Birth justice is an intersectional movement. We need housing for all, abolition, decolonization, land defence, harm reduction, and more! In this final episode, Simone and Tahia discuss birth as the belly button of community work and invite everyone to join.

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The Nesting Doula Collective was hosted by Kwakiutl First Nation to train 20 Indigenous birth workers who are trying to bring birthing back to their territories. Years of settler-colonialism displaced pregnant and labouring people to birth without their loved ones. Doulas, Midwives, and elders are hoping to build confidence and empower life givers to give birth locally.

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Birthworkers Tahia Ahmed and Simone Blais from the Nesting Doula Collective discuss the importance of organizing outside “the system”. They unpack birth justice and how the collective came to be. As well as the need for mutual-aid and accountability to the community in all our social justice work.

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This 3-part mini-series is brought to you by Tahia Ahmed + Simone Blais and will be airing weekly on Thursdays between September 14 - 28, 2022.

Mini-series Breakdown:

Episode 1 - The Power of Autonomy

Episode 2 - Health Autonomy for All

Episode 3 - Birth Work at the Intersections

Stay connected + support the Nesting Doula Collective:

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As the Circle prepares to host its biannual All My Relations Gathering virtually later this spring, we are pleased to share with you a series of conversations that took place at and after All My Relations 2019. The episode opens with reflections from the Circle’s CEO Kris Archie that set the stage for a conversation between Tim Fox and Sara Lyons, who speak to their time serving as co-chairs of The Circle’s Governing Circle. 

Season 2 of CKX Questions continues with a conversation with Renelyn Quinicot — sharing reflections on movement(s), breath, and decolonizing wellness spaces.

Please visit questions.ckx.org/02-05 for full show notes for this episode.

Season 2 of CKX Questions continues with a conversation with Iman  — sharing reflections on mutual aid, grassroots organizing and community care . What does mutual aid organizing look like in the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic?

Please visit questions.ckx.org/02-04 for full show notes for this episode.

Season 2 of CKX Questions continues with a conversation with Robyn Beckett - a public health professional involved in organizing with the Decent Work and Health Network, Fight for $15 & Fairness and Climate Justice Toronto. 

Please visit questions.ckx.org/02-03 for full show notes for this episode.

Season 2 of CKX Questions continues with a conversation with social justice practitioner Michele Kumi Baer — sharing her reflections on the importance of accountability in social change work, confronting the nonprofit industrial complex and the urgency of just transitions and transformations. Our conversation was recorded in late February - while so much has shifted in the ensuing months, the themes of the dialogue have only taken on new urgency and significance as we mobilize to realize just futures together.

Please visit questions.ckx.org/02-02 for full show notes for this episode. 

Season 2 of CKX Questions kicks off with a conversation with interdisciplinary artist and facilitator Rup Sidu — sharing his reflections on compassion, creativity and change in uncertain times. For more information about Rup and his work, please visit ruploops.com. 

Show Notes 

The intro and outro music for CKX Questions is the song “Good Vibes” from Broken Parts’ self-titled album.