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"The community call propels me forward, driving me to engage in meaningful action and advocate tirelessly for reproductive justice, accessible healthcare, and continuous education. I'm dedicated to stirring up 'good trouble' to better serve and uplift my community." - Alexis Alsup
"The community call propels me forward, driving me to engage in meaningful action and advocate tirelessly for reproductive justice, accessible healthcare, and continuous education. I'm dedicated to stirring up 'good trouble' to better serve and uplift my community." - Alexis Alsup
KEC: Knoxville Entrepeneur Center
KEC: Knoxville Entrepeneur Center
First Doula to be accepted through 100Knoxville Cohort.
KEC 100 Knoxville program is a cohort of Black-owned firm, and their goal is to help double entrepreneurs' revenue through investment of time and talent, and access to social, political, and financial capital.
Checkout interview below:
WUOT 91.9 fm: Health Connections
WUOT 91.9 fm: Health Connections
First Doula Interviewed on WUOT 91.9 FM
Alexis had the honor of being interviewed by Carole Myers, discussing the vital role doulas play in improving maternal healthcare.
Checkout interview below:
Co-Curator of the Knoxville Black Maternal Health Conference ( 2022-2026)
Co-Curator of the Knoxville Black Maternal Health Conference ( 2022-2026)
Knoxville Black Maternal Health Week is a community-centered initiative featuring local researchers, birthworkers, holistic practitioners, business owners, advocates, activists and professionals working within the realm of maternal health and wellness in Knoxville and the tri-cities. This platform brought awareness, education, interactive modules and art together in all things Black maternal health — addressing the shortcomings of maternal health for women of color and their families.
Pushing Legislation
Pushing Legislation
Tennessee State Capitol
Tennessee State Capitol
This act is known and may be cited as the "Tennessee Maternal Health Equity Advisory Committee Act."
Bill SB:1832/ HB:2226
Member of The National Black Midwives Alliance
Member of The National Black Midwives Alliance
The mission of the National Black Midwives Alliance is to establish a representative voice at the national level that organizes, advocates, and brings visibility to the issues impacting Black midwives and the communities they serve.
(Photo Owned/ Credited: NBMA)
"Medical Mistrust in Appalachia: Helping Patients and Providers Communicate with Cultural Humility"
"Medical Mistrust in Appalachia: Helping Patients and Providers Communicate with Cultural Humility"
University of Tennessee Press | Wendy Welch & Beth O'Connor, Editors | 2026
My chapter — Black Womb Care and Nutrition: The Knot That Will Not Untie Itself — explores how Black women's bodies became subjects of medical control rather than centers of sacred care, and what it looks like to come back to ourselves through Sankofa, ancestral nutrition, womb care, and community wisdom.
Black women have the highest maternal mortality rate in the United States. In Tennessee, 75% of those deaths are preventable. This chapter is my refusal to accept that as inevitable.
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