Maximize the impact of your local advocacy efforts with these tools from the Lamaze Institute for Normal Birth and our collaborating organizations.

• Download Lamaze's series of care practice papers: The Six Care Practices that Support Normal Birth.
• Join or start a local Birth Network and build it with these tips, tools and resources.
• Optimize your fund-raising efforts with our Fundraising Toolkit.
• Join the conversation about Changing Birth Culture on the Normal Birth Forum featuring Henci Goer.
• Endorse the Mother-Friendly Childbirth Initiative (MFCI) and download materials that promote this initiative, including a summary of the evidence that supports each step of the MFCI.
• Explore more online resources and opportunities for activism.
• Shop for books, videos and other materials that promote normal birth, including The Official Lamaze Guide: Giving Birth with Confidence, in the Lamaze Bookstore and Media Center.