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April 2022

Greetings from the Alaska Native Birthworkers Community!
We are reaching out to share about upcoming events and opportunities this month. Please feel free to share this information with your network!

Indigenous Birthworker Networking and Support Circle
THIS WEDNESDAY! April 6, 2022 from 12-1PM AK time
Register to attend here  |  View Facebook Event

This is an open space for Indigenous birthworkers in Alaska to meet each other, share knowledge and resources, ask questions, and debrief experiences. This is a safe space for conversation and community. The Alaska Native Birthworkers Community will host this virtual talking circle the first Wednesday of every month. The meeting time will alternate between the lunch hour and an evening hour.

Support Circle for Indigenous Families Who Have Experienced Pregnancy or Infant Loss
Saturday, April 16, 2022 from 11AM-12PM AK time
Register to attend here  |  View Facebook Event

Lena (Koyukon Athabascan) and Torin (Yup’ik / Inupiaq) will host a virtual circle for Native families who have experienced pregnancy and infant loss. This will be a safe and supportive space to share our stories, remember our loved ones, and promote healing through our grief and loss journeys.

Preconception, Prenatal and Parenting Talking Circle
Saturday, April 16, 2022 from 11AM-12PM AK time
Register to attend here  |  View Facebook Event
These are safe spaces for conversation and community. If you are looking to build community while pregnant, trying to get pregnant, breastfeeding, parenting, healing from pregnancy or infant loss, or closely supporting someone in any of these phases of life, please join us.

RESCHEDULED! Dene Birthing Traditions Sharing Circle
Saturday, April 16, 2022 from 1-3PM AK time
Register to attend here  |  View Facebook Event

This is an intergenerational conversation around Koyukon cultural practices and ceremony during the childbirth rites of passage with panelists Marie Yaska, Sonia Vent, and Allison Kelliher, moderated by Margaret David and Lena Jacobs.

Preconception, Prenatal and Parenting Talking Circle
Saturday, April 30, 2022 from 11AM-12PM AK time
Register to attend here  |  View Facebook Event
These are safe spaces for conversation and community. If you are looking to build community while pregnant, trying to get pregnant, breastfeeding, parenting, healing from pregnancy or infant loss, or closely supporting someone in any of these phases of life, please join us.

ANBC's mission is to serve Alaska Native birthing families so that they feel supported, well cared for, and full of the information they need to make confident choices around reproductive health, birthing, and parenthood. In doing this, we seek to reclaim as well as create new ceremony to heal our ancestors, ourselves, and future generations who may have been harmed through the colonization of our bodies, healthcare, and birthing practices.

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