WHO WE ARE
Building a more equitable future for birth.
The National Birth Coalition brings families, communities, advocates, and partners together to improve experiences and outcomes across pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and early family life.
We believe every family deserves respectful, informed, accessible, and equitable care. By centering lived experience and connecting people, knowledge, resources, and action, we help advance meaningful change.
Our vision is simple: a future where every family has a fair opportunity for a healthy beginning.
OUR FOCUS
Where meaningful change begins.
Healthy beginnings depend on more than medical care. They depend on the people, systems, resources, and communities surrounding every family.
Birth Equity
Birth Equity Is About More Than Birth.
It is about whether families are heard, respected, informed, and supported throughout their healthcare journey. We work to elevate community voices, strengthen connections between families and care providers, and advocate for approaches that recognize the realities and needs of underserved communities.
Education
Making reliable information easier to understand and access.
Community
Listening to and learning from the people most affected.
Collaboration
Connecting families, birthworkers, healthcare professionals, and community organizations.
Advocacy
Supporting meaningful changes that can improve health outcomes.
Maternal Health
Supporting Families Through Every Stage
Health and wellbeing don't begin in the delivery room. Our work recognizes the importance of support throughout the full journey:
Before Pregnancy
Building knowledge and supporting informed reproductive health decisions.
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Pregnancy
Connecting families with education, resources, and supportive care.
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Birth
Promoting informed decision-making, respectful care, and meaningful support.
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Postpartum
Recognizing the physical, emotional, nutritional, and social needs of new parents.
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Infant & Family Health
Supporting healthy beginnings through education, resources, and community connection.
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THE CHALLENGE
A healthier future requires equitable care.
Healthy beginnings depend on more than medical care. They depend on the people, systems, resources, and communities surrounding every family.
The conditions surrounding a family before, during, and after birth can shape both their experience of care and their long-term wellbeing.
Listen to families and communities
Identify barriers to equitable care
Connect people and organizations
Turn knowledge into meaningful action
OUR vision
Supporting healthier beginnings, together.
Healthier families begin with more than medical care alone. We bring education, community support, advocacy, and connection together to help mothers, babies, and families experience stronger and more equitable beginnings.
Maternal Health
Supporting healthier pregnancies, safer births, respectful care, and stronger maternal health outcomes.
Infant Health
Encouraging healthy development, strong beginnings, and systems that support infants and new families.
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Families & Communities
Strengthening the relationships, resources, and communities that help families thrive throughout their journey.
Programs & Initiatives
Turning Our Mission Into Action
From community education to birthworker engagement and maternal health initiatives, our programs are designed to respond to the needs of the communities we serve.
Events
Bringing Communities Together
Real change happens through conversation, connection, and collective action. From educational sessions and community conversations to panels and awareness initiatives, our events create opportunities to learn, connect, and participate.
