The NYC Doula Initiative — wait, WHAT?

A few years ago I had a phone call with a Black founder, someone I connected with through social media and took a great liking to over the years. On this particular call, this founder shared that she was in a group with other Black female founders and that one of the founders had been approached by a white-led organization or business of some kind about creating a Doula directory. They asked the founder to assist them with recruiting Black and Brown Doulas to participate in this new Doula directory. The founder let this white-led organization (who were hoping to invest and capitalize off…