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Free Museum Day 2025, Black Maternal Health & MoM Conference CFP

YOU ARE INVITED! Free Museum Day is September 20th, 2025 in St Petersburg, FL. Together we are making love happen all around the Sunshine City. We will be open 12-6PM with fun activities for all. Just show up. Directions to MoM are here. Take the bus, the car or walk – we can’t wait to see you.

Then, Sunday Sept 21st is Black Maternal Health mini-conference with brunch and learn. We are grateful to our entire team for making this event possible. Thanks to our sponsors, organizers, speakers, audience members and all those people who are interested in this essential subject matter because together we rise!

The CFP for our MoM Annual Academic & Arts Conference March 27-29, 2026 in St Pete and online is posted. Please join us by submitting your art, academic research, authoethnographic work on the subject of Reproductive Identities and Resistance: Mothers and Others in Culture, Community and Collaboration. The full Call for Submissions is at JourMS.org and on our museum site.

New programming at MoM aims to our ongoing work in the realm of health, wellness and education with new seminars coming soon supported by Community Empowerment Leader Sierra M. Clark and Radiant Dre Marie. Registration is here! Questions: write INFO@MOMmuseum.org or call 877-711-MOMS (6667) and leave a message.

Upcoming Seminars at the Museum of Motherhood

A promotional poster for the event '33 Days of Self Talk Transformation' featuring candles, glass jars, and decorative elements, with text detailing the event schedule.
Seminar Series with Sierra M Clark
Illustration of a woman in a yoga pose with two dogs, surrounded by stars and a crescent moon, promoting a holistic transformation service.
Radiant Alignment with Dre Marie
Poster for a seminar titled 'Radiant Alignment Life Total Alignment' with details about the event's schedule and the Museum of Motherhood website. The background features illustrations of plants, a bottle, and celestial symbols.
Radiant Alignment with Dre Marie
A collection of decorative shells with blue patterns and designs arranged on a surface.
Radiant Alignment with Dre Marie
A promotional poster for the Nourish & Flourish seminars at the Museum of Motherhood, featuring illustrations of fruits, children, and text highlighting themes of empowerment, nutrition, self-care, and family healing.
Radiant Alignment with Dre Marie
A collection of decorative shells featuring various colorful patterns and designs, arranged in a grid layout.
Radiant Alignment with Dre Marie
A promotional flyer for the Museum of Motherhood seminars, featuring details on the 'Total Alignment Seminar' and 'Nourish & Flourish Seminars,' including timings, topics, and benefits for women and children.
Radiant Alignment with Dre Marie
Promotional poster for the 'Radiant Alignment Life' seminar at the Museum of Motherhood, featuring illustrations of women, children, and various symbols of nourishment and flourishing.
Radiant Alignment with Dre Marie

Thank you to our Black Maternal Health Brunch and Learn Sponsors

Promotional graphic for the Black Maternal Health Brunch & Learn event on September 21, 2025, featuring the MoM logo and details about the event, including sponsorships from Orlando Health and Bayfront Hospital.
Black Maternal Health Orlando Health
Promotional banner for Black Maternal Health Brunch & Learn event on September 21, 2025, featuring St. Anthony's Hospital as a gold sponsor. Includes QR code for ticket information.
Black Maternal Health Sponsor St Anthony’s Hospital
Event promotional graphic for the Black Maternal Health Brunch & Learn on September 21, 2025, in St. Petersburg, FL. It includes the MoM logo and details about the bronze sponsor, Unlimited Pediatric Therapy. There is also a QR code for tickets.
Black Maternal Health Sponsor Unlimited Pediatric
Promotional flyer for the Black Maternal Health Brunch & Learn event, featuring the MoM logo, event details, and a QR code for ticket information.
Black Maternal Health Sponsor Healthy Start Coalition

Huge gratitude to FloridaRAMA and all our sponsors, presenters and organizers with a special shout out to Jill M. Wood for serving as conference chair and Mary Havlock of Little House nonprofit for organizing.

Two women seated on a stage discussing the Black Maternal Health Conference, with a decorative table and a floral arrangement in front of them.
Courtney West on TV for Black Maternal Health Brunch and Learn at MoM

MoM Conference Flyer

Flyer for the MoM Annual Academic & Arts Conference 2026, detailing the theme 'Reproductive Identities and Resistance: Mothers and Others in Culture, Community and Collaboration', along with submission guidelines, dates, and location.
Call for presentations Annual Academic MoM Conference 2026
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Community Foundation Tampa Bay Awards Grant to MoM

We are thrilled to share HUGE NEWS: Community Foundation Tampa Bay awards the Museum of Motherhood a 25k grant to continue work in the area of Health, Wellness and Education.

We are incredibly humbled and grateful for this recognition. Our team has been relentless in our volunteerism and hard work facilitating free and open spaces for individuals and families from all walks of life, including those at risk and in-need as well as people seeking connection to resources and inspiration.

