August 15, 2020 | 10am-12pm PST/ 1pm-3pm EST
2 HR ONLINE WORKSHOP

Description:
This talk will address the particular challenges of raising empowered Latinx and Indigenous children in a heightened xenophobic environment that continuously renders Latinxs as criminals, refugee children as subhuman and Indigenous people as invisible. Chicana feminism provides a toolkit for decolonization based on Indigenous philosophies, embodied remembrances of surviving colonization and imagined collective futures that are more liberatory than the present. Applying creative learning and elaborating on contributions to The Chicana Motherwork Anthology, published last year by the University of Arizona Press, this workshop will help parents apply Chicana feminist theory to their healing journeys and their parenting philosophies and praxis. Delving deeply into theory and offering testimonio, the workshop will address how to connect decolonial feminism to career, activism, self-growth, revolutionary motherhood and creative work.
Workshop participants will gain:

• A better understanding of Chicana feminist theories through engagement with the classic texts.
• ​An understanding of how colonial gendered violence can impact parenting children from marginalized identities.
  
• Philosophical knowledge of Mesoamerican goddess reclamation to help us access an ancestral Xicanista feminism.
  
• Strategies to rematriate a home through the institution of a matriarchal partnership and parenting philosophy.
  
• Strategies for decolonizing and overcoming the virgin-whore dichotomy in our worldview and in our child-raising.
  
• Practice in owning and using the power of testimonio to document and decolonize. 
  
• The opportunity to create poetry for self-healing through a trauma-informed Xicanista poetry exercise.

To Register: 
Course fee : ​$85
Send Payment:
Venmo: @EriJohnson, CashApp: $EriGJohnson, or Paypal: paypal.me/BirthBruja
>>>>Be sure to include your email and the course title in the notes!<<<<

Once payment is received, you will receive an email confirmation within 24hrs with further information. Email [email protected] if you do not receive your confirmation email.

NonRefundable: All payments are nonrefundable.

Scholarships:
There are limited scholarships available for BIPOC.

To apply, email [email protected] with a short share about who you are and why you want to attend and be sure to add "Reclaiming the Matriarchy Scholarship Request" in the subject!

About the Facilitator:
Dr. Gabriela Spears-Rico is a Pirinda-P’urhepecha Indigenous feminist poet and scholar who
serves as an Assistant Professor of Chicano Latino Studies and American Indian Studies at the
University of Minnesota Twin Cities. Her research explores how representations of indigeneity
in Mexican popular culture inform understandings of race and ethnicity among Mexicans and
Chicanxs. Dr. Spears-Rico is currently working on her first book, Mestizo Melancholia and the
Legacy of Conquest in Michoacan. This work engages performance theory, critical race theory
and feminist theory to examine how ‘going native’ functions in Mexico and what instances of
cultural appropriation reveal about the technologies of mestizaje among people of Mexican
descent. She authored “Decolonial P’urhepecha Maternalista Motherwork as Pedagogy,” in The Chicana Motherwork Anthology (University of Arizona Press, 2019) and “Transnational
Indigena Mothering from Michoacan to Mni Sota Makoce” in Transnational Latinx Perspectives
on Ana Castillo (forthcoming with Pittsburg University Press). An award-winning poet and
performance artist, her poetry has been published in Sing: Poetry from the Indigenous
Americas (University of Arizona Press, 2011), Poesia mexicana en la frontera norte (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Editoriales, 2011) and Agenda (Unisa Press, 2019). She mothers a fierce Ojibwe-Dakota/Xicanita named Miskozi and currently serves as the Chair of the Women’s Indigenous and Native Caucus for MALCS.

August 22, 2020 | 11am-1pm PST/ 2pm-4pm EST
2 HR ONLINE WORKSHOP

Description:
Moving from surviving to thriving is not easy.

For some, this means a reclamation of their sensual & sexual relationships with self and others.

Guilt. Shame. Anger. Numbness. Overwhelm. Despair. For many, these are huge obstacles getting in the way of us connecting to our body-based pleasure as well as to connecting with others.

If you are ready to do this reclamation work- this gathering is for you!

