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July 11, 2024
Summer Celebrations and Labor Support Training
Read Embrace’s July 2024 Newsletter here.
April 25, 2024
You’re Invited! 3 Exciting Embrace Events You Don’t Want to Miss!
Read Embrace’s April 2024 Newsletter here.
April 25, 2024
A Closer Look with Rose Scott
Muzhda Oriakhil and Virginia Tester had the honor and privilege to share about maternal health access issues with Atlanta’s treasured journalist, Rose Scott! Listen to the podcast episode here, featured on NPR’s WABE 90.1 in Atlanta on April 25th, 2024.
March 7, 2024
Embrace and Empower this International Women’s Day
Read Embrace’s March 2024 Newsletter here.
December 31, 2023
“Sweet December!” and other celebrations at Embrace
Read Embrace’s December 2023 Newsletter here.
December 2, 2023
Female refugees’ experiences with sexual and reproductive healthcare in the Southeastern U.S.-G. Besera et al., 2023
Read the paper here.
November 17, 2023
Diversifying the Doula Workforce in Clarkston: Embrace and Direct Relief’s Fund for Health Equity Project
Virginia Tester, Jessica Rodriguez-Potter, Muzhda Oriakhil and Heidi Copeland presented this poster at Emory’s Perinatal Equity Collaborative Conference hosted on November 17, 2023 where we described our work with Direct Relief’s Fund for Health Equity (awarded 2022). Check it out by clicking here!
May 1, 2023
Meet Virginia Tester- CanvasRebel Magazine
Canvas Rebel sat down with our own Virginia Tester to hear about her experience as a nurse, midwife, parent and executive director of Embrace. Read the interview here.
March 31, 2023
”The Connector,” Atlanta Magazine
Atlanta Magazine author Ashley Edwards Walker features the incredible Muzhda Oriakhil in its March 2023 issue. Muzhda currently serves as Embrace’s Community Engagement Manager, but her story tells so much more! Read it online here.
January 31, 2023
Refugee women’s pregnancy and childbirth experiences in the US: Examining context through a reproductive justice framework-A. Kirkendall et al., 2023
Read the paper here.
June 16, 2021
Evaluating Birth Outcomes From a Community-Based Pregnancy Support Program for Refugee Women in Georgia- E. Mosley et al., 2021
Read the paper here.
April 30, 2021
Interview with Baby Magic, Granny Sense
Four of our volunteers sat down with the Baby Magic, Granny Sense podcast to recount their stories as mothers, as volunteers, as women. Listen on Spotify!
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