BabyTalk 12/20/07

Producer/host: Cathy Jacobs

Topic: Home birth–What is a community midwife?  What are some differences between a hospital birth and a home birth?  How can women “find and create their own culture around birth”?

Guests: Ellie Daniels, Certified Professional Midwife with Morningstar Midwifery;  Tracy Outerbridge, who had one home birth and plans a second next month

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Voices 12/18/07

Producer/host: Amy Browne

Contributors: Karen Larsen, Joel Mann

Topic: Voices of holidays past, present, and hopefully future: Karen Larsen on the Solstice; answers to the question “how do you feel about the holidays”, set to music; an interview with Amy Cooper, community volunteer–working with Reverend Gerald Oleson to help our neighbors stay warm this winter.

FMI:

For individuals who want to contribute or for individuals who need assistance please contact Rev. Oleson at 73 1/2 Court Street in Bangor, or  at 947-2970, or email him at geraldole@aol.com.

 The other organizations mentioned by Amy Cooper were: Maine Kids-Kin at FACT (Families and Children Together): http://www.familiesandchildren.org/ and Toys for Tots: www.toysfortots2007.com

 

Indigenous Voices 12/18/07

Producers/hosts: Rhonda Frey and Meredith DeFrancesco

Guest: Representative Donna Loring

Topics: Multiple topics, including: History of tribal representation in Maine legislature; LD281 “An Act to Require Teaching Maine Native American History and Culture in Maine Schools” and how it is being implemented;  How the Maine Indian Claims  Settlement Act was used to diminish tribal sovereignty in the case of the Penobscot and Passamaquoddy tribes attempt to protect river quality from paper company pollution