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In light of Black Maternal Health Week, this episode revisits key issues in black maternal health with Cessilye Smith, exploring the historical and ongoing role of black midwives through her personal story and discussing the work of entities like Abide Women's Services to better black mothers and infants' health outcomes.Cessilye R. Smith, an inspiring maternal justice advocate, joins this episode with rich stories and insightful reflections on her work. She is the driving force behind Abide Women's Services, an organization dedicated to reducing disparities in black infant and maternal health outcomes. As a liberator, justice seeker, and mother, Cessilye is deeply connected to her heritage, tracing her roots to the resistance-driven Kru tribe of Liberia. Through Abide, she works tirelessly to ensure black women and their babies receive adequate and culturally respectful care during one of the most critical times of their lives.Key Takeaways:Black midwives have played a crucial and often uncredited role in birthing not only black but also white babies throughout history, birthing the nation as a whole.There's a sacred legacy in the resistance of colonization evident in black maternal lineage, vital to understanding the depth of black women's reproductive experiences.The celebration and amplification of the black midwifery tradition are crucial for advancing maternal care and combating disparities in black maternal health.Abide Women's Services is an exemplar of empowering and quality maternal care, focusing on community health and honoring the black maternal experience from pre-pregnancy to postpartum.Mental health for black women can be supported through culturally sensitive community gatherings, celebrating their life, and offering spaces for rest and collective healing.Notable Quotes:"Black women were catching everybody's babies, black, white, you know, and they brought their cultures, you know, their ancestral wisdom and knowledge." - Cessilye Smith"It's in my blood. So, yeah, that's how it ties into the work I do today." - Cessilye Smith, on her connection to the Kru tribe and its influence on her advocacy work."Reparations begin with birth because it begins with life and transitioning the next life forward." - Katina"We're saying no, we're going back to our roots and where we are going to heal from the beginning. From birth." - Cessilye Smith"Events like this address mental health. Being able to gather in a space curated specifically for black women is part of our mental health journey." - Cessilye SmithResources:Abide Women's Services official website: abidewomen.orgCecily Smith's presentation at the White HouseBlack Mamas Matter AllianceUpcoming event: Black Maternal Health Week event in partnership with The FountainVisit us at blackhistoryforwhitepeople.com + supports us at patreon.com/blackhistoryforwhitepeople.Buy our book on Amazon!$5/month supports us at patreon.com/blackhistoryforwhitepeople.Check us out on Instagram @BlackHistoryForWhitePeople or freel free to email us at hello@blackhistoryforwhitepeople.com.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/black-history-for-white-people/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Tilde Guajardo is an entrepreneur, TEDx Speaker, global mentor, author, investor, and a proud Army Veteran. Tilde is powerful woman full of faith, hope and love, no longer shackled by anger, fear or shame. She didn't know it for a long time, but all of her experiences were helping her cultivate a teachable strategy to inspire anyone to become enthusiastic about change, to find their Divine identity, purpose, and power. She's been doing it for over 20 years in various capacities. Today, she helps women, conscious businesses and organizations rethink how to integrate Spirituality into their everyday lives or culture, so they can thrive. She created The Divine Quotient™, which is a practical and repeatable methodology, to inspire change, growth, and happiness, even amid chaos. Cessilye Smith is the founder and CEO of Abide Women's Health Services, which exists to improve birth outcomes in communities with the lowest quality of care. Through her leadership, Abide is on the map as a breakthrough maternal justice organization, a recognized Perinatal Safe Spot, Accredited Easy Access Clinic through Commonsense Childbirth Inc., and future birth center Shelly has served churches and denominations, worked in church planting and consulted with businesses to grow people and teams for the past twenty years. She holds a Masters degree in Theology and Christian Leadership from Fuller Seminary. She served students with disabilities and began her career as a Speech Pathologist. Shelly developed and launched a Training and Development arm for best-selling author Laurie Beth Jones.  Shelly has authored, created and developed brand programs for Training, Coaching and Building Teams. She consults with coaches, trainers and organizations throughout the US and International. Her mission is to teach, promote and release the feminine voice of God in herself and others.

Cessilye Smith the founder and CEO of Abide Women's Health Services talks to us about racial disparities in Maternal and Infant health-- and her mission to improve birth outcomes in communities with the lowest quality of care by offering healthcare and complimentary services that are easily accessible, holistic, evidence-based and free from judgment.

