Intro to Baby Wearing: How & Why We Carry Our Children
Saturday, September 24th | 11am-1pm PT/ 12-2pm CT/ 1-3pm ET
*2hr gathering will be held via Zoom
*Live captioning is available
*Workshop will be recorded and sent to participants
*Open to everyone
DESCRIPTION
This workshop is for anyone interested in learning about baby wearing- beginners or experienced folk alike!
We will cover the following:
Choosing a Carrier:
- How to identify your unique needs (including biomechanics & lifestyle)
- How to use this information to choose an ideal design & fabric mechanics
Using a Carrier:
- Demonstration of a variety of carriers-both commercially available / mass-market carriers and "SPOCs" (simple pieces of cloth that you might already have)
- Safety & positioning
- Ways of carrying based on your needs & comfort
- As your needs change, how to access further information & support
The Meaning & Significance of Baby Wearing:
- Baby wearing as cultural reclamation & healing justice
- Why it is important that we prioritize & share this knowledge
Any remaining time will be spent answering your questions- including fit checks and troubleshooting!
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FACILITATOR
Angelique Geehan (all pronouns) works as a coach, consultant, editor, and facilitator to support and repair the connections people have to themselves and their families, communities, and cultural practices. She builds intergenerationally, with a commitment to transformative justice, to question and depolarize the beliefs and practices that can lead to isolation and feelings of powerlessness — and co-create or reclaim ways that can promote resilience and healing from historical and social harms.
A queer asian gender (binary) non-conforming parent, Angelique founded Interchange, a consulting group that offers anti-oppression support through materials and process assessments, staff training, and community building. They organize as a part of Baby Carriers Provided, the Baby Carrier Industry Alliance, Houston Babywearing Resource, National Perinatal Association’s Health Equity Workgroup, the Health and Healing Justice Committee of the National Queer and Trans Asian and Pacific Islander Alliance, the Houston Community Accountability and Transformative Justice Collective, the Taking Care Study Group, QTPOC+ Family Circle, and Batalá Houston.
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Once payment is received, you will receive a confirmation email with a PDF. The Zoom link is on the second page. Email Hola@BirthBruja if you do not receive your confirmation email.
NonRefundable: All payments are nonrefundable.
Scholarships: Limited full and half-priced scholarships will be awarded to individuals who would not otherwise be able to attend due to financial and social hardships. To apply, send an email to [email protected] with a short share on why you want to attend.
>>>Be sure to write "Intro to Baby Wearing" in the subject and clarify whether you are requesting a full or half-priced scholarship.
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Image Description:
Color photo of Angelique's nibling, an angelic-faced baby with curly black hair in a black onesie, just after being transferred to a bed. Baby is partially cocooned in a long, narrow piece of red and gray fabric, and has legs bent, looped in with the long ends of the fabric. [Baby remained under close observation because of the risks of keeping loose fabric and the feather blanket in the sleep environment.]
Across the bottom it says "Intro to Baby Wearing: Intro to Baby Wearing: How & Why We Carry Our Children with Angelique Geehan."