Birth Equity legislation in 2025

Dec 9, 2024

Maryland Families for Safe Birth is drafting our more comprehensive Birth Equity bill for this upcoming legislative session. In our previous Improving Birth survey, we have heard that many are concerned with the need for true informed consent, free-standing birth centers, access to VBAC/HBAC, and reducing racial disparities. Our 2025 bill will touch on a number of these concerns.  Stand by for more information about how you can help connect with your state legislators and share your stories about why birth equity matters!

Birth Festival 2024 wrap-up

Dec 9, 2024

We were fortunate to have another absolutely beautiful day for our Baltimore Birth Festival on May 19, 2024.  A record 90+ vendors showed up to share their knowledge and resources with our Maryland families.  We hosted an amazing variety of service providers and businesses— from midwives and doulas to baby gear vendors, non-profit organizations, and artists—they all came out to benefit our birth community.  Several hundred attendees checked in at our registration tent and enjoyed meeting family-friendly businesses, rocking to live music and entertainment, and learning from fun, informative presentations.  We can’t wait to continue the tradition next year!  Save the date for the 2025 Baltimore Birth Festival on Sunday, May 18, 2025!  All proceeds benefit Maryland Families for Safe Birth and our continued work to promote birth justice and birth equity for Maryland families and reduce social/racial disparities in birth settings.

Baltimore Birth Festival 2025

Dec 9, 2024

Registration now open for the 2025 Baltimore Birth Festival!

Maryland Families for Safe Birth is excited to announce that general registration is now open for the 2025 Baltimore Birth Festival! The festival will be held on Sunday, May 18, 2025 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Patterson Park in Baltimore.

Based on feedback from the 2024 festival, a number of changes have been made. The end time will return to 3 p.m. and the raffle will be held at 1 p.m.

In addition, we have not increased our fees since 2019 but have had to deal with higher costs to run the festival.  So in order to meet our fundraising goals and be as inclusive as possible, we have made a modest increase to the sponsor fees, added a new Platinum Sponsor level, and added options for reduced pricing for a number of vendor and sponsor levels.

 
Please use the links below to sign up:

We hope to see you on May 18, 2025 for another amazing event!

Welcome 2024 Festival Sponsors!

Apr 6, 2024

MFSB Welcomes our Sponsors and Vendors for the 2024 Baltimore Birth Festival!

But it’s not too late to register!  If you would like to be a Festival Sponsor or have a Vendor table at the 2024 Baltimore Birth Festival, click here to register now!  Spaces are limited and some categories are already sold out!  Last day to register as a Sponsor is April 19.  This is a great opportunity for all birth-related businesses and services to connect with Maryland families while helping support the MFSB mission.  For the current list of all Sponsors and Vendors, please see the 2024 Festival Event page!