Audra Phillips sold a record amount of MANA fundraising items at the MANA table. Here Elizabeth Moore is looking at the new Mothers Naturally messenger bags now available to buy.
The North American Registry of Midwives was represented at the conference with a part of the back of the MANA table, but I didn't get a photo of it.
Ann Geisler, MANA's insurance committee chair, put together a great opportunity for MANA members to buy group health insurance. To request your no obligation quote, please take a moment to go to MANAquotes.com and complete the online form. Once your form is received, a friendly representative will contact you to set up a telephone appointment to review your specific needs and match you with the health insurance plan that is right for you.
The concept of Sankofa is derived from Adinkra of the Akan people of West Africa. Sankofa is transliterated in the Akan language as “se wo were fi na wosan kofa a yenki.” Literally translated it means “it is not taboo to go back and fetch what you forgot.” Sankofa is used today across the pan-African world to promote the idea that African people must go back to our roots in order to move forward. Visually and symbolically “Sankofa” is expressed as a mythical bird that flies forward while looking backward with an egg (symbolizing the future) in its mouth. Click here for more info.
This symbol is used for our conference to mean that, as midwives, we “must go back to our roots in order to move forward,” without losing what is precious and powerful in birth.
