten

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.