Purpose of the Symposium
1) Discuss the benefits of the Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative (MFCI) for hospitals, clinics, mothers, infants, and clinicians
2) Provide a forum for discussion among nurses, doctors, doulas, childbirth educators, midwives, administrators and others on the challenges and opportunities of implementing mother-friendly care in the clinical or hospital setting.
3) Provide a forum for dissemination of evidence-based best practices for maternity care.
4) Support clinics, hospitals and community-based programs in developing plans of action to shift the thinking in their organizations towards mother-friendly care and develop multidisciplinary coordinated networks of maternity care providers.
5) Practitioners and students of maternity care will obtain an objective understanding of the collision of worldviews and belief systems when the medical and midwifery models of maternity care intersect.
6) Participants will describe how the perinatal community as a whole can best collaborate to provide optimal care for mothers and infants based on the principals of the MFCI and the evidence-based practices available as outlined in the 10 steps of the Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative (MFCI).
Principles of the MFCI are:Wendy Silvers is the founder/CEO of the Million Mamas Movement, an organization whose mission is to empower mothers in igniting their immeasurable power as global changemakers, and, ensuring that children thrive globally. She is an Inspirational speaker/teacher, author and Mindful Parenting educator. While a successful celebrity publicist creating high visibility for high profile clients and projects, Wendy had a spiritual awakening and felt inspired to become a Midwife of consciousness. She applies her intuitive gifts at mining others’ greatness into helping mothers recognize their immense value, grow their businesses and raise confident children. Wendy blogs for Huffington Post, magazines and online sites and is a contributing author to the international best seller, Balance for Busy Moms. She is affiliated with the Agape International Spiritual Center as an Agape Licensed Spiritual Therapist. Wendy has shared stages and summits with Michael Beckwith, Marianne Williamson, Panache Desai, Dr. Shefali Tsabary and others. She is based in Los Angeles, where she lives with her husband and powerful 14-yr. old daughter. She is also a Licensed Spiritual Practitioner of Agape International Spiritual Center, based in Los Angeles.
"Wendy’s commitment to bringing peace to our world through mothering is divinely inspired. Her ability to lead women through personal transformation will heal the world".
~ Michael Bernard Beckwith, Author, Teacher, Founder, Agape International Spiritual Center