Monday, March 26, 2018: Birthwork as a site of healing and transformation; IWD and Labor

Eri Guajardo Johnson of The Birth Bruja Podcast

Theresa Adams and Cat Petru of KPFA's First Voice Apprenticeship Program* guest host a special edition of Women's Magazine in honor of Women's History Month. Cat speaks with doulas, Megan Chadwick and Eri Guajardo Johnson, about birthwork as a site of healing, transformation, and justice.

Theresa and Cat simultaneously celebrate this month by illuminating women's legacies and labor - from the newsroom to the birthroom - and challenge the pretense that women are centered merely one month out of the year. We hear from Nina Serrano, Sara Blanco and Kate Raphael about what radio means to them.

Click here to listen to the entire show. 1:01:55

From L to R: Megan Chadwick, Cat Petru, Eri Guajardo Johnson

Connect with our guests:

Megan Chadwick can be contacted at meganachadwick@gmail.com

Eri Guajardo Johnson can be found on Instagram @birthbruja or email at eri.g.johnson@gmail.com


*March 30th is the deadline for applying to the First Voice Apprenticeship Program.

Monday, February 15, 2016: Reproductive Justice Meets Black Lives Matter

On this week’s edition of Women’s Magazine, we talk with two groups who are working to address inequities in pregnancy and childbirth. Click here to listen to the show. 59:50 min.

Discounted books available at the book launch

First, Lisa Marie Rollins talks with Dr. Julia Chinyere Oparah, one of the editors of the new anthology, Birthing Justice: Black Women, Pregnancy and Childbirth. Oparah and co-editor Dr. Alicia D. Bonaparte are part of Black Women Birthing Justice, a collective committed to transforming the birthing experience for Black women. “If Reproductive Justice and Black Lives Matter had a baby,” Oparah says, “The result would be Black Women Birthing Justice.”  Black Women Birthing Justice will host a launch party for the book at 7 PM on February 24 at Mills College.  More info




Also on today's show:
Homeless Prenatal Program