{"id":11,"date":"2014-12-13T06:45:29","date_gmt":"2014-12-13T06:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ican-online.org\/phoenix\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2022-07-11T12:24:43","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T12:24:43","slug":"leadership","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ican-online.org\/phoenix\/leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"ICAN of Phoenix Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ican-online.org\/phoenix\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/07\/F0C1DF4F-9339-4911-99AF-C3CC1DC4787B.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ican-online.org\/phoenix\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/07\/F0C1DF4F-9339-4911-99AF-C3CC1DC4787B-320x427.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ican-online.org\/phoenix\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/07\/F0C1DF4F-9339-4911-99AF-C3CC1DC4787B-320x427.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/www.ican-online.org\/phoenix\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/07\/F0C1DF4F-9339-4911-99AF-C3CC1DC4787B-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.ican-online.org\/phoenix\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/07\/F0C1DF4F-9339-4911-99AF-C3CC1DC4787B-540x720.jpeg 540w, https:\/\/www.ican-online.org\/phoenix\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/07\/F0C1DF4F-9339-4911-99AF-C3CC1DC4787B.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nElizabeth Morton &#8211; Leader of ICAN Phoenix<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hi, I am Elizabeth. \u00a0I am a native of Phoenix, AZ, mother of 3; 1st born via cesarean, 1 hospital VBAC, and 1 homebirth VBAC.<\/p>\n<p>I have a background in social services, family welfare, with a Masters of Social Work from Arizona State University. \u00a0 I have been a local birth rights advocate since 2008 and part of the ICAN leadership team since 2013.<\/p>\n<p>I started attending ICAN meetings in 2011 while pregnant with my 2nd. \u00a0I knew I wanted a VBAC, but I didn\u2019t know what that could look like or even where to find a vbac-supportive provider. \u00a0ICAN of Phoenix educated me about VBAC and Family-Centered Cesarean, connected me with other mothers for provider recommendations, and supported me via their Facebook group and monthly meetings during and after my pregnancies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ican-online.org\/phoenix\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/07\/79E83CDE-E328-4EC6-ABC7-9C9CD3212C3B.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-308\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ican-online.org\/phoenix\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/07\/79E83CDE-E328-4EC6-ABC7-9C9CD3212C3B-320x479.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ican-online.org\/phoenix\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/07\/79E83CDE-E328-4EC6-ABC7-9C9CD3212C3B-320x479.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/www.ican-online.org\/phoenix\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/07\/79E83CDE-E328-4EC6-ABC7-9C9CD3212C3B-684x1024.jpeg 684w, https:\/\/www.ican-online.org\/phoenix\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/07\/79E83CDE-E328-4EC6-ABC7-9C9CD3212C3B-768x1151.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.ican-online.org\/phoenix\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/07\/79E83CDE-E328-4EC6-ABC7-9C9CD3212C3B-1025x1536.jpeg 1025w, https:\/\/www.ican-online.org\/phoenix\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/07\/79E83CDE-E328-4EC6-ABC7-9C9CD3212C3B-540x809.jpeg 540w, https:\/\/www.ican-online.org\/phoenix\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/07\/79E83CDE-E328-4EC6-ABC7-9C9CD3212C3B.jpeg 1068w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mariah Sutherland &#8211; Leader of ICAN Phoenix<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I am Mariah. \u00a0I am a transplant of Phoenix, having only been in the Valley since 2019.<\/p>\n<p>I am mother of two with another on the way. My 2 older children were born via cesarean and the third will be a planned cesarean.<\/p>\n<p>I have a background in advocacy and family support with a Bachelors in Marriage and Family Studies from Brigham Young University-Idaho.<\/p>\n<p>I have been a birth rights advocate since 2017, and a volunteer with ICAN of Phoenix since 2019.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elizabeth Morton &#8211; Leader of ICAN Phoenix Hi, I am Elizabeth. \u00a0I am a native of Phoenix, AZ, mother of 3; 1st born via cesarean, 1 hospital VBAC, and 1 homebirth VBAC. 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