Collected Item: “Dance to Express Grief”
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Dance to Express Grief
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Instagram
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It's been 39 days since Dawn Wooten, a nurse at a Georgia ICE facility, exposed mass hysterectomies were being performed on women for unexplained reasons. This week, 19 women at this facility came forward confirming Dawn's complaints and sharing doctors performed, or pressured them to undergo “medically unnecessary” surgery without their consent, including procedures that limit their ability to have children.
In these photos, Ananya Chatterjea, Founder of the Ananya Dance Theatre, shares a dance piece expressing grief and resilience.
In these photos, Ananya Chatterjea, Founder of the Ananya Dance Theatre, shares a dance piece expressing grief and resilience.
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Dawn Wooten, Georgia, ICE, ICE facility, hysterectomies, women, doctors, sterilization, consent, dance, grief, resilience, Social Justice, HST580, ASU
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https://www.instagram.com/p/CGsM7nCnKW0/
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Drew Arrieta @itsdrw
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2020-10-23