This series will shine a spotlight on the root causes of inequities in maternal and child health outcomes while confronting the pressing challenges of building a more diverse and representative midwifery workforce. Groundbreaking research on the experiences of Black midwives and students will offer invaluable insights to shape future education and practice opportunities. Featuring national experts in public health, health policy, and midwives who are already creating meaningful change in their communities, this series will explore actionable steps for the midwifery profession and individual midwives alike. Together, we will deepen our commitment to increasing access to midwifery care for all childbearing people and ensuring that aspiring midwives of all backgrounds have pathways to enter the CPM profession.

• Lessons Learned from Designing and Implementing an Undergraduate Mentorship Program

• Addressing Birth Disparities with Midwifery Care

• Battling Over Birth: Research Justice as Framework for Transforming Maternal Health Care

• Gender, Sexuality, and Inclusion of All Families in Midwifery Practice

• Steps for CPM's To Be Part of The Solution To Inequities In Maternity Care

• Diversity Matters What Are Our Challenges

• Social & Physiological Impacts of Racism in Maternal Child Health Part 1

• Social & Physiological Impacts of Racism in Maternal Child Health Part 2

This dynamic series, co-sponsored by NACPM, Citizens for Midwifery (CfM), and the Association of Midwifery Educators (AME), is designed to empower Certified Professional Midwives (CPMs), advocates, and policymakers with essential information as we unite in the effort to secure licensing for CPMs across all 50 states. The series offers an in-depth Overview of Licensure for CPMs, along with webinars on US MERA, and the MAMA Campaign, all aimed at driving progress in expanding midwifery access across the US and supporting the vital role of CPMs in our communities.

• Midwives and the U.S. Census: Making Sure Every Child Counts

• 2019 State and Federal Legislative Updates

• Midwifery Advocacy – Tools You Can Use

• Inside Look at 2016 election results and what they could mean for CPMs and Maternity Care

• CPMs and Payment Reform

• CPMs and State Licensure: Finding New Ways Forward in Today’s Environment

• An Overview of State Licensure for CPMs

• US MERA: What it Could Mean for CPMs

• US MERA: How to Put it to Use for CPMs

• MAMA Campaign: A New Foundation for Federal Recognition of CPMs

This series is designed to provide midwives with cutting-edge knowledge, practical tools, and evidence-based insights that enhance their clinical practice. This comprehensive series will cover critical topics that impact midwifery care, maternal health, and birth outcomes, ensuring midwives stay informed and empowered in their roles.

Whether you’re focused on promoting healthy physiologic birth or navigating complex issues in maternal care, these webinars offer valuable learning opportunities for every stage of your career.

• ACNM: Is there a link between breastfeeding ease and cord clamping time?

• Predicting Adequate Response to Oxytocin: Genetic and Epigenetic Insights for Postpartum Hemorrhage

• Creating Sustainability in Midwifery through a Clinically Integrated Network

• RE:BIRTH: Navigating and Mediating Maternal Stress and Birth Outcomes in Pre- and Post-hurricane Puerto Rico

• Genetic Testing

• Domestic Violence

• Informed Consent and Shared Decision Making

• Evidence-Informed Practice: Research Literacy & Shared Decision Making

• GBS Screening and Treatment

• Zika: What Midwives Need to Know

• Promoting Healthy Physiologic Birth in the U.S.

• Midwifery Charting: Research Findings to Inform Practice

• Charting for Midwives Part I and Charting for Midwives Part II

• Grappling with Clinical Challenges During the COVID-19 Pandemic

• COVID-19: Community Midwives, Public Health, and Emergency Preparedness

• COVID-19: Telehealth for Community Midwives

• Coronavirus: Midwives on the Front Line

• Step Up Together: Results of a National Action Collaborative Focused on Community Birth Transfers

• Tackling Quality of Care Issues Locally/The Oregon Experience

• How Your Practice Data Matters to Research and Quality Care

• Postpartum Hemorrhage and Third-Stage Management in planned midwife-led home and birth center births in the United States

• Managing Postpartum Hemorrhage in the Community Setting

• Intermittent Auscultation

• The MANA Stats Fetal, Neonatal Mortality Review (FNMR) Project: Preliminary Findings and Implications for Practice

• Best Practices for Risk Management for CPM Practice

• Smooth Transitions: How Midwives, Hospitals, EMS and Birthing Families All Benefit

• Improving Home to Hospital Transfer

• Best Practices in Midwifery Education: Discount 3-Course Bundle

• Best Practices 1: Meeting the Needs of Adult Learners

• Best Practices 2: Student Assessment--You Taught It, But Did They Learn It?

• Best Practices 3: Ethics and Social Justice in Midwifery Education

• The Preceptor as Educator: Strengthening the CPM Credential

• Understanding Accountable Care Organizations

• Birth Centers and Women's Health Provisions of the Affordable Care Act

• The ACA: What Health Reform Means for Women, Families, and Communities

• ACA Billing Opportunities for CPMs

• Section 2706 and Other ACA Sections that Address Integrative Providers