Community Awareness & Resources

Black Mothers In Power (BMIP) is committed to building awareness, education, and advocacy around Black maternal healthcare across Delaware. Our work centers the voices, lived experiences, and leadership of Black birthing people through community-led listening sessions, workshops, and public education efforts that uplift real maternal stories and identify gaps in care within reproductive health systems.

We intentionally explore the intersectionality of Black birthing experiences, recognizing that maternal health outcomes are shaped by multiple, overlapping identities and conditions. Our work examines and centers the reproductive healthcare experiences of Black birthing people who identify as:

Differently-abled; experiencing homelessness; living with HIV/AIDS; survivors of domestic violence or sexual abuse; LGBTQIA+; currently or formerly incarcerated; immigrants; teens; Afro-Latinx; people navigating addiction; and more.

Through this lens, BMIP works to ensure that advocacy, policy, and care models reflect the full reality of Black families’ lives - not a one-size-fits-all narrative.

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We also believe community care is about celebration, recognition, and joy. Each year, we gather with the community to celebrate Juneteenth, honor Black men through our Give Him His Flowers initiative, and create spaces where Black families are affirmed, supported, and uplifted.

 

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Throughout the year, key awareness days, weeks, and months highlight Black maternal health, birthwork, parenting, and community care.

Use this calendar to plan, organize, empower Black mothers and families in Delaware, and push for change all year long.

Awareness Days, Weeks, and Months

(2026 + Annual Observances)

Black Maternal, Parenting & Birthwork Weeks (2026 Dates)

  • Black Cloth Diapering Week: February 21 – February 27, 2026

  • World Doula Week: March 22 – March 28, 2026

  • Black Maternal Healthcare Week: April 11 – April 17, 2026

  • Black Babywearing Week: June 13 – June 19, 2026

  • Black Maternal Mental Health Week: July 19 – July 25, 2026

  • Black Breastfeeding Week: August 22 – August 28, 2026

  • Birth Center Week: October 4 – October 10, 2026

Annual Awareness Months

  • January: Poverty Awareness Month; Human Trafficking Awareness Month; National Birth Defects Prevention Month

  • February: Black History Month

  • April: National Child Abuse Prevention Month; Sexual Assault Awareness Month; National Fair Housing Month

  • June: National PTSD Awareness Month

  • July: Black Mental Health Awareness Month; National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month

  • September: National Recovery Month (Substance Use); Infant Mortality Awareness Month; Baby Safety / Safe Sleep Awareness Month; Hunger Awareness Month

  • October: Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Month; Domestic Violence Awareness Month; National Children’s Health Month

Annual Awareness Weeks & Key Days

  • Maternal Health Awareness Day: January 23

  • National Day of Racial Healing: Third Tuesday in January

  • World Social Justice Day: February 20

  • International Women’s Day: March 8

  • Black Women’s Rest Day: March 10

  • World Maternal Mental Health Day: First Wednesday in May

  • National Women’s Health Week: Second week of May

  • Juneteenth: June 19

  • World Breastfeeding Week: August 1 – August 7

  • Indigenous Peoples’ Day: Second Monday in October

  • National Midwifery Week: October 5 – October 11

  • International Day of Care and Support: October 29