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The Bridge Directory is a resource for families and a community of Black and Brown birth professionals committed to supporting birthing people and their families through the sharing of professional services.

10/21/2026

We are officially Oscar qualified and have submitted The Ebony Canal for consideration in the 99th Academy Awards® for Best Documentary Short!!!✨

And when we say we, we mean all of us.

This film has traveled further than we ever imagined, carried by the people who saw themselves in these stories, shared our message, showed up for our work, and believed that the stories of our birthing communities deserved to be seen and heard. This moment belongs to the village.

To everyone who watched, shared, advocated, and helped this film find its way into the world: THANK YOU.

We are deeply grateful to VIOLA DAVIS, Emmai Alaquiva , S Y D N E Y , and the EC team for your intentionality and care.

We never set out imagining an Oscar run. We set out to honor our communities, uplift the people doing this sacred work, and make visible the power of the village.
No matter where this journey takes us, we’ve already won.

With deep gratitude and so much love,

Emilie 🤎👣

10/12/2026

Last week, our cofounder Emilie spoke on a panel hosted by World Connect at Anew on reimagining maternal health and birth equity.

She was joined by Myla Flores from The Birthing Place, Dr. Obosede Lewu, Dr. Heather Irobunda, and Dr. Janice Aubey for a wonderful interactive conversation by all present.

The Bridge Directory is a grant recipient of NYCConnect and is building accessible doula certification and standards.

09/24/2026

Beautiful community,

What if we studied joy in Black pregnancy?
Not stress. Not risk. Not what can go wrong.

What if we made room to ask what helps Black pregnant people feel good, feel connected, and experience more wellbeing during pregnancy?

That’s the spirit behind a new 10-week research study we’re recruiting for - and I’m really excited to share this with you.

🌆A platform of birth providers/professionals of color and Sanctuary Medicine | Sevonna Brown , in partnership with Center for Research on People of Color at Columbia Nursing and Mount Sinai’s Louis Armstrong Center for Music and Medicine, are coming together to explore what happens when we intentionally make room for pleasure, music, connection, and well-being during pregnancy.

Over 10 weeks, Black pregnant women, birthing persons, and gestational partners will gather for weekly, in-person sessions in Union Square with music, food, conversation, and community.

We’ll explore whether participating in joyful activities like listening to music can impact quality of life and wellbeing during pregnancy, while also looking at measures of stress through blood pressure readings, saliva samples, and brief surveys.

At the heart of this work is a simple belief: Black pregnancy deserves to be studied through a lens of possibility, too.

We deserve research that asks:
✨ What brings us joy?
✨ What helps us feel supported?
✨ What makes pregnancy feel a little lighter?
✨ What happens when we intentionally create space for music and connection?

Who can participate?
Black pregnant people ages 18–40 who are considered low-risk and are currently 8–22 weeks pregnant.

What’s involved?
10 weekly, 45-minute in-person sessions in Union Square. Transportation, food, music, and community are provided—and participants receive $500 for their time.

Come as you are. Children are welcome. 💛

If you or someone you know might be interested, please share this post and reach out to us at 347-978-2871 or via email at [email protected].

Because Black maternal health research can be about more than survival.

Joy needs to be centered, too.

07/02/2026

🚨 $50,000 Grant Opportunity for the Perinatal Community! 🚨

We’re excited to share that the Center for the Transition to Parenthood (CTtP)—an organization The Bridge Directory has proudly partnered with since its inception—is accepting applications for two $50,000 grants supporting innovative work that transforms perinatal care.

✨ We’re looking to fund:

🤍 Research on topics like prenatal programming, DOHaD, and perinatal mental health.
🤍 Community-based initiatives advancing equity, access, and innovation in perinatal care.

One of the things we value most about CTtP is their commitment to bringing together researchers, clinicians, community organizations, advocates, and families to create lasting systems change.

🗓 Save these dates:
• July 20: Informational Webinar
• July 30: Applications Open
• September 1: Application Deadline

Know someone doing impactful work? Tag them below and help spread the word! 💛

03/27/2026

Yup. And it’s still happening. In this current administration, “women” is one of the words that is now flagged as per their policy restricting certain terms for federal agencies (including the NIH), documents, and funding applications. So we feel similarly to …what the hell. Of course we’re behind when we’re written out from jump.

01/23/2026

We are deeply honored to be featured in Daily’s Women Who Start Things series! To see our work reflected in this way is a powerful affirmation of what community-rooted care makes possible when lived experience, trust, and accountability are centered.

is a tech-enabled maternal health platform that makes grassroots innovation discoverable, measurable, and actionable. We connect families to culturally aligned providers of color while partnering with hospitals, universities, and institutions to translate lived experience into data, accountability, and systems change through research.

, our non profit arm, exists to meet families where systems fall short — providing direct funding and access to essential perinatal and mental health care, including doulas, midwifery, lactation support, and therapy.

We remain committed to revolutionizing the birth experience by building pathways to culturally aligned care and transforming systems from the inside out. Special thanks to Bethany Heitman and Sofia Lodato for this amazing opportunity and recognizing the power of community-led solutions.

Link in stories. 🫶🏽

11/14/2025

Co-founder Emilie Rodriguez recently served on the review committee for the 2025 Award to Enhance the Perinatal Care Ecosystem ($50K) from the Center for the Transition to Parenthood CTtP), a research-to-practice center at Columbia University advancing whole-person, two-generation health.

This year’s 128 applications showcased extraordinary creativity, rigor, and commitment to equity across research and community practice. The projects shared reaffirm the field’s collective energy toward transforming the perinatal care ecosystem.

Congratulations to this year’s awardees:
🩵 Brittany Renee Neal, LCSW, PhD(c) – Pregnancy & Resiliency Early Support Services (PRESS)
💙 Lenore Renee Jarvis, MD, MEd, FAAP – Targeted Support for Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders

And deep appreciation to all who applied; their work reflects the depth and diversity of innovation shaping family well-being during the transition to parenthood.

10/27/2025

Join us at .tech this week!!!! Partnering with the , cofounder Emilie Rodriguez will be sharing all about our tech platform and how we are creating a higher standard of perinatal health care. 🙌🏽❤️

06/06/2025

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