Star Newland, Dolphin Researcher

Dolphin researcher and community activist Star Newland has passed away at 65, according to her son Tiger Stanley and her friend and business partner Michael Hyson. Star, who also called herself Paradise Newland, advocated to change or “sculpt” society’s language, to focus on clarity. “Language sculpting,” she said, “was the creation of coherent realities through the conscious use of language,” Michael explained. Through her efforts, “Say yes to Domestic Harmony” stickers are adhered to the bumpers of all County of Hawaii vehicles, including Hele-On buses and marked police vehicles and are expected to adhere on U.S. Navy ships, according to Michael. Star was also involved in the natural birthing movement. Specifically, she advocated for gentle birth, water birth, and dolphin attended birth. She was such an advocate for pre-birth dolphin contact, so much so that at one time she had to defend herself against Child Protective Services, seeking to take her child away from her for choosing to give birth on a beach where dolphins could be present. Continue at: http://www.bigislandchronicle.com/2013/07/15/noteworthy-obituaries-star-newland-has-passed-away-at-65/

Friday, May 25, 2007

Radio Interview

Janel was interviewed by Victoria Day on Womens Issues, Womens Voices on community radio, KOPN 89.5 in Columbia, MO.

The topic was the Safe Baby Resolution -- aware conception, safe gestation, and gentle birth as the means of creating harmonious and healthy humans.

Check it out at: KOPN 89.5 FM Columbia

On the KOPN site go to menu on the left, to Archive - Podcasts and then to Womens Issues. Scroll down. The date is 2007-05-24.

Also check out my interview with Suzanne Arms on July 12, 2007. It mistakenly says Boden was the host that day, but it was me.

On August 16th I interviewed local Columbia women, one a wife and one a mother of deployed men about how women can join together to make a difference.

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