# @kqed on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CAQgio0B58_
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/8395545-kqed-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2020-05-16T17:57:40.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** KQED (@KQED) — https://gondola.cc/KQED

## Caption

Sumayyah has attended over 500 births. One including her client @kehlani. This week on @kqedarts’ #Rightnowish, we talk to doula and birth rights activist Sumayyah Monét Franklin (@sumistouch) about how her work has expanded during the #COVID19 pandemic and the glory of "catching babies." Yes, catching babies 👶🏿⁣
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🎧 Find Rightnowish wherever you get your podcasts.
🤲🏾 Don’t forget to share this episode with a friend.⁣
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📷: Ajira⁣
#sumistouch #doula #midwife #blackmaternalhealth #blackmamasmatter #listentothis #bayarea #keepitoakland #oakland #essential #essentialworker

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essentialworker, essential, bayarea, oakland, keepitoakland, blackmaternalhealth, blackmamasmatter, rightnowish, doula, sumistouch, covid19, midwife, listentothis

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