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  • A woman with curly dark hair sitting cross-legged on a red cushioned sofa with colorful pillows against a yellow wall, near a wooden staircase and a green indoor plant.

    Berlin’s growing community of doulas are offering far more than birth support

    Facing emotional journeys from childbirth and abortion to gender transition, a growing number of Berliners are finding crucial support in doulas.

    “Alongside paid abortion doula care (“Sometimes I just meet people in a park and we eat ice cream and they talk about it”), Leoni Orison holds a free abortion storytelling circle in Kreuzberg’s Frauenzentrum Schokofabrik each month, during which participants process their experiences of abortion. “We give people, post-birth, all this grace and space. We also deserve that for ourselves post-abortion, or post-loss,” they say.” -Louise East for The Berliner

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  • 'Brando' Jimmy Kimmel Live with Lucy Dacus

    “Now offering another taste of her ballad-like songwriting, Dacus brings her recent single “Brando” to an Old Hollywood-inspired performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!.

    The black-and-white set was filmed at the Theatre Gym at the Virginia Repertory Theatre. Halfway through the song, two dancers/choreographers, named Egbert Vongmalaithong and Christina Leoni-Osion, waltz through a doorway as the performance suddenly becomes colorized. Dacus finishes off the set as the two dancers move to the music behind her.” - Carolyn Droke for Uproxx.com

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  • Four people posing outside in front of a chain-link fence, with two women wearing face masks and two men. All appear to be smiling or making peace signs, and are dressed casually.

    'What They Need: A local nonprofit helps bridge gaps to food access and support youth and families in Gilpin Court' Richmond Magazine Article

    “This is mutual aid distribution, it’s not charity,” says Richmond Peace Team Program Coordinator Christina Leoni-Osion. "It’s just getting people what they need."

    Working directly with those living in Gilpin Court — one of the largest and oldest subsidized housing projects in Virginia — the Jackson Ward Youth Peace Team operates under the umbrella of the nonprofit Richmond Peace Team, a community collective focused on black youth and their families. - Eileen Melon for Richmond Magazine

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  • Three people are in a dimly lit hospital room with colorful string lights in the background. One person is lying in a hospital bed, covered with a white blanket, with a smartphone placed on the bed. Two other people are standing nearby, holding hands or engaging in conversation.

    'On Plant Medicine, Doula Life And Design: Cristina Leoni-Osion' DTI Blogpost

    In 2021, we’re profiling DTI doulas who are shaping the world through birth work, doula work and reproductive health advocacy.

    What does it mean to live and work as a doula day-in and day-out?

    Today, we’re featuring Cristina Leoni Osion (she/her/they/them)—a DTI-trained, full-spectrum doula based in Richmond, Virginia. -DTI Team for Doula Trainings International

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    'Afrikana Roundtable: Entre Puerto Rico y Richmond' Afrikana Independent Film Festival

    Afrikana sees cinema as a catalyst for reflection and connection, using each film as an invitation to unpack the deeper meanings of any given story. As a part of our 2020 experience, we invited a host of filmmakers, community figures, scholars, and creatives to our virtual roundtable to take us on a deeper dive.

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