Access & Action
Community based strategies for connection, organizing, and change
Cornerstone’s first annual virtual conference.
Friday, June 3 - Sunday, June 5, 2022
The focus of this conference is to bring folks together from all over the world to coalition build, share, connect, and co-create movements for collective liberation. We are grounded in the frameworks of Reproductive Justice, Disability Justice, Birth Justice, and radical, heart-centered birthwork and care work.
Image by Anjali PintoFeaturing special guest
adrienne maree brown
Author of Grievers, Emergent Strategy, Pleasure Activism,
and We Will Not Cancel Us
in conversation with Davinah Simmons on
Emergent Strategy and community.
Keynote speech by
king yaa
Queer + Trans Reproductive Justice advocate
Event Schedule
more presenters to be announced very soon…
Friday, June 3
10am - 6:30pm PST
VIRTUAL
10-10:10am: Opening remarks with Nickie & Juli
10:15-10:30am: Grounding session led by TBA.
10:30 - 11:20am: Presentation — Birthwork in a natural disaster with Birthmark Doulas
11:30am - 12:30pm adrienne maree brown in conversation on Emergent Strategy with Davinah Simmons of Rooted Birth.
12:30-1:15pm: Lunch break
1:15-3:15pm: Panel discussion — Community organizing 101 with Mayte Acolt, Montse Olmos, Jen Sarduy of You Are Radical, and more TBA.
3:25-4:10pm: Networking happy hour breakout sessions. LGBTQIA+ space hosted by Anna Balagtas of Pocket Doula, BIPOC space hosted by TBA, and mixed space hosted by Nickie & Juli.
4:10-5:10pm: Presentation — Bridging the Gap: Rural Community Birthwork with Michela Hernandez of Sacred Bridges
5:10-6:20pm: Virtual exhibitors hall
6:20-6:30pm: Closing remarks with Nickie & Jul
Saturday, June 4
9am - 1:30pm PST VIRTUAL &
* 2:30pm - 4:30pm In-person meetups
9 - 9:20am: Grounding session led by Ralph De La Rosa, author of The Monkey is the Messenger and Don’t Tell Me to Relax.
9:25 - 10:10am: Keynote speech by king yaa
10:15 - 11:15am: Presentation — Spiritual Activism with Eri Guajardo Johnson of Birth Bruja
11:15am - 12:00pm: Lunch break
12:00 - 1:30pm: Panel discussion — Community organizing for abortion access with Cynthia Gutierrez, and more TBA.
*2:30 - 4:30pm: In-person meetups in multiple locations — Portland, OR, Oakland, CA, Detroit, MI, and Toronto, Canada. Be sure to pick the in-person meetup add-on with your conference ticket!
5:30 - 6:30pm: Virtual exhibitors hall
Sunday, June 5
10am - 6:30pm PST
VIRTUAL
10 - 10:15am: Grounding session led by TBA.
10:20 - 11:20am: Presentation — ROOTT’s policy development and advocacy work with Jessica Roach
11:30am - 12:30PM: Panel discussion — Family preservation in the face of family regulation systems and surveillance TBA.
12:30 - 1:15pm: Lunch break
1:15 - 2pm: Networking happy hour breakout sessions. LGBTQIA+ space hosted by Anna Balagtas of Pocket Doula, BIPOC space hosted by TBA, and mixed space hosted by Nickie & Juli.
2 - 3pm: Panel discussion — Birthworkers as witnesses to obstetric violence with Kate Novotny of Taproot Doula, Cristen Pascucci of Birth Monopoly, Kate McDonald of The Birth Justice Project, and Samsarah Morgan of The Oakland Better Birth Foundation.
3 - 3:10pm: Break
3:10 - 4:15pm: Panel discussion — Disability Justice & Reproductive Justice: coalition building for collective liberation with Geunsaeng Ahn of Ancient Song Doula Services, Amy Miller, and more TBA.
4:20 - 6:20pm: Panel discussion — Community care and postpartum support in a pandemic and beyond with Shishi Rose, JB of Love Over Fear Wellness, Erika Davis of Whole Body Pregnancy, and Luar Wolf of Little Moonlight Doula.
Guests, panelists, presenters:
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Access & Action
Community based strategies for connection, organizing, and change.
