Help Me Earn SAUs!
When she's not swimming, biking, or running with me, my wife Cheryl is an accompllshed photographer with a special interest in mothers and babies (she was a practicing midwife for years.) The International Museum of Women is currently running a contest to "illuminate our diverse global experiences of motherhood." Cheryl's photo essay on incarcerated women and their babies who stay in prison with them is one of the six finalists (of 600+ initial entries.)
It's an online voting process, so I'm shamelessly pasing on to the EN family Cheryl's request for support:
Dear Friends, Colleagues, Family-
Many of you already know I have done a photography portrait project, titled Protective Custody: Within a Prison Nursery, about incarcerated pregnant women who participate in a prison nursery program through the Washington Corrections Center for Women. Several months ago, I was encouraged to enter my work in an online gallery through the International Museum of Women (http://imow.org/home/index).
Out of ~600 entries worldwide, mine was one of thirty chosen for exhibition. Recently, a jury selected six entries for a "community choice award". I'm happy to report that Protective Custody is one of the six. It is a great feeling knowing that the serious (and silent) issue of incarcerated pregnant women will reach a larger audience through this contest.
Protective Custody has some wonderful competition. If you have the time, do look through the other work. And then, vote for Protective Custody! VOTE HERE: http://mama.imow.org/vote
And, please share this message through facebook, twitter, college radio (Annie! Elizabeth!), blogs, emails, conversations. I'm going to be shameless about asking for this!
Thank you!
Cheryl
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Apparently the link in my OP has a hidden character in it. This one should work:
http://mama.imow.org/vote (cut and paste)