The Abortion Monologues, a play by Jane Cawthorne, will be performed on Saturday May 25th at 7:30PM at Dartmouth Hall 105 - Dartmouth College
In these dramatic monologues, twenty-three women reveal the details of their lives, families and relationships as they tell the stories of their abortions. Sometimes funny, sometimes heartbreaking, but always thought provoking, The Abortion Monologues exist in stark contrast to the real world in which women seldom publicly discuss this choice. The characters in this play face everyday hardship, financial crisis, relationship break down, illness, death, radical shifts in expectations and the truth about themselves and their own deepest desires.
The characters in this play will challenge you to think again about what you believe and why you believe it.
Wednesday, April 11, 7pm -- The Business of Being Born: Classroom Edition
An expert panel discussion & screening at the University of New Hampshire
Murkland Hall, Room 115
University of New Hampshire
Ricki Lake and Abby Epstein's widely influential documentary, The Business of Being Born, has been adapted for college and university classroom viewings and will be screened at UNH. The half-hour screening will be followed by an expert panel discussion addressing issues from a variety of perspectives:
- Gene Declercq, PhD from Boston University
- Abby Epstein, Director of The Business of Being Born
- Dr. Betsy Chase, Ob/Gyn Garrison Women's Health Center
- Julie Bosak, CNM Garrison Women's Health Center
- Valerie Jacques, RN, CPM Coastal Birthing Center
Free and open to the public. Reception to follow. Health professionals and professors encouraged to attend.
March 27, 2012-May 1, 2012 Stress Management Through Yoga Class
Healing the Body and Mind from Trauma - Tuesday evenings from 5:45 – 6:45 ~ March 27, 2012-May 1, 2012
Learn:
- About trauma and yoga
- How to connect with your body
- How to be more gentle and kind to your body
- Grounding techniques
- Breathing techniques
- How to relax your body and mind
- How to reclaim your body through yoga postures
- How to feel safe inside your body
Where: Womankind Counseling Center at 21 Green Street, Concord NH 03301
What to bring: yoga mat
What to wear: comfortable, casual clothes
Cost $75 for the whole 6 week class (Please note some insurance companies may reimburse for this class because it is facilitated by a LICSW. Call your insurance companies customer service line on the back of your card for information on your policy.)
Call Carol Hovey directly if you are interested at 225-2985. She requests that you have a therapist and that you bring a release from your therapist indicating your readiness for this class.
Carol Hovey, LICSW and Certified Yoga Instructor
Womankind Counseling Center
2012 Conference - From Abortion Rights to Social Justice: Building the Movement for Reproductive Freedom
Friday, April 13, 2012 - 3:00pm to Sunday, April 15, 2012 - 12:15pm
26TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE FOR STUDENT AND COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS
HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE, AMHERST, MA
"Radical, empowering and unlike any other conference."
Civil Liberties and Public Policy's annual conference connects activists from across the U.S. and internationally to build a stronger movement for reproductive justice and social change. Through plenaries, workshops, panels, and trainings, we encourage intergenerational dialogue, support youth leadership, and help build the connections and analysis necessary for cross-movement collaborations.
More than 150 speakers and 75 conference workshops will highlight successful examples of activism and discuss how struggles for reproductive and sexual rights are intricately linked to movements for economic, social, and environmental justice. Topics of workshops and strategic action sessions include abortion access in the U.S. and internationally, climate justice, anti-foreclosure activism, media making and storytelling, the politics of population control, and organizing around the 2012 elections.
March 7, 2012 - a Day of Action for Women’s Health
Join us and other New Hampshire voters on Wednesday, March 7 in Concord for a Day of Action to Protect Women’s Health!
Did you know that earlier this week, Rush Limbaugh had the audacity to call a Georgetown law student who is an activist for birth control a “slut” and “prostitute” for speaking out about the issue? Although many have condemned what was said, the GOP's overall silence on this issue is deafening.
If you are fed up with this kind of insult to women and the extreme efforts to restrict women’s access to contraception and other critical reproductive health services here in New Hampshire and nationally, join us in Concord on March 7th for a "Day of Action for Women’s Health”.
Starting at 8:00 a.m. we will march to the State House to line the stairwells to the House floor so that legislators have to walk by our protest on their way to session. After that, we're asking those who can stay to occupy the House gallery. We’ll finish off the day with a HUGE RALLY at the State House from 11:30-1:30.
Please, join us and other New Hampshire voters on Wednesday, March 7 in Concord for a Day of Action to Protect Women’s Health. We need to send a strong message to state legislators that recent attacks on women’s health will not be tolerated. Together, we will let them know that New Hampshire voters are paying attention, and we won’t let legislators send women back to the dark ages! Make sure your voice is heard on March 7.
Thanks to everyone for coming to our Candye Kane Show September 24, 2011 to Benefit the Concord Feminist Health Center
And a special thank you to these very generous sponsors of the concert!
- NH Liberties Union Foundation
- Zib Corell and Roger Hawk
- Pat Glowa, MD
- Shaheen & Gordon
- Anonymous
- Blue Robin
- Steve Duprey
- Sandra Ackerman
- Mango Security
- Gondwana
- Sandwich Depot
- Pat and Frank Baker
- Albert Bargiel
- House Rockin Productions
- Union Leader
- Smart Women Advertiser
- E&S Insurance
- Blues Audience Newsletter