Be Heard by Nikoo Saleh Kasmai
As I entered the theater at The Flight Deck in Oakland, the smiling faces of doulas, midwives, nurses, childbirth educators and abortion counselors surrounded me. Everyone was there for the Bay Area Doula Project’s film screening of We Always Resist: Trust Black Women to honor reproductive justice work and bring awareness to the detrimental Hyde Amendment. The Hyde Amendment was passed in 1976, and prohibits federal funding of … CONTINUE READING