Akhmiri Sekhr-Ra has been a Childbirth Attendant for over thirty years and is the Chief Family Development Officer/Health Systems Navigator with the Cultural Wellness Center where she supports individuals who are interacting with the health care system and facilitates training for individuals across the country to be doulas, childbirth educators, and lactation educators. She has been a Perinatal Education trainer for Commonsense Childbirth Institute since 2013 .
Connect with Akhmiri at: www.culturalwellnesscenter.org
#CultureBearers are critical to the preservation and continuance of ancestral and cultural knowledge. The practice of being a Culture Bearer is distinct from other individual art practices because the practice is a full life tradition (not a career) and includes the intergenerational transmission of learning. The role of culture bearer is particularly important within ancestral cultures undergoing transition or experiencing threats from external or dominant cultures.
Learn more: https://iroots-mcknight-culturebearers.org/
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