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Black Maternal Health Expo
Join MODABA: Moms, Dads, and Babies for Black Maternal Health Week! This is a family-friendly event, focused on the time surrounding pregnancy. Meet our NEW Doula Collective: "The Village Mothers," participate in demonstrations and conversations surrounding everything Black Maternal Health.
- Food
- Fun
- Raffles
- Music
- Dance
- Demos
- and MORE...
Event Details
Saturday, April 16
1:00- 5:00 pm
The Sagrado
6427 S. Central Ave.
Phoenix, AZ 85042
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 elevate consciousness before, during and after pregnancy
while offering quality care and support for
optimal outcomes and family empowerment.
VISION: EVERY FAMILY THRIVES!
MOTTO: Helping FAMILIES THRIVE with support!
MENS WELLNESS
Zoom Wellness Classes for MEN ONLY| 1:1 Nutritional consultations | General well being check-ins | RESPECT!
CHILD WELLNESS
Immediate postpartum newborn exams | Newborn screen for CCHD | Newborn metabolic screen | Referrals for hearing screening
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 midwifery. This led to her attendance of births in Phoenix, Tucson, El Paso, Uganda and Haiti.
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 families of color, reducing health disparities and infant mortality while helping families to empower themselves as a unit to thrive.
For the past 7 years, Fatima has joyfully worked as a student midwife 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.