🌿 NOURISH: Maternal Food as Medicine Program

Coming September 4, 2025 | Washington, DC

They hold the womb. We equip their hands.

This September, WANDA and Dreaming Out Loud proudly launch NOURISH — a first-of-its-kind maternal nutrition training program designed for and with Black birth workers in Washington, DC.

Rooted in ancestral wisdom and powered by modern nutrition science, NOURISH is a 3-week hybrid, in-person training series that equips doulas, midwives, lactation consultants, and birth workers with the skills, knowledge, and culturally-relevant tools to better support Black moms and babies through the healing power of food.

🍲 Why NOURISH Matters

In DC, Black women are 3x more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women.
Yet most birth workers receive little to no nutrition education—and even less rooted in African diasporan foodways.

NOURISH changes that.

📚 What You’ll Gain:

• Training in nutrition for gestational diabetes, postpartum healing, and lactation

• Tools to coach clients using affordable, accessible, and ancestral foods

• Live cooking demos featuring dishes like jollof quinoa, moringa porridge, and sweet potato stew

• Take-home toolkits with culturally tailored recipes and client education materials

• Connection to a powerful community of Black birth workers, healers, and educators

🗓 PROGRAM DETAILS:

Dates: Thursdays, September 4, 11, 18
Time: 6:30 – 9:00 PM
Location: Marion Barry Ave Market, 1303 Marion Barry SE, Washington, DC 20020
Includes: CEUs + Certificate of Completion

✨ For the ones who bring life into the world—

We offer nourishment, knowledge, and legacy.

Space is limited.