Black Midwives Day

In 2019, Jamarah Amani, the co-founder and director of NBMA, was awarded the Trailblazer Award along with a proclamation that March 14 would be Jamarah Amani Day in the City of Miami. Her vision for this day was to aim higher than the recognition of a sole midwife. She believed a day honoring the legacy of Black midwifery would be a greater value and has repurposed the day of celebration to include
the collective body of past, present, and future midwives.