Uzazi Village is a nonprofit organization based in Kansas City, MO, dedicated to dismantling anti-Black healthcare systems and establishing equitable and just systems of care for Black and Brown childbearing families and communities. Through education, support, and advocacy, they strive to improve perinatal health by offering services such as a free breastfeeding clinic, childbirth education, and a group prenatal care clinic, while also providing transformative training to healthcare organizations to embrace anti-racist practices.
With a focus on nurturing, educating, empowering, supporting, and advocating for black and brown families, Uzazi Village works tirelessly to restore health, vitality, and joy to communities of color during the perinatal period. By combining ancestral knowledge, creativity, and innovation, they envision and create systems of care that celebrate cultural and community wisdom, fostering equitable and sustainable outcomes in maternal and infant health.
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