Sat 7/9  9:30am PST *Kathleen's Birthday* Stop Drop & Dance Donation Class

The Power With Grace

Join Kathleen Belzer for her birthday to dance and raise money for the California Nurse Midwives Foundation!

<h2>About our birthday host, Kathleen Belzer, and her foundation:</h2><p><em>Kathleen has been a midwife for over 25 yrs in the greater Bay Area and has worked in many settings, including out of hospital birth centers and community clinics. She now works for Kaiser, but she has also done much leadership and advocacy work in the state. She was the President of California Nurse-Midwives Association and in that role, she crafted and negotiated new legislation to remove barriers to midwifery in Ca.  She  continues to work to ensure all individuals have access to midwifery care as a way to improve maternal health in the state. One of the most important ways she has done this is by founding and leading the California Nurse-Midwives Foundation. We raise funds to support strategies to improve maternal and newborn outcomes, improve access to high quality maternity care, and address inequities in care for Black, Indigenous, People of Color and other under-resourced individuals and communities. The Ca Dpmt of Public Health just released a new report addressing maternal outcomes in our state and Black persons are 4-6 times more likely to die related to childbirth as white persons. This is appalling and must be addressed urgently. We support aspiring and current midwifery students, programs, policies, and advocacy that uplift people of color; and those who are doing innovative work to change our current systems and institutions. </em></p><p><em>If you are unfamiliar with midwifery care, there are many benefits that are under recognized in the United States. In other countries, the distribution of midwives is far greater than in our country.  Because midwifery care centers around active listening, respecting self-determination and is based on a framework of shared decision-making in a holistic model of care, midwifery is the ideal model for addressing disparities and improving well-being for marginalized communities.  Midwifery care is especially valuable in addressing reproductive and birth equity, mental health issues, and will be a huge force going forward in sexual and reproductive access for women in the wake of the devastating SCOTUS decision.</em></p>

<h3><a href="https://store.everytown.org/collections/wear-orange?akid=281396.5228269.EpuPse&amp;rd=1&amp;refcode=emne_20210430-wo-launch&amp;source=emne_20210430-wo-launch&amp;t=14&amp;utm_campaign=20210430-wo-launch&amp;utm_medium=e&amp;utm_source=emne_20210430-wo-launch" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"></a><strong>Thank you for your donation and support for Kathleen Belzer and the California Nurse Midwives Foundation!  We look forward to dancing together!</strong></h3><p><em>After your donation, you will receive an EVENTBRITE CONFIRMATION in your email with a unique ZOOM link at the bottom.  SAVE this email and click the link on Saturday, July 9th at 9:30am to join our class!</em></p><h3><strong>If you are in the Marin area, with your donation, you are also welcome to join us IN-PERSON at 1 Thorndale Drive in San Rafael!  </strong></h3>

<p>Visit our WEBSITE: <a href="https://www.thepowerwithgrace.com" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.thepowerwithgrace.com</a></p><p>Free weekly videos and tutorials on YOUTUBE: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/stopdropanddance" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.youtube.com/stopdropanddance</a></p><p>Follow on INSTAGRAM: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/stopdropanddanceofficial" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@stopdropanddanceofficial</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thepowerwithgrace" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@thepowerwithgrace</a></p><p>Follow on TIKTOK: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@stopdropanddance" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@stopdropanddance</a></p><p>Follow on FACEBOOK: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/stopdropanddance" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@stopdropanddance</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thepowerwithgrace" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">@thepowerwithgrace</a></p><p>If you would like to join our weekly mailing list to get the most up-to-date updates, please email info@thepowerwithgrace.com</p>

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