On Saturday, June 1, 2013, the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) honored PBS and Call the Midwife with the 2013 Media Award during the Annual Meeting Awards Dinner.

The award was bestowed at the 58^th Annual ACNM Meeting and Exposition in Nashville, Tennessee (see the link below for all the award winners). Over 1,500 Certified Nurse-Midwives (CNM) and Certified Midwives (CM) came together at the Nashville Convention Center from May 29 to June 2, 2013. References to Call the Midwife were abundant throughout the meeting.

The meeting hosts the largest American group of midwifery professionals and provides educational workshops, poster and research presentations; business and global health receptions; meetings for the directors of midwifery education (DOME); and diverse networking opportunities. Key note speakers included Reverend Becca Stevens; Ina May Gaskin, MA, CMP, PhD(Hon.); and Beverly Malone, PhD, RN, FAAN.

Just as the nuns and midwives cared for the people of the East End of London in the late 1950s we heard of a modern day healer with the opening keynote address by Reverend Becca Stevens. For myself, her talk was one of the highlights of the meeting. Reverend Becca Stevens is an Episcopal priest and one of the White House’s Champions of Change. She is the founder of Magdalene & Thistle Farms, a community and social enterprise that stands with women recovering from trafficking, prostitution, addiction and life on the streets. Magdalene, the residential model, serves women for two years at no cost to residents. Thistle Farms employs 40 residents and graduates who manufacture, market and sell all natural bath and beauty products in over 200 retail stores across the globe (see the link below for their website).

Katie Moriarty (CNM, PhD, CAFCI) is a Clinical Assistant Professor and Associate Director of the Nurse Midwifery education program at the University of Michigan. She has been a nurse-midwife since 1992. Her undergraduate degree is from the University of Windsor, and her Master’s and PhD degrees are from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
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