What happens when you step into your truest self? Kayla Craig interviews fellow Upside Down Podcast host Patricia (aka Patty) Taylor with Alissa Molina and Lindsy Wallace in our second-to-the-last episode.  In this episode, we:Hear Patty describe the growth she has experienced since becoming a co-host and how it's deepened her confidence in who God created her to beTalk about how the podcast has provided a space to show up fully as yourself and what it's like being with people who are not just willing but eager to be on the journey with youDiscuss her significant shift on social media to becoming an anti-racism educator with #somethoughtsfromyourblackfriendHear the wisdom she has to impart to those who resonate with her storyAcknowledge the sacrifices and losses that can come from walking out one's convictions—and how it's still worth itLearn what episodes inspired her, affirmed her, and broadened her faithDiscover everyone's hot takes on raw tomatoes  Join us for our last couple of episodes and hear insights and stories from our hosts that you don't get from our regular episodes or social media.  News, Notes, and Links:Want to listen to or revisit some of Patty's favorite episodes? Check them out here: The Enneagram For Justice Seekers, The Gender & Ethnicity of God with Dr. Christena Cleveland, Native with Kaitlin Curtice, and Maternal Justice with Cessilye Smith.You can continue to support the Upside Down Podcast! Please visit us, where you can pledge a few dollars of monthly support to help keep this podcast accessible.Learn more at Upside Down Podcast.We're on Instagram, too. You can find us individually at @patricia_a_taylor, @kayla_craig, @from_here_sessions, and @lindsy.wallace.Support the show

Cessilye Smith is a trailblazer. Opening a clinic that focuses on Black maternal healthcare is a necessity that she has dedicated her life to addressing. As the founder of Abide Women, she shares why this work is critical, the need for more Black midwives, and the importance for leaders to do life differently.  Cessilye prides herself on living in the gray and working through the messiness that life has to offer.  Over the years she has witnessed the devastating impact systemic failures in healthcare, housing & economics have had on the human condition. Having the ability to see the overlap in these structures has given her the drive to pursue justice in a way that brings unlikely people together. Cessilye's passion for Black women and for her community is what compelled her to found Abide Women's Health Services in the heart of South Dallas. Founder, Executive Director, anti-racist, maternal justice activist, speaker, and educator are just a few of the many hats she wears. But the most challenging and rewarding hats she wears are of mother to her four children and wife to her husband Ramon.  website: www.abidewomen.org www.cessilyersmith.com Instagram and Twitter Handles: @abide_women @cessilyersmith

Meet this week's guest, Cessilye Smith, founder and Executive Director of Abide Women's Health Service in Southern Dallas. Cessilye prides herself on living in the gray and working through the messiness that life has to offer. Over the years she has witnessed the devastating impact of systemic failures in healthcare, housing & economics have had on the human condition. Having the ability to see the overlap in these structures has given her the drive to pursue justice in a way that brings unlikely people together. Cessilye's passion for Black women and for her community.

We meet up with Cessilye Smith, Founder and Executive Director of Abide, at her Dallas location to discuss the work she's doing to improve birth outcomes in communities with the lowest quality of care by offering healthcare and complimentary services that are easily accessible, holistic, evidence based and free from judgment.Follow Cessilye on Instagram or Twitter.Support her on Patreon.Check out Abide's website and support the organization financially.For bonus content, full interviews, and the ability to vote for future topics, $5/month supports us at patreon.com/blackhistoryforwhitepeople.Check us out on Twitter @BHforWP and Instagram @BlackHistoryForWhitePeople or freel free to email us at hello@blackhistoryforwhitepeople.com.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/black-history-for-white-people/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week, we add our voices to raise awareness for Black Maternal Health Week and to honor Black motherhood. DOC is joined in conversation by Cessilye R. Smith, founder and executive director of Abide Women's Health Services in Dallas, TX. Inspired by Smith's commitment to “living in the gray,” we discuss what it means to be countercultural and how we must all resist systemic injustice and oppression by rejecting false categories and affirming the deep human dignity of every person. This is a powerful, vulnerable conversation with someone I deeply admire. Don't miss it!

We love Cessilye Smith and her passion for life, social change, and liberation! Her experience as a Doula changed the trajectory of her work in the pro-life movement. She has now started Abide, a women’s health service to improve birth outcomes, offer healthcare, and easy access to the needs of women in her community, free of judgment. You’ll be inspired by learning more about inequality, racism, and how you can be a catalyst for change!

