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Leadership
Wild Olive Birth Company leads perinatal health efforts in nurturing, growing, and supporting families and individuals to thrive.
Wild Olive Birth Company is a local, woman-owned, birth-centered company offering integrated perinatal care, education, movement spaces and doula support. Rooted in culturally responsive, community-centered practice, Wild Olive recognizes equity and ancestral wisdom as foundational to health: families thrive when they have compassionate care, trusted guidance, and connection throughout their journey. Through prenatal yoga, childbirth education, lactation, placenta encapsulation, and doula training, we empower birthworkers and families to thrive.
NURTURE
GROW
THRIVE
“We are the ones we have been waiting for.”
June Jordan (1936–2002) was a Black feminist poet, essayist, teacher, and activist whose work centered on liberation, love, and justice. She wrote powerfully about race, gender, sexuality, and oppression, always tying personal experience to larger struggles for freedom. Jordan believed in the transformative power of language and community, and her writings often celebrated resilience and the possibility of building a more just world. One of her most quoted lines, “We are the ones we have been waiting for,” continues to inspire movements for collective care and liberation today.
Collaborators
We have worked in partnership with many local and national organizations to create a lasting impact for families:
Polk County Early Childhood Iowa
EveryStep
National Black Doula Association
Project Motherhood Iowa
Jenny Woods, IBCLC
Monsoon United Asian Women of Iowa
Iowa Health and Human Services
Iowa Breastfeeding Coalition
Black Yoga Teacher Alliance
National Black Midwives Alliance

