AHM Care Connect AI Triage System

Ancestral Hands Midwives (AHM) aims to enhance patient care and safety by developing AHM Care Connect, an AI-driven triage system. The primary goal is to provide 24/7 access to midwifery support, guiding clients on whether to seek urgent care or wait to contact their provider. This system is designed to improve patient safety, reduce unnecessary ER visits, and enhance overall care satisfaction. The project will involve creating a user-friendly interface, integrating AI algorithms for accurate triage, and ensuring data privacy and security. The learners will apply their classroom knowledge in AI, healthcare systems, and user experience design to develop a functional prototype.

Fundraising Merchandise Design 2024

Ancestral Hands Midwives is looking to diversify our revenue by creating our own line of Afrocentric merchandise. We believe this project will require: Develop merchandise designs (Ex. t-shirt designs, African prints) Create digital mock-ups Create electronic marketing designs and templates Assist with research and initial steps of setting up an e-commerce site The final deliverables include: File of finalized designs and merchandise mock-ups 1 Marketing campaign including post and reel templates We are excited to work with students who support our mission and want to have fun creating unique merchandise. Whether you're a fashion student, artist or you're just interested in what we do, we want to work with you.

Prenatal Class Creation & Maintenance

Main goal: Develop an on-line prenatal education course for the Black community. This project includes: Building upon the previous group's work on this course Orientation with the organization’s brand, culture, assets and communication style Assisting in designing the course material Researching and creating modules on specific topics Assisting in developing a marketing campaign Students are expected to: Write the text based content for 3 modules Draft social media posts to promote the course

Social Media Campaign for Non Profit Organization

Ancestral Hands Midwives is looking for help creating new and engaging social media content. Students would be expected to: Review existing content and conduct a SWOT analysis Conducting social media research for the latest trends to develop infographics materials for the followers Create social media posts (in the form of a one-month content calendar planned out in detail) Design content for Instagram, TikTok and YouTube Convert existing videos into IG and TikTok content Provide recommendations of additional content to create The goal of the campaign is to build brand awareness, gain followers and spread awareness about maternal health disparities. Students can create content using Canva (preferred) or any software, but will need to ensure posts are the proper size for the intended social media platform and that captions adhere to character limits for the given platform. If you're a storyteller, creative writer, content creator and/or have an interest in Black maternal health, we would love to work with you.

Non-Profit Grant Writing

Ancestral Hands Midwives is looking for assistance fundraising to support our mission: to reduce racial disparities in maternal outcomes and improve the experiences and outcomes for Black people during the prenatal, birth, and postpartum periods. As all non profit organizations, we are always looking for funding to sustain our organization and we would love your help. We're looking for students to help us: Grant writing: Research and create a list of grant opportunities Compile a master list of grant answers from existing grant applications Develop a needs statement that characterizes the community problem and justifies the need for funding Complete grant applications Sponsorship: Research sponsors and partnership opportunities Draft sponsorship letter templates Create a sponsorship package Draft communications including outreach to individuals, organizations/businesses to secure donations Join us if you have the skills and desire to work on this important project.

Healthcare Directory

At Ancestral Hands Midwives one of our main goals is to provide the Black community with equitable access to high quality health care. To achieve this we need your help to create a Black healthcare provider directory. Students should be prepared to: Familiarize themselves with the Directorist Wordpress plugin and the provided “How to” documents. Research and compile a list of providers that can be added to the directory. Add providers once approved. Add newly submitted provider information to the directory. Edit and update existing directory entries as needed. Create a simple step by step guide to updating the directory. Deliverables Based on your research, create a spreadsheet of providers to add to the directory. Use Directorist to add your list of providers to the existing directory. Update and/or edit existing listings on Directorist (a list will be provided). Create a “How to” guide with step by step instructions on how to edit and add providers to the directory.

Prenatal Class Creation Part B

Main goal: Develop an on-line prenatal education course for the Black community. This project includes: Orientation with the organization’s brand, culture, assets and communication style Building upon the previous group's work on this course Creating a transcript for existing course videos Uploading course content on to Thinkific Students are expected to: Edit and organize module resources and references into a standard format Transcribe existing videos Format content and upload to Thinkific

Fundraising Merchandise Design 2023

Ancestral Hands Midwives is looking to diversify our revenue by creating our own line of Afrocentric merchandise. We believe this project will require: Develop merchandise designs (Ex. t-shirt designs, African prints) Create digital mock-ups Create electronic marketing designs and templates Assist with research and initial steps of setting up an e-commerce site The final deliverables include: File of finalized designs and merchandise mock-ups 1 Marketing campaign including post and reel templates We are excited to work with students who support our mission and want to have fun creating unique merchandise. Whether you're a fashion student, artist or you're just interested in what we do, we want to work with you.

Prenatal Class Creation Part A

Main goal: Develop an on-line prenatal education course for the Black community. This project includes: Orientation with the organization’s brand, culture, assets and communication style Building upon the previous group's work on this course Assisting in designing the course material Researching and creating modules on specific topics Assisting in developing a marketing campaign Students are expected to: Write or edit the text based content for 3 modules Draft social media posts to promote the course

Non-Profit Grant Writing #2

Ancestral Hands Midwives (non profit organization) is looking for assistance with grant applications to acquire funds that will support our mission: to reduce racial disparities in maternal outcomes and improve the experiences and outcomes for Black people during the prenatal, birth, and postpartum periods. We're looking for students to help us: Research and create a list of grant opportunities utilizing Google, and grant searching platforms such as Pocketed . Compile a master list of grant answers from existing grant applications and input the information into the provided blueprint. Develop a needs statement that characterizes the community problem and justifies the need for funding based on the provided documentation (which will include the organization's mission and vision statement as well as previous grant applications). Complete 1-4 grant applications (depending on the length of the application) that can then be submitted by the organization.