The Feminist Women’s Health Specialists developed a very useful slideshow presentation with a series of pictures of healthy and normal cervixes.  This can be used to orient a group of women...please enjoy.

English presentation and Spanish presentation...

In order for self-help...to be the strategy that allowed women to “break-through”...women everywhere would need to know about it. Helped along by the presence in Los Angeles of thousands of women attending a NOW (National Organization for Women) convention in August 1971, self-help began to spread across the nation. After distributing a flyer announcing just one hour-long meeting about self examination, the original self help group found themselves sharing self-help with small groups of women non-stop throughout the entire conference. Leaving the meeting room with their speculums in brown paper bags, these women went back to their local NOW chapters and started spreading the word. In October, Downer and Rothman went on a six-week cross-country tour (via Greyhound bus!), sharing self-help...with women everywhere from Wichita to New York City. Many long-lasting groups resulted.

Excerpt from  “History of Self Help Clinic” by Cindy Pearson

We want to highlight an individual who presents self-help in and around the Los Angeles community.  If you are interested in connecting with Pati Garcia please visit her blogspot.

Chula Doula

Pati Garcia's presentation at the Pharaohs Den