Name: Tess Taetle
Social Justice Group: 2019-2020, Reproductive Rights
Date of Fieldwork: December 3, 2019
Name of Organization: Every Mother Counts
Person (people) with whom I met and their job titles: Christy Turlington-Burns
Type of Fieldwork: Screening and Q and A
What I did:
We watched a film about home births and midwifes in New Mexico. Then there were three people that were in the film that answered questions.
What I learned:
We learned how it should not be a luxury to have a midwife and race can affect how your pregnancies go and how you are treated when pregnant. The is only one mid wife that was a person of color in New Mexico. Indigenous women often receive worse treatments during pregnancy.
What I learned about Social Justice “work” and/or Civil and Human rights “work” from this fieldwork:
I learned that it is essential to share information about topics and make people educated on topics. The women who gave birth in the film wanted to share how home water births are not impossible and dangerous, but a safe alternative. She wanted to share how this is a safe way to give birth that is often seen as unsafe.