It’s Black Maternal Health Week in America. Join host Alissa Molina and co-host Lindsy Wallace as we no longer only follow along with the work of Cessilye Smith, but have the opportunity to sit and learn from her. Her work in the areas of maternal health and justice are powerful. As she works to help drop the staggering numbers of black women who die in childbirth, we invite her in to teach us.Cessilye is a racial and maternal justice activist committed to tearing down walls of oppression and division in order to build bridges that lead to solution-based practices. Cessilye's passion for black women and for her community is what compelled her to co-found Abide Women's Health Services, an organization that exists to improve birth outcomes in communities with the lowest quality of care. Executive Director, anti-racist and maternal justice activist, speaker and educator are just a few of the many hats she wears. In this episode, we:Hold the COVID-19 pandemic to the light of how we desire humanity to beSit with Cessilye’s background and learning to lamentConsider stress and racism as Biological Weathering Unpack black women leadership against white privilege and followershipDive into self-care as an act of resistanceJoin us as we challenge ourselves to live 2020 as the year of the changed; by our votes of politics, money, and positions held. May we be people who fight to maintain hope to actively counter injustice. Recommended reading & resources:The Coronavirus Called America's BluffAbide Women's COVID-19 Amazon Wish ListCessilye Smith on InstagramAbide Women websiteAbide Women on InstagramAbide Women on TwitterAbide Women on FacebookKilling the Black Body by Dorothy RobertsMedical Apartheid by Harriett WashingtonThe Nap Ministry on InstagramSupport the show (http://www.patreon.com/upsidedownpodcast)

In the first of the 2019 Dallas Series the WTD Crew sits down with Cessilye Smith, co-founder and executive director of Abide Women’s Health which exists to improve birth outcomes in communities with the lowest quality of care. Grab your favorite ear buds, join the fam, and let’s talk.

Ep 97: The "Effects of Racism on White People" Edition – 08.28.18 Ashely, Elijah, and Ryan explore the effects of racism of white people. And because we loved her so much, Cessilye Smith joins us again to discuss these effects, and what it means to be an ally or an accomplice. ———————— If you wanna get at us (and we know you do) you got options: Support us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/wetalkdifferent Email: holla@wetalkdifferent.com Facebook: facebook.com/wetalkdifferent Twitter: twitter.com/wetalkdifferent Instagram: instagram.com/wetalkdifferent/ Website: wetalkdifferent.com You can subscribe to the podcast in iTunes, Google Play, SoundCloud, or Stitcher so you'll never miss an episode! Please leave a review on iTunes as it helps other people find our podcast. iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wetalkdifferent/id1161601126 SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/wetalkdifferent Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/wetalkdifferent Also please join our Facebook group to discuss the episodes with the WTD team and other WTDers —  https://www.facebook.com/groups/wetalkdifferent/

Ep 96: The "Maternal Healthcare" Edition – 08.21.18 This week we sit down with Cessilye Smith, Co-founder and Executive Director of Abide Women’s Health Services to talk through healthcare. The WTD Crew fixes their gaze on the institution of healthcare, what it means to be pro-life, and why this past week just felt crazy! Grab a little podcast space and let's get to it! Abide Women’s Health Services: https://www.abidewomenshealth.org PayPal: paypal.me/abidewomen Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abide_women/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/abidewomenshealth/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/abide_women? Email: info@abidewomen.org ————————— If you wanna get at us (and we know you do) you got options: Support us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/wetalkdifferent Email: holla@wetalkdifferent.com Facebook: facebook.com/wetalkdifferent Twitter: twitter.com/wetalkdifferent Instagram: instagram.com/wetalkdifferent/ Website: wetalkdifferent.com You can subscribe to the podcast in iTunes, Google Play, SoundCloud, or Stitcher so you'll never miss an episode! Please leave a review on iTunes as it helps other people find our podcast. iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/wetalkdifferent/id1161601126 SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/wetalkdifferent Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/wetalkdifferent Also please join our Facebook group to discuss the episodes with the WTD team and other WTDers —  https://www.facebook.com/groups/wetalkdifferent/

Women everywhere have been exploited and deceived into thinking "pro-choice" extends to the birthing room, giving them choices and options, but the truth is, women are maligned and abused in birth, by their doctors, by nurses, even by family. Women aren't getting the encouragement and affirmation deserved and so needed before, during, and after birth. A Pro-Life ethic covers it all, from conception, to birth, to beyond. Doulas support women at the very beginning of their motherhood journeys, affirming, supporting, and educating. Being truly Pro-Life means supporting a birthing mother's choices and respecting her right to consent or refuse certain proceedures, not to be pressured into accepting substandard healthcare. The USA has one of the highest maternal and fetal mortality rates in the developed world, and this is a travesty. Join Amy Ford as she chats with Cessilye Smith with Pro-Life Doulas and hear about how they stand up for change and education, promote evidence-based care, support the gestating, birthing, and new mom (and beyond!), and exhibit an All-Life Pro-Life ethic. They are truly inspiring on how they empower women!