“No Women, No Cry” – maternal health event on May 10

Multnomah Village women owned businesses present:

No Women, No Cry
A Maternal Health Crisis

Approximately, 1000 women die each day from complications during pregnancy or childbirth. Nearly all maternal deaths and disabilities could be prevented.

Thursday, May 10, 2012, 6:00-9:00pm
O’Connor’s Vault, 7850 SW Capitol Hwy, Portland, OR
Free Admission

6 – 7:00 pm: Local musician Melanie Joy Hall performs folk, sultry jazz and old-fashioned country music.

7 – 8:00 pm: No Woman No Cry, a film by Christy Turlington Burns – a documentary revealing powerful stories of at-risk pregnant women in four parts of the world, including a remote Maasai tribe in Tanzania, a slum of Bangladesh, a post-abortion care ward in Guatemala, and a prenatal clinic in the United States.

8 – 9:00 pm: Panel Discussion

• Sharon Blake, nurse midwife with experience running maternity projects in Tanzania, Bangladesh and the USA
• Jeanne Faulkner, Oregon’s CARE advocate, ex-labor and delivery nurse, writer, editor and has worked on projects with Christy Turlington Burns
• local advocate & professional in the Portland maternal healthcare field

Take Action: Amnesty International card & letter writing and petitions

Free drawing: Enter to win fair trade gifts made by women artisans

Contact: gifts@topanien.com, (503) 244-9683

Sponsors: Annie Bloom’s Bookstore, Switch Shoes, Thinker Toys, Anne Bocci Boutique, Village Beads, Fusion Hair Salon, Sip D’Vine, Village Frame Gallery, Peggy Sunday’s, Indigo Traders, Jewels of Morocco, Jacqueline’s Found & Fabulous, Multnomah Antique Gallery, Lunaria Financial Services, O’Connor’s Restaurant, Birdies Gifts & Cards, Topanien Global Gifts, The Jealous Gardener, and Amnesty International USA Group 1105