This workshop consists of a slideshow presentation, group discussion, and participants will receive a detailed handout outlining the steps discussed in the presentation.

*Please note that this workshop is only open to self identified survivors of sexual and domestic violence. Participation in the group discussion is optional and folks will not be asked to disclose their experiences of trauma.
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To Register: 
Course fee : ​$77
Send Payment:
Venmo: @EriJohnson, CashApp: $EriGJohnson, or Paypal: paypal.me/BirthBruja
>>>>Be sure to include your email and the course title in the notes!<<<<

Once payment is received, you will receive an email confirmation within 24hrs with further information. Email [email protected] if you do not receive your confirmation email.

NonRefundable: All payments are nonrefundable.

Scholarships:
There are limited full and partial scholarships available. 

To apply, email [email protected] with a short share about who you are and why you want to attend and be sure to add "Reclaiming Sex & Intimacy Scholarship Request" in the subject!

About the Facilitator:
Eri Guajardo Johnson is a bi-racial, Midwest-born birth doula, rape crisis peer counselor, birth consultant for trauma survivors, community educator, and host of The Birth Bruja Podcast. Drawing upon her 10+ years of experience supporting survivors of sexual assault, studying indigenous Mexican and Indian healing modalities, and obtaining her masters in Women, Gender, Spirituality & Social Justice from the California Institute of Integral Studies- she approaches healing & justice work as a mechanism for individual and collective liberation.
​The Birth Bruja platform is a manifestation of Eri’s passion for birth work as a spiritual, liberational & decolonial practice. Join us for monthly Mentorship Circles, free resources, and Community Workshops that span the full range of this transformative work.

Learn more at www.BirthBruja.com.

August 2, 2020 | 11am-1pm PST/ 2pm-4pm EST
August 8, 2020 | 2pm-4pm PST/ 5pm-7pm EST
4 HR ONLINE WORKSHOP (2 x 2hr Workshops)
*For Black, Indigenous & POC Participants Only

Description:
Finding and connecting with your ideal prospective client can be challenging, especially in the midst of a pandemic.

In part one of this BIPOC-only, two-part workshop, Ajira and Keelia will first help you ground in knowing WHO you are as a birthworker, WHY you do this work and HOW you support families so you’re ready to convey that with ease in client interviews.

In part 2 of the workshop, Keelia will be sharing effective practical steps that you can take to attract the people you want to your practice. Soon, you’ll have both interviews and birthwork lined up. 

To Register: 
Course fee 

• $75: Early Bird Pricing (Register before 12am July 18th to qualify!)
• $95: Full Price

Send Payment:
Venmo: @EriJohnson, CashApp: $EriGJohnson, or Paypal: paypal.me/BirthBruja
>>>>Be sure to include your email and the course title in the notes!<<<<

Once payment is received, you will receive an email confirmation within 24hrs with further information. Email [email protected] if you do not receive your confirmation email.

NonRefundable: All payments are nonrefundable.

​Do you work for a Community Org or an Academic Institution?: 
Check to see if you can use continuing education funding to pay for this workshop!  Email [email protected] if you need an invoice.

Scholarships:
There are limited full and partial scholarships available. 

To apply, email [email protected] with a short share about who you are and why you want to attend and be sure to add "Business Bruja Scholarship Request" in the subject!

About the Facilitators:
Ajira Darch (she/they) is a queer, fat, black mama to two. She is passionate about parenting, connecting and building community. These passions and all she’s learned through them inform and guide her work as a podcast host, ceremony facilitator, birth & branding photographer, full spectrum birthworker and business and branding consultant to birth workers across the country. 

Keelia Alder (she/they) is a Queer, mixed-race Asian-American mama of one. She provides support to people going through the full range of reproductive experiences, including birth, pregnancy loss, and sex ed. 

Keelia has launched two successful full-spectrum doula practices, and mentored dozens of new doulas. She's also the fourth generation in a line of reproductive justice advocates— her great-grandmother provided doula support in China, her grandmother opened the first prenatal diagnosis lab in NYC, and her mom taught childbirth ed in their living room when Keelia was a toddler. She draws on their wisdom in her work as a healer, educator, mentor, and parent.