Photos from Sunday of MANA 2009

Diane Holzer, Geradine Simkins, and Ina May Gaskin (the present and two most recent past MANA Presidents) sing a morning wake-up song!

Ina May Gaskin presented a keynote address about maternal mortality.

Simone Buitendijk
"Homebirth in the Netherlands"

MANA 2009 Sage Femme Rita Pitka Blumenstein

BJ Mackinnon of the Foundation for the Advancement of Midwifery presents Rita with a message and donation from FAM

Geradine Simkins, Rita Pitka Blumenstein, and Rita's daughter Sandra

MANA 2009 Sapling award winner Sharon Craig Economides

FAM has a message and donation for Sharon

Rita and Sharon

Jennie Joseph received a Mothers Naturally award for Outstanding Community Outreach in 2009 for her program of prenatal care called "the JJ Way."

FAM Board member Maggie Bennett models a handbag in the retro MANA auction to benefit FAM

Marie Meakin auctions the items

BJ models a shirt

Priya models another shirt

Sheree Escoto and Katharine Allen, the hard-working interpreters, assist Spanish speaking attendees

Maria bought the shirt off FAM Board member Karen Webster's back!

NARM Board member Brynne Potter models the jacket she won in the FAM auction

Judy Luce
"Midwives as Cultural Workers: Identity, Labor, and Politics"

Debbie Pulley and Mary Lawlor by the MAMA Campaign banner

When Sage Femme awardee Rita saw the FAM auction fundraiser, she offered one of her native-made shirts for another FAM auction.

The lucky winner of the shirt!

Two of the "MANA Men," Richard and Bruce, did some heavy lifting as they helped pack up the exhibit area.

Suzanne Arms
"The Neurobiology of the Mother-Baby Bond from Conception – The Biological Roots of Health and Sanity"

Robbie Davis- Floyd
"Birth Models that Work"