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AAVE Doula Mission
AAVE Doula is coming in full force to change how birth workers are trained by providing them with culturally competent and congruent trainings. Our goal is to reduce and/or eliminate the stressors of becoming a Certified Doula with a bridge to workforce opportunities by delivering inclusive AAVE Doula trainings for teens and community members.
AAVE Doula Vision
Where you have AAVE, you have change for the future!
We will connect with and train passionate individuals around birth justice, community engagement, advocacy, Medicaid enrollment and other fundamental areas ensuring we are a birthing community of educated and responsible doulas.
AAVE Doula Priority
Becoming nationally recognized as a vital community-based training organization for us by us. This means our curriculums are designed and implemented by doulas who faced hurdles in both their personal lives and doula profession allowing them to educate through lived experienced in order to help doulas serve various populations including the marginalized. AAVE Doula Collaborative leadership are African American and Native American Indian Certified Doulas previously trained as HealthConnect One TOT facilitators.
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STEPS TO AAVE DOULA SUCCESS
GET TRAINED - BECOME CERTIFIED - GET MENTORED

AAVE Doula Story
AAVE Doula Collaborative was launched April 2024 by our Founder/President Alreema Vining, after resigning from her full-time Assistant Director of Perinatal Workforce position at a local Newark organization. For years, Alreema initially sat on the idea of developing her own training program as she grew tired of seeing doulas undereducated and sometimes her recommendations within organizations as an employee overlooked. After sitting on her thoughts, she knew it was time to officially create her own doula program. Alreema connected with her doula sisters and supporters for help. Jacquelyn and Shayvonne immediately jumped on board in support of this mission. Now, what would this new venture be called? Connecting with our southern roots and dialect you have
AAVE - African American Vernacular English
However, the meaning doesn't stop there, and is further broken down to mean Advocating for communities through Advancing, Validating & Empowerment of doulas knowledge.
We wish to connect with like-minded doulas and organizations in an effort to change maternal and child health outcomes by producing highly trained community-based birth workers. We don't believe doulas are the systematic answer as they cannot change institutional bias or racism. We do know doulas can empower, educate as well as push the needle on equality and equity for the black, brown and red families they serve. Doulas are a part of the solution!