“‘The Vagina Monologues’ for birth.”

- Dr. Christiane Northrup, MD FACOG, author of Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom

BOLD is a global movement to make maternity care mother-friendly. BOLD inspires communities around the world to organize productions of Karen Brody’s critically acclaimed play about childbirth, Birth, and BOLD Red Tent birth storytelling circles to raise money and awareness to make maternity care the best it can be for all mothers. Since 2006 hundreds of BOLD events have taken place around the world produced by volunteer activists in the U.S. and around the world, educating thousands of people about childbirth options and the birthing climate in local communities.

BOLD is more than our performances and BOLD Red Tents. BOLD events support innovative gatherings and campaigns to educate and change attitudes towards childbirth and a woman’s right to chose where and how to give birth. These include seed money and promotion of the Second Annual Breech Birth Conference in Ottawa, Canada; re-opening a birth center in Alliston, Ontario; the “Where’s My Midwife?” campaign in Wilmington, North Carolina.

As a result of BOLD events money has been raised for homeless shelters for pregnant women and teens, prison-based doula programs, organizations educating mothers about VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean), the International Cesarean Awareness Network, the Coalition for Improving Maternity Services, and many local birth networks and organizations working hard to provide mother-friendly services to pregnant mothers.

Since 2006 the BOLD movement has raised nearly $1 million and reached over 50,000 people worldwide.

BOLD stands for “Birth On Labor Day”. In our first year BOLD events occurred only on the American Labor Day weekend. The following two years BOLD events kicked off on Labor Day and were permitted throughout the month of September. Today BOLD events happen year-round.

To learn more about how to organize a BOLD event click here.