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The Black Course
B.L.A.C.K. :
BIRTH
LACTATION
ACCOMODATION
LACTATION
KINSHIP
Keep up with MODABA'S LACTATION efforts and the BLACK COURSE training at #BLACKMILKMAGIC
***WE ARE CURRENTLY AT CAPACITY FOR THIS TRAINING***
Event Details
Monday August 15-19, 2022
8:30 am - 6:00 pm
Steele Indian School Visitor Center
Band Building
300 E. Indian School Rd.
Phoenix, AZ 85012
What We Do
WOMENS WELLNESS
Homebirth | Doula Support | Postpartum Care | Breastfeeding Support | Herbal Remedies | Resources & Referrals
MODABA offers family centered care, tailored to you and your family's needs. We pride ourselves in paying special attention to addressing mom, dad and/or baby's wellness mentally, physically and emotionally. We are here to ensure that you are an active participant and ultimately the designer consultant and authority of your health and wellness. It is our vision that every mom, dad and baby thrive before, during and after pregnancy!
MISSION: To reclaim our ancestral and traditional wisdoms while elevating consciousness before, during and after pregnancy by creating sacred space, offering nurturing quality care, information, education, support and training to our families and community for healing, informed decision making, optimal outcomes, empowerment, culturally reflective, trusteed care; ultimately to THRIVE.
MENS WELLNESS
Zoom Wellness Classes for MEN ONLY| 1:1 Nutritional consultations | General well being check-ins | RESPECT!
CHILD WELLNESS
Early childhood development | Hearing screenings
MEET Our BIRTH TEAM
MODABA! MODABA! MODABA!
Fatima Muhammad Roque, MPH
Mona Ziems, LM, CPM
To learn more about Mona click on her photo
FATIMA MUHAMMAD ROQUE, MPH
Fatima has been a birthworker for over 20 years. She began her path in the birthworld as a DONA certified doula and a HealthConnect One Community Based Doula trainer. In 2008, she started her journey to lay midwifery. This led to her attendance of births in Tucson, El Paso, Uganda, Haiti and locally in the Phoenix community.
Fatima has worked in the local Phoenix community since 2004, where she was employed with the Phoenix Birthing Project focusing on reducing high infant mortality rates in the African American community. Since then, she has continued to focus on improving birth outcomes and experiences for African American, BIPOC and underserved families. This is achieved through offering information, education, support and quality care that helps to reduce health disparities, infant mortality and promote reproductive justice while helping families to greater empower themselves to thrive.
For the past 9 years, Fatima has joyfully worked with Wendi Cleckner LM CPM of Freedom and the Seed where she continues as a birth worker. In addition she delightfully attends births with Mona Ziems LM, CPM of Light Upon Light Midwifery.
Fatima has a Master's Degree in Public health from A.T. Still University and a Bachelor of Science in Plant Biology from the University of Arizona. One way she utilizes these skills is through work with the local South Phoenix Community of Practice to improving quality food access, food autonomy and wellness for families in the South Phoenix Area. Currently focusing on the:
2025 Food Action Plan:
Goal 1: Healthy Food for All
Goal 2: Strengthening our Local Economy
Goal 3: Celebrate Local & Diverse Agriculture
Goal 4: Maintain a Sustainable Environment
Goal 5: A Resilient Food System
" MODABA stands for more than Moms, Dads & Babies.
We stand for a thriving family and community!"
- Fatima Muhammad Roque
DOULA SUPPORT
We offer quality doula support tailored to your needs in any setting; home, birth center and/or hospital.