CAPPA

CAPPA is the Largest Childbirth organization in the world. CAPPA trains and certifies doulas, childbirth educators, lactation educators and more.

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Most birth workers treat the pro down the street as competition.

Nicole Harlot built a 1,800-provider network across 26 countries on the opposite premise: referrals are infrastructure, not favors.

Your doula next door is not the competition.
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Common belief in perinatal work: you can't protect breastfeeding and work on infant sleep at the same time. One always costs the other.

Liza Kaplan Montanino, sleep consultant and lactation educator, closes that gap July 30. https://t.co/Lditjcvw4R

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Human milk carries microRNAs, exosomes, and signals that change which of a baby's genes switch on. It's not just food. It's instruction. The first 72 hours are a biological programming window. You cannot get them back.

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Human milk doesn't just feed a baby. It shapes which of their genes switch on.

Dr. Ashley Robinson, DrPH, IBCLC, is breaking down the epigenetics of breastfeeding at the CAPPA Convening. And how to teach it without shaming a single parent. https://t.co/Lditjcvw4R
#Lactation

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Birth doesn't happen in your head.

Labor flows when the thinking brain quiets and instinct takes over. Protecting that is a skill.

At the CAPPA Convening, Jenny Kozlow teaches Giving Birth from the Right Side of the Brain. https://t.co/Lditjcvw4R

#MaternalHealth #Doula

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Nobody warns new parents about the rage or the shame that follows.

At the CAPPA Convening, Nicole McNelis (LPC, PMH-C) teaches how to turn maternal rage into resilience. https://t.co/Lditjcvw4R

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The U.S. remains the only OECD country without a national paid parental leave policy. FMLA offers unpaid, leave to eligible workers only. Access is an issue. Join Rosa Neves, the Workplace Doula, as she demystifies parental leave at https://t.co/Lditjcvw4R.

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Over 2.3 million women of reproductive age live in maternity care deserts, where the nearest help can be a long drive away.
In many of these communities, a birth worker is the entire system. Melissa Patti with the full report at CAPPA Convening July 30-31. https://t.co/Lditjcvw4R

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Land of the free. Home of 1,104 maternity care deserts. 🇺🇸This Independence Day, a hard truth: in more than 1,000 US counties, there's no one to be on call. No birthing facility. No obstetric provider.

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The CAPPA Convening lineup is here. 🤍

Keynote: Tatyana Ali. Plus 21 speakers across policy, mental health, lactation, equity, and postpartum care — from Philly to Mumbai to Spain.

July 30-31 · Philly + virtual. https://t.co/Lditjcvw4R

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Most advocacy training tells doulas what NOT to do.

Almost none of it tells us what to actually DO when the birth room shifts in the wrong direction.

Debbie Hull, with 27+ years of experience, is closing that gap at CAPPA Convening 2026.
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There's a place the promise still hasn't arrived: Black mothers die at 3x the rate of white mothers, and 80%+ of those deaths are preventable.
Preventable means changeable. To every birth worker holding space for Black families — thank you. #Juneteenth

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Can't make it to Philly this July? The Convening Conference comes to you. 🌎 Everywhere Access delivers the full event to your couch. 15+ CEUs = your entire 3-year CAPPA recert, done in one ticket. $50 off Launch pricing ends June 30th. https://t.co/Lditjcvw4R #CAPPAConvening2026

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"Because I am having a baby too."
Joel Austin, founder of Daddy University, is leading a panel of male birth workers at CAPPA Convening 2026.
A perinatal conference panel like this is a rare occurrence.
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"I'll learn about doula policy later." — says every doula.

Jill Wodnick works on maternal health policy at Montclair State. She's coming to the Convening with the actual breakdown: 65+ state bills, Medicaid in over half of U.S. states, and what it means for your practice.

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Meet Kaybee Beach-Leathers — CAPPA Program Advisor, Postpartum Doula Faculty, and speaker at the CAPPA Convening 2026.
Her session at the Convening is "Beyond Birth: Reimagining Parent Education for the Modern Family."
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The way families learn to navigate the perinatal threshold has changed in the last decade. Our perinatal professionals are making waves.

A few partner brands will be in the room with us July 30-31 to be present with the people shaping what's next. 🔗https://t.co/CbgkSleI2T

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The CAPPA Convening 2026 is seeking speaker applications. Two days. Drexel University, Philadelphia. July 30–31. Birthworkers, perinatal Applications close May 27. Apply in the comments link.

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🔗 Register to join: https://t.co/Y48s0SzkZ6
👉 Get the $50 member savings: https://t.co/d7OuXpYUD8

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We're back in real life!

Registration is officially open for the CAPPA Convening '26 Conference.

📍 Philadelphia · July 30-31
✔️ Two days of speakers
✔️ CEU eligible sessions
✔️ Network & grow your business
✔️ Virtual conference community
✔️ Welcome mixer July 29

125 seats