Honoring Midwifery’s Past and Celebrating Midwifery’s Future

The A.C.N.M. Foundation and the American College of Nurse-Midwives In Partnership With Yale School of Nursing, Orange, Connecticut.

Register now for this exciting event with in-person and virtual options!

Donations to the A.C.N.M. Foundation are encouraged

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9:30AM

In-Person Check In

ACNM CES AVAILABLE FOR THIS EVENT

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The A.C.N.M. Foundation Inc. and ACNM present: Honoring our Midwifery Legacies

10:00AM - 12:00PM

36th Annual Therese Dondero Memorial Lecture

Barry S. Levy, M.D., M.P.H. Adjunct Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine & Past President,
American Public Health Association

Dr. Levy authored the 1971 American Journal of OBGYN research report showing that midwifery services led to the improved neonatal mortality and prenatal care uptake observed in California’s Madera County Project (1961-1963). A classic natural experiment analysis of midwifery care.

A Tribute to Armentia Tripp Jarrett, CNM, MN, FACNM (1917-2014); Yale SON, Class of ’59

Ms. Jarrett served as the senior midwife in the Madera County Project, supervising the care
provided during the pilot demonstration. In 1992, she received the ACNM Hattie Hemschemeyer Award (now the Lifetime Visionary Award), becoming the first Black midwife to receive that honor.

12:00 - 12:30PM

2024 Dorothea M. Lang Pioneer Awards Presentation
Katri Brewer Delac, Vice President, The John J. & Frank Sparacio Foundation

12:30 - 2:00PM

Legacies Luncheon with Program/Posters

Sponsored by the Sparacio Foundation

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ACNM and Yale Midwifery Faculty present: Honoring Midwifery Excellence

2:00 - 4:30PM

Midwifery Research, Practice, and Education Forum

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Yale SON Dean’s Reception

4:30 - 6:00PM

(With Virtual Option)

Honoring the first Helen Varney Burst Professor of Midwifery, Emerita Dr. Holly Powell Kennedy; Past President of the A.C.N.M. Foundation and ACNM