The Sankofa Reproductive Health and Healing Center offers full spectrum doula and reproductive health care. All services are offered in a collective, community-led model of healing, justice and love.
At Sankofa we understand what it means to give birth and parent in places that can not hold the full experience of this sacred time. Black families, African refugees and Indigenous people in our city continue to birth and raise children in the harshest inequality in our country. We recognize and honor the innate power of birthing people. We also recognize that not everyone with the ability to have children will take steps toward parenthood. It is our human right to bodily autonomy, informed decision making, and self determined, reproductive wellness.
We offer non-judgemental care where Black birthing people are able to actualize liberation through communal parenting spaces, sexual & reproductive wellness, education, and ancestral practices of intuitive care work.
At Sankofa you are loved, cared for and listened to by our own.
Our Offerings:
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Community-Based Doulas are birthworkers dedicated to making sure babies and mamas have safe, holistic, & sacred experiences in birth. Sankofa Doulas can assist you at any point in your pregnancy from conception to parenthood. We offer informed-decision making, support at medical appointments, guidance and emotional care, education, support for partners, labor support, healing after delivery, newborn care, & breastfeeding. Support and healing for miscarriages, stillbirth and abortion doula services provided.
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Sankofa Pregnancy Village is a space of affirmation, wisdom sharing, and communal education for soon-to-be mamas and pregnant people. Prenatal Education and Birth Preparation with open discussions and tools for informed decision making. Discover new ways to experience pregnancy surrounded by the care and compassion you deserve..
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Sankofa Breastfeeding Care gives you the confidence to nourish and care for your baby in ways that work for your family. Holistic family nutrition, lactation counseling and infant feeding support. Private, virtual or in-person appointments for families and individuals who are currently breastfeeding at any stage or pregnant mamas/partners considering choices in newborn feeding.
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Free & essential items for pregnant and postpartum families. Essential items are completely donation-based. Diapers, clothes for infants & children, wipes, feminine hygiene products, lactation supplies and more. Delivery available through Door Dash & United Way of CNY. (Sankofa does not regularly stock food or formula, for those services please call 211)
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Sankofa’s Lead Project is an initiative funded by the Community Foundation of Central and Western New York. Our collective and staff members are committed to ensuring pregnant and parenting families have the information and resources they need to prevent lead poisoning. Monthly awareness and testing available onsite. Connect with our Perinatal Health Coordinator for more information.
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Sankofa Reproductive Wellness Counseling includes supportive care, informed decision making, herbal healing, and guided education for folks at any stage of their reproductive timeline. Womb healing, Hormonal Imbalances, PCOs, endometriosis, fibroids, healthcare advocacy, menstruation concerns and overall reproductive healing.
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Virtual support for Black mamas at any stage of parenting. CoMothering is Sankofa’s practice of reclaiming traditions in parenting that nourish and sustain us. Virtual, judgment free, collective care for mothers of African descent to share experiences and navigate parenting together.
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Apr 22, 2024 06:00 PM
May 27, 2024 06:00 PM
Jun 24, 2024 06:00 PM
Jul 22, 2024 06:00 PM
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The Sankofa Reproductive Health & Healing Center and the Sankofa Doula Collective work to ensure community-based doula care and community midwives are amplified in policy and legislation for reproductive health care reform. We are dedicated to building a community-based perinatal workforce that centers the solutions and ancestral traditions of our community. Centering families and birth workers with the greatest risk to reproductive injustice will ensure better outcomes for all.
Some Policy Advocacy Efforts + Wins
