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Hartford, Connecticut
Our performances went very well. We did a staged reading, but the blocking was very simple. The actresses all were moved by the experience of taking part in BOLD and everyone felt like they were part of something important that was transformational for them and educational for the audience. Our BOLD talkbacks had a midwife who is a researcher and editor for Henci Goer (author of The Thinking Woman’s Guide to a Better Birth), 2 family practice doctors who do deliveries, 2 authors, a midwife at Hartford Hospital, and another midwife who does homebirths and also does deliveries at Hartford Hospital. Our topics included some technical information about research and what the factors are that are contributing to high c-section rates and interventions. Someone asked about balancing the needs of the baby against the needs of the mother, we discussed how the singlemost factor that determines the outcome of your birth is your practitioner and next is the location where you choose to deliver, that hospitals are all very different and women need to shop for their care. The midwives who were involved felt that it was an excellent way to get a conversation going about maternity care and its impact on women's lives. I feel like, to me, organizing BOLD takes place on two levels - educating the public on a large scale, and having this intimate, bonding, growing experience on a small scale with the actresses. Each part of the process needs to be nurtured in a different way, but both parts are vital to the success of the project. Michal Klau-Stevens was the BOLD Organizer in Hartford. BOLD Hartford raised money for the BirthNetwork National of Greater Hartford. BOLD Hartford also organized a BOLD Red Tent. For more details click here!
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