This is one of five lessons that make up our Prerecorded Supporting People Who Use Drugs and Those in Recovery CE Complete Course Bundle. We offer our CE courses with the option of purchasing select lessons, or the entire course, as a way to increase the accessibility of this information.
There are no prerequisites to enroll in this course. You do not need to be a doula or have any specific background experience. This course does not result in certification.
This masterclass offers the opportunity to learn about the history of cannabis, cannabis use throughout pregnancy and postpartum, and the effects of cannabis use during lactation. There is also important conversation around stigma against cannabis use during childbearing and the application of harm reduction principles. This class is full of the evidence-based knowledge you need around perinatal cannabis use.
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Briana Simmons and Heather Thompson
Briana Simmons (she/her) is a Black, queer femme from Kansas City, MO who is deeply inspired by the revolutionary act of mothering as an affirmation, concept, and roadmap. As the Black Maternal Health, Healing, & Joy Coordinator for Soul 2 Soul Sisters, she creates programming centering on the lives and experiences of Black women. Briana manages Soul 2 Soul Sisters’ birthworker program, Sacred Seeds Black Birthworker Collective of CO, in providing a healing space for professional development and networking opportunities for about 20 Black birthworkers as they work to serve pregnant people and their families throughout the state. As a full-spectrum life cycle facilitator working with folks giving life and those facing death, she founded Unearthing Tradition, a holistic wellness organization that exists to create unapologetic healing spaces for Black folks to exhale, especially in the midst of sacred transitions. She holds a B.S. in Journalism, a M.A. in International Human Rights, and several training certifications as a yoga instructor, birth worker, and end of life planner. IG: @unearthingtradition; Facebook: Unearthing Tradition; Website: www.unearthingtradition.com
Heather Thompson (she/they), MS, PhD is a molecular and cellular biologist, clinical researcher, birthworker, and queer parent with non-binary gender. Heather has worked for equity, access and autonomy in childbirth for more than 25 years, and was part of the team that passed the historic Colorado Birth Equity Bill Package in 2021. Currently she is the Co-Deputy Director of Elephant Circle, a birth justice organization, doing work that allows her to combine her background in birth access and equity with science and community organizing.
Heather has been educating consumers and clinicians about perinatal cannabis since its liberalization in Colorado in 2012, work that has resulted two peer-reviewed publications. Heather’s application to birth justice issues goes back to her work as the Director of Research at a community birth center in Colorado (2010-2017), and participation in an NIH Task Force evaluating the evidence-based literature on SIDS and bedsharing/cosleeping in the context of AAP guidelines on infant sleep. These experiences, in addition to 19 years of postpartum doula work, feeds Heather’s passion for supporting family ecology by helping families navigate their own journey, particularly as it relates to perinatal care, birth choices, and legal cannabis. Born and raised in Colorado, Heather lives in Denver and enjoys being outside around a campfire with her partner, two kids and larger community.