You're Already Supporting Survivors: Intimate Partner Violence, the Perinatal Period, and the Doula's Role

Chéree brings extensive experience in facilitation, leadership, curriculum development, fund development, and community engagement, and is trained as a racial healing practitioner and birth and postpartum doula. At the Michigan Coalition to End Domestic & Sexual Violence, Chéree has held multiple leadership roles, including Co-Executive Director, designing statewide hotlines, leading trainings, and providing technical assistance. She is a nationally recognized facilitator and advocate, and outside of work, has served as a global competition judge with Angela Davis, is a published author, and has been featured in social justice exhibits.

Jessica is a Program Director and statewide trainer with the Michigan Coalition to End Domestic & Sexual Violence, where she leads maternal health and prevention initiatives focused on the intersection of intimate partner violence and the perinatal period. She has trained hundreds of advocates, healthcare providers, doulas, and community leaders on trauma-informed, survivor-centered approaches to IPV prevention and response, and is trained as a birth and postpartum doula. Her work centers health equity and strengthening the role of doulas and other birth professionals as critical partners in supporting survivors and improving maternal and infant