LISTEN
Make space for her voice, connection and culture.
There is something powerful about being heard.
Not just spoken to.
Not just given information.
But genuinely listened to.
Pregnancy and motherhood are personal experiences, and no two women experience them in exactly the same way.
Your voice carries your experiences, your perspective, your family, your culture and the things that matter to you.
LISTEN is where those voices have space.
A place to share, connect, question, reflect and explore the many experiences of Black motherhood.
Because understanding Black motherhood also means listening to the women living it.
What's inside LISTEN?
LISTEN brings women into the conversation.
Sometimes that means hearing one woman's experience.
Sometimes it means listening to something she wants others to hear.
And sometimes it means coming together and discovering what connects us.
CherisHer Words
Her experience. Her perspective. Her words.
CherisHer Words creates space for women to share their experiences of pregnancy and motherhood in their own words.
The things they remember.
The things they wish someone had told them.
The moments that stayed with them.
The experiences that shaped them.
Through written reflections, audio, interviews and shared experiences, CherisHer Words allows women to tell their stories in a way that feels true to them.
Because sometimes hearing another woman say, “I've felt that too,” creates a connection all of its own.
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CherisHer Message
Something to say. Something to share. Something to be heard.
Not every voice comes with a story.
Sometimes there is simply something a woman wants to say.
A perspective she wants to share.
A question she wants to raise.
An experience she wants others to understand.
Something she wishes maternity services, families or communities would hear.
CherisHer Message creates space for those voices.
Because being heard isn't only about telling your story.
Sometimes it's about having something that matters to you heard by others.
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CherisHer Collective
Different women. Different experiences. One space to connect.
The CherisHer Collective is about bringing women together around the experiences, conversations and culture that shape pregnancy and motherhood.
Different generations.
Different families.
Different backgrounds.
Different perspectives.
There isn't one way to experience Black motherhood.
The Collective makes room for those differences while creating opportunities to discover the things that connect us.
This might be through community conversations, shared questions, collaborations, cultural discussions or future CherisHer experiences.
This is where individual voices can become a collective conversation.
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Seen. Heard. Held.
At CherisHer, being seen, heard and held is part of what it means to centre her.
Seen — recognising the woman behind the maternity journey, including her identity, experiences, culture and the things that matter to her.
Heard — making space for her voice, perspective, questions and experiences.
Held — creating spaces where she can feel supported, connected and cared for.
Because being seen, heard and held isn't just about what happens during an appointment.
It's about feeling that you matter too.
Let's listen.
LISTEN isn't about speaking for Black women.
It's about creating space for Black women's voices, perspectives, experiences and culture to be heard, shared and connected.
There is no single story of Black motherhood.
There are many voices, many experiences and many ways of seeing it.
And every woman deserves space to be seen, heard and held.
Her journey.
Her culture.
Her voice.