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We were able to raise about $12,000 for our beneficiaries, Women Deliver and the City of Joy in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo started by V’s VDay Organization!!
The 4thU Artivists‘ Spring benefit production was a successful weekend run of Sacred Wombs: Honoring Marginalized Birthing Bodies. This original production highlights original birth stories and true experiences with discrimination in the hospital system, featuring prominent voices from the reproductive justice movement.
Quotes from our audience:
“It was an incredibly moving, poignant, loving, thoughtful embrace of womxn, racism, classism and social justice non-manifestations. What heart! What performances! What unfolding! What creativity! What innovation! What insight! What an honor!”
– Cheryl Lehman
“Very powerful with a cast of amazing women and men. The list of contributing authors is impressive as are the actors’ bios. I hope this is picked up and performed widely.”
– Julie Stone
“I was so moved by the performance of Sacred Wombs on Friday night. It was also very eye opening in that I did not know there was such a disparity between Black and White women in the care they received around pregnancy and childbirth.”
– Valerie Bennis
Couldn’t make it to the show? Donations accepted at all times to help our beneficiaries end gender-based violence!
If you make even a small donation, you will receive the link to the Full Show Recording!
We are in a maternal health crisis in the United States. Our country has the highest rates of maternal mortality in the industrialized world. Women are twice as likely to die from complications of pregnancy or childbirth in the U.S. than in Canada or the United Kingdom. For Black women, especially, the risk is infuriatingly, heartbreakingly, unforgivably high. Three to Four times higher than white women. 80% of these deaths are preventable. This is the crisis.
This production will highlight original birth stories and true experiences with discrimination in the hospital system, featuring prominent voices from the reproductive justice movement.
This production was produced and cast entirely with volunteers, as are all the roles of the 4thU Artivists. All proceeds go to Women Deliver and the City of Joy in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo started by V’s VDay Organization.
You can donate below at Eventbrite and see our Online Store! ALL proceeds go to Women Deliver!
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