In 1999, after having her first child, writer and women's empowerment leader Karen Brody met an alarming number of low-risk mothers having babies with a high level of interventions. In response to what she noticed, Karen was determined to use her skills as a writer to let mothers' voices tell the story of birth today. She wrote the play Birth, a documentary play about how low risk women were giving birth. Then in 2006 the play kick started BOLD, a global movement to raise awareness and money to improve birth.
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/ The bold movement
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The St. Lawrence County Birth Connection is a group of birth professionals who aim to use evidence-based practices to improve birth experiences for women and families. We are excited to bring BIRTH, a play by Karen Brody to the North Country in spring of 2018. The purpose of this community-centered play is to raise awareness and money to improve birth locally.
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Proceeds will benefit
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The BOLD Movement
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80% of the proceeds from this production will be donated to North Country Baby Blessings. This organization was formed to raise funds to offset the cost(s) of out-of-hospital birth choices for uninsured and under-insured families in need in St. Lawrence, Franklin, and Jefferson Counties. These costs include supplies, equipment, and provider services.
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The critically acclaimed play Birth is based on BOLD founder/playwright Karen Brody's interviews with 118 mothers. With humor and passion, the piece celebrates the deep power that's available to every woman giving birth. Through this play mothers throughout the world have started being BOLD -- believing that their bodies rock and taking control of their births. The play Birth has given voice to the story of childbirth as told by mothers, an experience that previously had not been given any theatrical attention. Through the play and all the highly commitment BOLD communities who have produced the play in hundreds of locations around the world since 2006, a deeper consciousness around childbirth issues has emerged and contributed to the conversation around improving childbirth for women. Today the play Birth has reached over 100,000 people and raised nearly 1 million dollars to improve childbirth.
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