What happens to the embryos that remain after in vitro fertalizion? How does embryo adoption effect the concept ofmotherhood? This month’s Salon Series will explore:
When: Feb 28th from 7-8:30 pm
Where: Langton Labs 32 Langton St. SF, 94103 Just 3 blocks from Civic Center Bart!
Cost: Free. $5-15 is a suggested donation to the Bay Area Doula Project.
Accessibility: Langton is wheelchair accessible (but the restroom does not have grab bars). Babes in arms are welcome. Please email salon_fund@bayareadoulaproject.org if you have any questions about accessibility.
Risa Cromer is a scholar, educator, and activist. The theme of her professional and personal life has been expanding her toolkit in service of the reproductive justice movement. Over the past decade, she has grown this toolkit through experiences mobilizing communities as a field organizer for Planned Parenthood, supporting dozens of women as a full-spectrum doula with The Doula Project (New York) and Calyx Doulas (Portland, OR), holding space for Backline callers to feel however they may about their pregnancy experiences, learning alongside her college students, and collaborating on various research teams investigating women’s health issues. She is currently a doctoral candidate in cultural anthropology at the CUNY Graduate Center. Her dissertation research concerns “life” politics in the United States with a focus on frozen embryos that remain after IVF. She studies in New York, resides in Portland, and travels to California occasionally for field research. She cherishes the moments in her running shoes, on her yoga mat, and biking down an open road for they remind her, in all that she does, to take it one breath and one step at a time.