Appreciating the Inspired Women Behind the Birth Worldwide
By Byron Belitsos, Managing Editor

If you cover the Birth 2012 movement as I do, you soon come to realize that women all over the world form its core—and that they are brilliant, caring, visionary, and hard-working, especially now. In fact, there are just too many such women to count (which makes we men even more grateful). It is these ladies who make Birth 2012 tick. They who give it heart. They who are its servant-leaders. Two among the very many unsung heroines of our work are Claudia Welss and Devaa Mitchell, both profiled just below. We are profoundly grateful to these two, and all the rest of you who each deserve your own profile here . . . Today's broadcast schedule is just below, and don't miss the many announcements just below that.

Today's Birth 2012 News TV Schedule

As always, the latest updates and live news with Stephen Dinan, starts at 12 noon (Pacific).
Today's program: Today you'll hear from Birth 2012's Executive Producer, Charlie Gay, a man who has managed Cher, led stadium events for Billy Graham, started a non-profit to disable land mines, and now runs FANetwork, our primary broadcasting platform for Birth 2012. Click here to watch it now.

Today's films air at 12:30 pm (Pacific) and are available thereafter on demand. They are: "Choice Point" and "Catanqua" (go here for brief reviews).

Previous episodes:

• Friday—Bestselling author don Miguel Ruiz (click the "12/14 News with don Miguel Ruiz" ondemand icon below the video window, and log in with your Facebook account)
• Saturday—Producers Stephen Powers and Doug Devito
• Sunday—Vision Stage hosts Barnet Bain and Freeman Michaels
• Latest episode: Monday—Devaa Haley Mitchell
  

Equip Yourself with These Important Announcements

How to View "Theater of our Birth" (and All of UPLIFT 2012)
UPLIFT will bring together inspirational artists and innovative thinkers for four days, and opens with Barbara's "Theater." You can view the extensive programming from Australia in three ways:
1. At our own TV channel, Birth2012.tv
2. Via the home page of the UPLIFT website.
3. By receiving the live feed of the event via the UPLIFT App. Use these links to get the App for iPhones and iPads and Android.

How to Host the Birth 2012 Broadcast
You can now host our historic 33-hour webcast on your Facebook page or on your website—or both. Just click here for instructions.

New Birth 2012 "Global Broadcast Poster," "Gala Poster," and Postcards
Get 'em here, and don't forget about the many other resources available at this link, including mugs, T-shirts, and bumper stickers. The "Global Broadcast Poster," is suitable to hang anywhere in the world if you have a color printer!

Check Out This Week's Birth 2012 Film Festival
We are honoring the filmmaking talent in and around our movement with the Birth 2012 Film Festival, which runs all this week and concludes on December 22. We are providing five new films, all gifted to us by the creators of these pieces. You may have noticed that we are releasing two important films each day through the week—each one in their own way detailing the Great Shift and celebrating a new era for humanity. View the full list here. After the back-to-back rollouts each day, the films are then available whenever you want on VOD (video on demand) at the Birth2012.com/tv link.

Work Exchange Volunteers Sought for LA Events
We are seeking work-exchange volunteers during December 20–22 to support all activities at Agape Center. Work-exchange volunteers are needed each of the three days and for pre-event publicity and especially on Dec. 22. There are a limited number of volunteer/work exchange slots available. All volunteers get entry (but not necessarily a seat) at the event. Please apply through our Mobilizer's page.

In a recent issue we featured Stephen Dinan's remarks about a profound Native American ceremony he recently attended in New Mexico with his wife Devaa Mitchell Haley. This account below by Devaa fills us in more about this sacred experience, and serves as a fitting preface to the events later this week. And don't miss the artistically brilliant video [at left] by Joyce Anastasia that weaves scenes from the New Mexico rite (and much more) around Devaa's new song, a true anthem for Birth 2012:"Birth of a New Way."