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www.BirthActionCoalition.org

The Birth Action Coalition believes the birth journey is an essential expression of human dignity that requires informed and empowered partnerships between women, families and health-care providers. Through projects that educate and advocate, The Birth Action Coalition will work to create supportive birth environments in our communities.

Friday, February 18, 2011

Movie Screening "Guerilla Midwife"

BAC is a proud co-sponsor 
of a benefit movie screening of:

Guerrilla Midwife
please join us for a community event and film screening exploring the links between gentle birth practices, peacebuilding and our humanity
Suggested donation - $10
this event will benefit Bumi Sehat Foundation, providing gentle birth services for families, direct aid, & training of midwives in Indonesia
 


View a trailer of Guerrilla Midwife at www.skwattacamp.com

“Healing the Earth, one baby at a time” 
~ Robin Lim

Thursday, February 24th, 6:30 pm

6:30 pm – arrive, meet and greet, welcoming
7:00-8:15 pm – film will begin promptly
conversation afterwards with Mary Jackson, a local midwife interviewed in the film

at The Unitarian Society, Parish Hall
1535 Santa Barbara St. at corner of Arrellaga St.
in downtown Santa Barbara



Guerrilla Midwife follows Ibu Robin Lim into the trenches of her work.  From Bali, where hemorrhage after childbirth is the leading cause of death, into the Tsunami disaster zone in Aceh, where her battle is fought with only one weapon, love.  In this culturally mesmerizing, heart wrenching documentary, you will discover why we must reinvent our protocols for pregnancy and childbirth in order to preserve our Planet’s Humanity.

Deja Bernhardt, the film’s director says “This six year project  took me from the rituals of Bali to the places where people washed up after the Tsunami, without their souls.  It took me to Santa Barbara, to sit beside the very midwife whose hands welcomed me gently into the world, and to Italy where one midwife was honored as a warrior for peace.  My prayer is that Guerrilla Midwife may be seen by enough people to tip the balance of our planet toward a lasting peace, where we all wish to arrive home.”

View a trailer of Guerrilla Midwife at www.skwattacamp.com

Event Contact:  Kolmi Majumdar~ kolmi@quailsprings.org, 805-452-6873

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Thank you to our event sponsors!

Central Coast Doula Association, Santa Barbara Birth Center, Birth Action Coalition, Quail Springs, SB Permaculture Network, Hana Peace Works, Parent Television Network, and Baby! International Film Festival



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