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A Community Thread: Shanti O’Connor

Recognizing trauma’s impact on society; working toward healing through communication and relationships

Joshua LanglaisNovember 27, 2019April 12, 2025

Joshua Langlais is a local photographer and the creator of A Community Thread, a project for which he interviews folks on the subject of community, its importance, and how we function as individuals within it. This is an excerpt from his interview with Shanti O’Connor in September. While O’Connor doesn’t particularly enjoy describing herself, she […]

Culture

Birth, the Play

A production at COCC sheds light on the “traumatic and beautiful” experience of bringing new life

Annette BenedettiNovember 1, 2017April 12, 2025

“W hen a woman steps into a birthing environment and does not feel safe, we are letting her down. When a woman steps into a birthing environment and has to fight for her health care practitioners to honor her body’s wisdom, we are letting her down,” says Shanti O’Connor, a local producer bringing “Birth,” a […]

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