The San Francisco Birth Circle

                                                                  Tiara and Eve Marie, conte crayon and gold leaf on paper
                                                                      Copyright 2011, Kate Hansen. All Rights Reserved

Founded in 2019 by Anna Hennessey and Catrina McKneely, two mothers in San Francisco, the San Francisco Birth Circle is an inclusive group in Potrero Hill devoted to providing pregnant women, mothers and families in San Francisco with information about birth, as well as a space to discuss birth and parenting. We meet at the Potrero Hill Neighborhood House (NABE) to talk and think about birth, which includes telling our stories about pregnancy and birth, looking at beautiful images of birth and mothering, making our own art about birth, and learning about free resources in San Francisco for low-income families that can help pregnant women, future parents, and parents with children of all ages. We work especially close with families in San Francisco's Potrero Hill Terrace and Annex complex. We also work with artists in San Francisco and from around the Bay Area to show group participants the power of art in preparing for birth, mothering and parenting. 

Images left to right: 1. Educate to Liberate, John Adams Community College Mural, 2012 by the Haight Ashbury Muralists: Jan Norling, Vicky Hamilin, Thomas Kunz, Miranda Bergman, Arch Williams, Peggy Tucker (Detail of Mother and Child: Miranda Bergman), 2. San Francisco Birth Circle Co-Founders Anna Hennessey and Catrina McKneely, 3. Women Hunters, oil and acrylic on canvas, Copyright 2004, Obed Muringani, All Rights reserved, (photo by Antoni Batchelli, 2016).