The Queen’s Collective Birthing 12-Month Doula Mentorship Program
A year-long, cohort-based mentorship for aspiring and early-career doulas seeking culturally responsive, trauma-informed, justice-centered training and support.
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The Queen’s Collective Birthing 12-Month Doula Mentorship Program is designed to train and empower doulas to provide strength-based, culturally attuned care for Black and birthing people of color. Led by Racquel Washington, this program combines practical doula skills, reproductive justice and healing justice frameworks, mentorship, peer connection, and self-care tools to help participants grow into confident, ethical, and community-rooted birth workers.
A Year-Long Mentorship for Justice-Centered Doula Care
This cohort-based mentorship offers a full year of guided learning, reflection, and skill building for doulas who want more than surface-level training. The program is built to help participants strengthen their practice through monthly lessons, ongoing mentorship, community connection, and practical resources that support both provider wellbeing and client care. Through this experience, participants are supported in developing culturally responsive, consent-forward, trauma-informed care practices while also deepening their understanding of reproductive justice, healing justice, advocacy, and sustainable doula work.
What’s Included in the Mentorship
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Participants receive a full year of learning, support, and resources designed to strengthen both practice and purpose.Bullets:
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12 months of mentorship with monthly 90-minute lessons
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Monthly virtual check-in meetings for mentorship, discussion, and Q&A
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Quarterly in-person Doula Meetups for skills practice, networking, and community building
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Recorded guided meditations to support provider and client wellbeing
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A Doula Journal with templates for intake, care planning, reflection, and self-care
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Resource materials including readings, referral networks, and practical support tools
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Certificate of completion
Who This Program Is For
This mentorship is designed for aspiring doulas and early-career doulas who want culturally grounded, justice-centered training that prepares them for real-world care and advocacy. It is also a strong fit for community health workers, birth workers, and allied professionals seeking to deepen their perinatal practice, strengthen their client support, and expand their understanding of reproductive and healing justice in action.
Learn from an Experienced Birth Worker and Doula Mentor
This program is led by Rev. Racquel Washington, MA, Community Doula, PMH-C, a birth worker and mentor with over 20 years of direct experience in community birth work, maternal health advocacy, community organizing, and doula mentorship. Her approach is shaped by hands-on practice, culturally affirming care, and a commitment to helping doulas build sustainable, ethical, and community-rooted practices.
What You’ll Learn Across the Year
Each monthly lesson is designed to build your understanding, strengthen your practice, and deepen your capacity to support birthing people with skill, care, and integrity.
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Introduction and Welcome: What is a doula, scope of practice, ethics, and professional boundaries
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The Black Maternal Mortality Crisis and Centering Joy
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The Fourth Trimester and Beyond
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Reproductive Justice and Introduction to Cultural Organizing
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Doulas as Advocates
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Strength-Based Doula Care
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Curating Your Sea of Support
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First Aid
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Consent Culture
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Healing Justice
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Pregnancy Loss
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Reading Selection Share
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Closing and Next Steps
What You’ll Leave With
By the end of the mentorship, participants will be better prepared to support clients across pregnancy, birth, and postpartum with culturally attuned, consent-forward care. They will strengthen their ability to apply reproductive justice and healing justice frameworks in everyday doula practice, build referral networks and professional systems, recognize when to escalate care, and develop sustainable self-care routines that support long-term work in the field.
Program Format, Commitment, and Investment
The Queen’s Collective Birthing 12-Month Doula Mentorship Program runs across 12 months and includes monthly 90-minute classes, monthly check-ins, and quarterly in-person meetups. Each class will be recorded for later access. Materials including the Doula Journal, guided meditations, and readings are provided as part of the program.
The introductory investment is $150 per month with a minimum 6-month commitment. Cohort size is intentionally limited to support interactive learning, mentorship, and community connection.
Apply for the Next Cohort
If you are ready to deepen your practice, grow in community, and train in a mentorship rooted in culturally responsive care, reproductive justice, healing justice, and practical doula support, this program was built with you in mind.