The Family Journey

Birth Returns to Fort Collins!

The Family Journey will produce Birth September 26, 2009. Please join us for an unforgettable lineup of events.

Birth Art Show
5:00 pm – Art will be displayed during the vendor fair.

Sign up for a workshop led by Birthing From Within ® Mentor Stephanie Rayburn. We will be using prompts to create spontaneous artwork focused on pregnancy and birth. This can be a fun and helpful way to explore your inner ideas and assumptions as you prepare for an upcoming birth or to process a birth you have already experienced. You do NOT need to be an “artist” to participate in this activity! You will be invited to have your creations put on display at the BOLD birth fair, if you wish to share them.

The workshop is scheduled for Tuesday, September 8th, from 6-8pm in the space at Inner Potential Chiropractic; 420 S. Howes St. Suite 104A.

The cost will be $25, but anyone who has already purchased a ticket to BOLD will receive a $5 discount! Art supplies will be provided.

Please RSVP in advance to Stephanie at (970) 988-6306 or steph.r.rayburn@gmail.com!

September 26th at Lory Student Center Theatre on the Colorado State University Campus
5:00 pm – Motherbaby-friendly vendor fair
6:30 pm – Performance of Birth, a play by Karen Brody
9:00 pm – Talkback Panel featuring
Peggy O’Mara, editor of Mothering Magazine
Karen Strange, Neonatal Resuscitation Instructor
Kim Lenderts, Midwife and Lactation Consultant
Katie Godfrey, local therapist, instructor, and researcher for birth and maternity issues

Red Tent Event (A sacred space for telling, processing, learning and sharing your birth story)
September 27th, from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm at Inner Potential Chiropractic. located at 420 S. Howes St. Suite 104 A in Fort Collins. Reservation required. Further details to be announced.

For questions, contact Keri at birthadvocate (at) msn (dot) com.

Originally the name BOLD came from “Birth On Labor Day.” In 2006 playwright Karen Brody founded Birth On Labor Day, allowing her critically acclaimed play, Birth, to be performed in communities throughout the world over four days during the American Labor Day for free to raise money and awareness about maternity care. Brody was astounded by the response to her “BOLD call to action.” In those 4 days more than forty performances of the play took place raising over $10,000 for organizations working to make maternity care mother-friendly. Today BOLD events – performances and BOLD Red Tents – are possible to do throughout the year.

Playwright Karen Brody wanted to find a way to honor mothers birth experiences, get communities talking about their local birthing issues, and raise money for organizations and small groups who are working to make maternity care mother-friendly. “The cesarean rate in the United States is over thirty percent, women in developing countries are without properly trained birth attendants and needed birth supplies,” says Brody, “As a writer I wondered, why are we not telling these stories? And as an activist I wondered how can we tell these stories in a way that will make a difference, that will shift the model of maternity care to the mother’s needs?”

Now all BOLD events take place throughout the year – BOLD Performances and Talkbacks and BOLD Red Tent events., ,