Future
Offerings
Support
Healing
Space
Knowledge-Sharing
We are currently raising funds to get Kindred Care Collective off the ground. Learn more about that here.
Co-founded by three mamas & birthers in East Oakland, we are building offerings and healing space that will center birthers and primary caregivers, or as we often call ourselves “caretenders,” tending to the people in our lives the way a gardener tends to their seeds, flowers, bees, soil. and fruits.
Below is our bold vision (and truly, just the beginning).
Support
We deserve support.
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Ongoing education and network for parents with older children, who are seeking a community that seeks to center radical love and decolonized, reparative, healing, anti-racist, and queer frameworks in their parenting.
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We’re a share-care economy. Donate what you can; take what you need.
Food, formula, diapers, postpartum supplies, books, pregnancy & nursing clothing, baby-safe soap and detergent, baby clothes, toys.
We bring postpartum care packages and meals to our members.
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We are raising money for a fund to support low-income queer families and solo parents as they plan and build the family they long for. Depending on need, this fund’s use may be expanded.
Healing
La cultura cura.
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1-on-1 therapy
group therapy & circles
anger management & navigating “mom rage”
nature & play therapy
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body casts
painting
pregnancy & family photography
poetry & writing workshops
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sound baths
restorative yoga
poetry
napping
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Learn and share ways to change systems, including policy advocacy.
Each year, we aim to elevate 1-2 campaigns for systemic and/or policy change.
Space
You belong here.
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We want expecting parents, families, postpartum bodies, and littles to feel at home here.
Our space has couches, rocking chairs, yoga balls, rugs, and mats.
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Changing tables, Diapers, Cream, Wipes, Formula, Loaner Pumps
Bottle-washing station
Cozy Kid Play Area
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We want all bodies to feel affirmed in this space. We have furniture that supports bigger bodies, space for wheelchairs and mobility aids, and products that support young to aging bodies alike. If we don’t have what you need to feel comfortable, please let us know so we can improve!
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We’re a share-care economy. Donate what you can; take what you need.
Food, formula, diapers, postpartum supplies, books, pregnancy & nursing clothing, baby-safe soap and detergent, baby clothes, toys.
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pregnancy blessing rituals
mother’s and father’s day events
potlucks & gatherings
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We have 1-on-1 meeting rooms for private therapies and practitioners in our collective.
We have an outdoor garden for groups when the weather is nice, and to grow plant medicine for our healing practices.
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Loaner pumps
Breast-/ Chest-/ Bodyfeeding Supplies
Knowledge-
Sharing
We are always learning.
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Employer Leave Policies
State Benefits
Lactation Accommodations at Work
Taking Job-Protected Leave and Sick Days to Care for Chosen Family
Family Law - including Guardianships, Adoptions, Custody & Visitation, Child Support, and Fighting CPS Cases
Rights of Currently and Formerly Incarcerated Parents and Pregnant People
& more
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Navigating childcare decisions
Making schooling decisions
“Unschooling” options
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