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Sacred Wombs: Honoring Marginalized Birthing Bodies
4thU Artivists' Original Live, Staged Play about the business of birthing in the U.S. Medical System with Audience In Person and Online.
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Date and time
April 27 · 7pm - April 29 · 9pm EDT
Location
Fourth Universalist Society 160 Central Park West New York, NY 10023
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About this event
We are in a maternal health crisis in the United States. Our country has the highest rates of maternal mortality in the industrialized world. Women are twice as likely to die from complications of pregnancy or childbirth in the U.S. than in Canada or the United Kingdom. For Black women, especially, the risk is infuriatingly, heartbreakingly, unforgivably high. Three to Four times higher than white women. 80% of these deaths are preventable. This is the crisis.
The 4thU Artivists' Spring benefit production will be Sacred Wombs: Honoring Marginalized Birthing Bodies, an original play by the 4thU Artivists' curating committee. This production will highlight original birth stories and true experiences with discrimination in the hospital system, featuring prominent voices from the reproductive justice movement.
Tickets are offered on a sliding scale as needed.
$28/general admission
$55/VIP Sponsored Seats (reserved seats with a free drink ticket!)*
*Please consider this option as all proceeds go to Women Deliver and the City of Joy in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo started by V’s VDay Organization.
Please arrive closer to 6:30pm to enjoy our pre-show party full of baked goodies, fun art, crafts and drinks! The show will run under 2 hours.
Free Childcare will be provided during the live performance on Friday, 4/28/23!
Can't make it in person? Donations accepted at all times to help our beneficiaries end gender-based violence!
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About 4thU Artivists: Activism through the Arts
The mission of 4thU Artivists is to raise awareness and funds to end violence against women and girls globally and locally through creative projects (theater and dance productions, concerts, and art shows) presented under the auspices of the Fourth Universalist Society, a 501(c)(3) Unitarian-Universalist (UU) congregation in New York City. The group’s community of performers, creatives, healers, and communication professionals volunteer their time in order to save lives. Donations can be made at https://4thuartivists.com/donate/
To learn more about the organization’s mission, leadership, past productions, and more, visit 4thuartivists.com. You can also follow 4thUArtivists on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
PRESS CONTACT
Luisa (Lou) Riano-Anderson
201-925-8834
latinany00@gmail.com