Guerilla Midwife

I am so excited to announce the date for our documentary screening!
March 3rd 2011 Doors Open at 6pm Movie starts at 6:30
at Wealthy Street Theater
See the Event listing on the CMC Website here

Guerilla MidwifeA 90 minute documentary by Deja Bernhardt
Starring Ibu(Mother)Robin Lim

Along the fragrant streets of Bali and desolate Acehnese refugee camps of the Indonesian Archipelago, Ibu Robin - A Guerrilla Midwife - perches over the red lips of volcanoes and finds herself at a time where midwifery is put to the test, when there is no technology right at the epicenter of the Earthquake and the bowels of the December 26, 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami in a culturally mesmerizing, heart-wrenching, epic documentary to show why we must change our protocols for pregnancy and childbirth back to a gentle, natural method, if our planet is to survive the dominance of mankind. "Healing the Earth one baby at a time." ~Ibu Robin Lim There is a WAR being fought day and night, in every country on this planet, to gain an asset more precious than gold or oil - it is our human capacity to LOVE that is at risk. The battlefield is women's individual bodies when they are most vulnerable and in need of protection, at the time they are giving birth. It is at the fulcrum of birth and the first hour thereafter that individuals develop either an intact ability or an impaired capacity to love. It is your capacity to love that either makes you helpful or harmful to all sentient beings and our environment. Technology, when used inappropriately in birth has disempowered women, harmed the bonding process and sabotaged breastfeeding and our essential human right to love and be loved. This is the burden and the gift of the Guerrilla Midwife. It is not only environmental disasters that are standing in between WOMEN but the "Big Business" of BIRTH

"Future of Birth in Michigan" Discussion to follow with a panel of midwives and birth experts.
Info tables from local birth and parenting organizations

Donations will go towards

Bumi Sehat Foundation International and ICAN of Grand Rapids Bumi Sehat Foundation International, founded in 1995, is a non-profit, village-based
organization of dedicated families, midwives, doctors, nurses, teachers and volunteers
from Indonesia and other countries around the world. Bumi Sehat runs two by-donation
community health centers in Bali and Aceh, Indonesia that provide over 17,000 health
consultations for both children and adults per year. Midwifery services to ensure gentle
births is at the heart of Bumi Sehat and our clinics welcome approximately 600 new
babies into the world each year. We have also established capacity building and
community outreach programs, including a Youth Center and village recycling program.


Explore this page for more info on the International Cesarean Awareness Network and our local ICAN of Grand Rapids chapter