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Submitted by freeschoollove on Fri, 03/28/2008 - 3:15am.
Apr 19 2008 - 3:00pm
Apr 19 2008 - 6:00pm

THE BIRTH ATTENDANTS would like to invite you:

April 19th from 3-6pm to an Prison Doula Project Orientation Workshop
and April 20th from 1-4pm to a Volunteer Training/Consensus Workshop

@ The Olympia Freeschool
610 Columbia Street, Olympia, WA 98501!!!

The Birth Attendants is a non-profit organization working to restore health and justice into communities in western Washington State.

Are you interested in: Social Justice?
The Reproductive Justice Network?
Non-Profits Organizations?
Creating Zines?
Community Education?
Prisoner Advocacy?

The Birth Attendants Is Seeking:
Volunteers to support community education and outreach projects and to participate in upcoming events:

  • Reproductive Justice Week of Action - April 16th- 23rd, 2008
  • Secret Cafe/Benefit Show- May 17th, 2008

Our community education project links our vital work inside prisons to the greater issues surrounding incarceration and works toward creating pathways of knowledge for western Washington communities about incarceration and its effects.

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