This grant will help us move forward and keep the lights on at MoM.

We have so many people to thank including our grant writer Samantha Church (SDC Strategies) whose time with us is made possible through a grant with Hypatia Collaborative. Team-wise we owe gratitude to our fierce fundraiser Mary Havlock and our committed Board of Directors as well as our Health, Wellness and Education team championed by Sierra Clark (Community Empowerment Facilitator) and associates Amanda Bartles (Lactation Loop), Courtney West (3 Gems Doula Services), Sara Hunter (Birth Photographer), Jill M. Wood (Penn State), as well as our We Build Tampa Bay partnerships for special events. Please watch our Team page as we welcome new members for workshops including Unlimited Pediatrics, Embracing Joy Perinatal Wellness, The Natal Network, and Keesha Brundridge; This is Me – Whole Girl Summer Camp, to name a few. Press Release to come. (Special thanks to Jesse English for beautiful music during our Board Building Event!, Mother Kombucha for beverages and 15th St Farm for cake!))

Logo of the Community Foundation Tampa Bay featuring a colorful rainbow design with the text 'Community Foundation Tampa Bay' underneath.

Scenes From Our Board Building Event and Barbara Birthday Party

Board Building Party at MoM
Graphic featuring the Health, Wellness & Education Committee of the Museum of Motherhood, with a pink heart and butterfly design, promoting empowerment for mothers and others to access community tools.
Health Wellness and Education at the Museum of Motherhood

We Are Pleased To Announce New Programming at MoM

Health, Wellness and Education Committee
Health, Wellness, Education Committee MoM 2025

The Fourth Trimester: with Rachael Somerman, Founder of Unlimited Pediatric and a Child Development Therapist. This Monthly Group is for pregnant people and those post-natal moms looking for support during this time of vulnerability, recovery and rapid growth. Rachael will be onsite at MoM to answer your questions and to support your physical and emotional journey. Bring you bellies! Bring your babies! Adoptive moms welcome too! We will make sure you have a safe and inclusive space to share your questions, concerns, milestones and emotional & developmental needs. Free with a suggested donation of annual MoM Membership in the Mothers Club $30.

Thursday 6/26 & 7/24 10-11:30 AM. SIGN UP HERE or CALL 877-711-MOMS (6667)

Embracing Joy – Perinatal Wellness and Maternal Mental Health with Shamella (Mel) Joy. Mel is a licensed therapist and certified perinatal mental health specialist. Her personal and professional experiences have shown her there is a dire need for humans to come together and relearn what it means when we say “it takes a village” to bear and raise a child. Mel wants to be a part of your support system to ensure confidence in yourself, remove the guilt and actually enjoy the experience of parenting. She is excited to embark on this journey with you, and hopes the connections we forge will be helpful as they are informative, empowering, and a catalyst for positive change. Mel will meet bi-weekly alternating a week at MoM followed by a virtual meet up. Dates TBA. Free with a suggested donation of annual MoM Membership in the Mothers Club $30. SIGN UP HERE or CALL 877-711-MOMS (6667)

The Natal Network – Loss, Grief and Resiliency – Knowledge is Power: The Natal Network launched in 2024 by Tracie Williams who is a Licensed Practical Nurse as well as certified doula with sixteen years of healthcare experience. Tracie has rendered care to different age groups from birth to geriatrics. With a strong background in direct care and management she decided to navigate her critical thinking skills towards helping others have healthier outcomes with growing their families.

Outside of professional passions she has had her own journey with motherhood which has anchored her in compassion for families. Her first pregnancy resulted in preterm delivery at 19 weeks. Williams’ gave birth to a daughter she would never have the oppourtunity to raise. Babies are not viable outside of the womb until around 24 weeks. Thankfully motherhood became sweeter and she was able to have her rainbow baby in 2012 along with another addition in 2023. Tracie will be creating content for MoM through our social media connections that aim to elucidate the joys and pain of m/otherhood, backed by science and herstory. In-person and virtual groups begin taking place monthly in June. ree with a suggested donation of annual MoM Membership in the Mothers Club $30. SIGN UP HERE or CALL 877-711-MOMS (6667)

This is Me – Whole Girl Summer Camp; A Body Education Program for Learning, Growing, and Thriving From the Inside Out.

This camp balances empowerment with body-knowledge, appealing to 12–16-year-old girls by emphasizing confidence, familiarity, and control over their own health.Each day has a theme, a mix of interactive activities, reflection, and safe space discussions. It blends science, self-awareness, and practical tools with creative, age-appropriate learning. Limited to 12 per session. Led by Keesha Brundridge – Science Teacher middle school & the MoM Team. Sessions are:

July 14-18th -1 week 12-2:30

August 4-8th -1 week 12-2:30

$125 for the week

SIGN UP HERE or CALL 877-711-MOMS (6667)

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SUMMER CAMP FOR GIRLS

Whole Girl Summer Camp at the Museum of Motherhood