Mission Statement

ICTC's mission is to enhance the health and well being of women and their families and to develop and preserve the traditional role of the midwife in the Black community. ICTC honors midwifery as an ancient tradition and as a healing art. From our intergenerational circle, we pass our healing arts on to our community. ICTC recognizes that the health status of the Black community is in crisis. We also recognize that there is an urgent need for Black health care providers who offer a holistic approach to reproductive health/rights for women and their families.

We look to African American midwives who live among the people both to provide that care and to advocate for our rights in the health care system. ICTC is committed to the health and life of mothers and their children. We are committed to challenging the many barriers to the health of Black women. When we as a people know our history our self-esteem is raised, and thereafter health care and consciousness improve. In returning to the ancient art of midwifery, we are no longer succumbing to overwhelming systemic racism. We are taking our health into our own hands.

Contact ICTC

International Center for Traditional Childbearing
2823 N. Portland Blvd.
Portland, Oregon 97217
Phone: 503-460-9324
Email ICTC: ictc@comcast.net
Email Shafia Monroe: sistahmidwife@msn.com

 

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