Birth Time Documentary Screening, Dinner, & Panel Discussion

EVENING OF EVENTS

4:00pm: Photovoice exhibit & Resource sharing (FREE & OPEN TO PUBLIC)

5:00pm: Dinner & movie screening of birth time (RSVP BY 9/12-email info@wombinitiative.org for coupon codes)

6:30pm: Building Your Village Discussion Panel

WOMB is thrilled to be bringing our recently debuted North Country Photovoice Exhibit to the heart of Coos County, where a majority of participant-researchers reside. Through cameras and conversations, our participant-researchers—all of them mothers navigating pregnancy, birth, and postpartum—documented their lived realities and reflections. Some focused on moments of transformation, others on obstacles in accessing care or support. Each photo was paired with a narrative that gave voice to their experience.

In addition, we will be enjoying dinner together and screening the movie "Birth Time", where three women embark on a mission to find out why an increasing number of women/people are emerging from their births physically and emotionally traumatized. Their discoveries expose the truth and lead them to join the birth revolution and create this Birth Time education platform that hopes to change the face of maternity care across the world.

View documentary trailer at the link below:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/0vXkYqTPvKM?si=F3cypbovzBRItWE8

The Building Your Village panel aims to deepen the audience’s understanding of the current state of maternity care—both nationally and within our own community—by spotlighting the challenges and opportunities that impact women &  families today. Through thoughtful conversation, lived experience, and professional insight, our hope is that attendees walk away with:

• A clearer understanding of the strengths and gaps in our local maternity care system, especially in relation to the themes explored in Birth Time

• Knowledge of the vital roles doulas, community health workers, midwives, and community-based birth workers play in improving maternal health outcomes and autonomy

• Awareness of statewide and national efforts to promote respectful and equitable maternity care

• Tangible ways for families and community members to access support, advocate for informed care, and build more compassionate systems of support

• A renewed sense of connection to the idea that “it takes a village”—not just to raise a child, but to support, protect, and uplift families throughout the entire journey

2025 PANELISTS

Merrilee Turgeon, RN, CLC Home Visiting Nurse at The Family Resource Center of Northern NH

Rikki Chapman, CD, CRSW, Doula CONNECT team, Doula/Community Health Worker at North Country Health Consortium –  North Country Maternity Network

Gayle Eckey, Home Birth Midwifery & Curated Healing Arts - https://gemcha.com/

Julie Bosak, Director of New Hampshire Perinatal Quality Collaborative (NHPQC) & Northern New England Perinatal Quality Improvment Network (NNEPQIN) at Dartmouth Health

Lisa Lamadriz, MPH, RN, IBCLC, International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, clinical research nurse for the OBGYN Department at DH and an instructor of pediatrics at the Geisel School of Medicine

Natalie Valliere, RN, CLC, C-NPT, Nurse Manager of Valley Birthplace at Androscoggin Valley Hospital

Dr. Cherie Wilson Perinatal & Infant Chiropractic at Flourish Chiropractic, Treasurer for WOMB

Heather Lefoll, Two Hearts Healing, Certified Emotion & Body Code Practitioner, Labor Doula and Prenatal Mentor - twoheartshealing.info

Local Mothers, Photovoice Participants

Email info@wombinitiative.org if you would like to join the panel and/or planning committee for this empowering event!

Your ticket purchase for this movie screening will go to support food/event costs and the efforts of the Women of the Mountains Birth Initiative.