Hi Ida! I was struck by your newsletter about doulas today because I just began my doula training in Jan. 2020 and have been struggling to explain to my colleagues what this has to do with my work on social justice and museums. Your newsletter brought me energy and strength in that conversation. Ever since I learned the details of the structural racism inside the American system of healthcare, and the care of pregnant and postpartum people of color in particular, I have seen birth work as an extension of my social justice work. I'm so excited to see this idea percolate in so many allied fields as well. Thank you! Elena (@curatoriologist)
Hi Elena, thank you so much for writing this!! How serendipitous that you've also been thinking about your doula work in relation to your work with museums & social justice! I was extremely moved by the conversation that these two scholars had around "doula-ing" (?? — not sure how to make it a verb-y noun!), so I'm also glad that it reinvigorated your work too! :)
Hi Ida! I was struck by your newsletter about doulas today because I just began my doula training in Jan. 2020 and have been struggling to explain to my colleagues what this has to do with my work on social justice and museums. Your newsletter brought me energy and strength in that conversation. Ever since I learned the details of the structural racism inside the American system of healthcare, and the care of pregnant and postpartum people of color in particular, I have seen birth work as an extension of my social justice work. I'm so excited to see this idea percolate in so many allied fields as well. Thank you! Elena (@curatoriologist)
Hi Elena, thank you so much for writing this!! How serendipitous that you've also been thinking about your doula work in relation to your work with museums & social justice! I was extremely moved by the conversation that these two scholars had around "doula-ing" (?? — not sure how to make it a verb-y noun!), so I'm also glad that it reinvigorated your work too! :)