A Place for Herbal Abortion in Clinical Herbalism

Journal of the American Herbalists Guild, Vol. 21, No. 2, Fall 2022

Cowritten by: Daena Horner, Molly Dutton-Kenny, Ember Peters, Cheré Suzette Bergeron, + Amanda Jokerst. We were approached as experts to collaboratively analyze community-led herbal abortion data.

“Upholding narratives that herbal abortions are always dangerous or that medical professionals or published research are the undisputed experts on every body and every pregnancy serves to erase a long history and the continued lived experience and preference for community-led abortion care.”

Read more at www.HomeAbortionResearch.Com.

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Plant People Project

Spring 2022

Plant/People is a community-embedded life story and oral history project that amplifies and celebrates health-related plant practices in and around Mnísota Maǩóčé. We talk with, listen to, and record stories from a diverse social and cultural community that includes herbalists, foragers, basket-makers, conservationists, gardeners, educators, and many others. Some of these participants are relatively well known in the region. Most are regular people with extraordinary things to say, connected in one way or another through relationships and community ties, who create health for themselves, their people, and the more than human world by working with plants.

“Cheré Bergeron is multi-modal care and culture practitioner whose work includes herbalism, astrology, nursing, land tending, radical folk and community history, and Cajun and Norse cultural practice. Their first interview discusses plant and human mentors and friends, including Kari Tauring and Marisa Lee, as well as their work with mushrooms in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Their second includes stories about familial and ancestral belonging and notable texts. In both interviews, Cheré discusses ancestry, history, and land.”

Transcript & audio coming soon.

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Rooting Audio Documentary

Interviewed by Emily Krumberger

April 2021

Rooting is an audio documentary about white European Americans confronting, race, past, present, and humanity.

Timestamps for my speaking sections:

• Part 2 (The Characters): 6:45

• Part 3 (The Community): 25:51

• Part 5 (Folk Culture): 5:17

• Part 6 (Whiteness): 7:52

• Part 7 (Cultural Practices): 0:02

• Part 8 (Gender, Queerness): 0:39

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As An Intense Winter Unfolds, Some Lessons from Herbalists

Interview by J(enna) Wortham for the New York Times

January 8th, 2021

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As Above, So Below, All Around, + Beyond: Astrological Reference Book for Witches, Femmes, + Them Living in the Anthropocene

Authored+ Self Published by Cheré Suzette Bergeron

January 2020

2nd edition is currently out of print. 3rd edition forthcoming.

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Make MN Magazine Perspective Issue Vol. 4, No. 3

Personal Essay, Advice to Herbalists, and Herbal Oxymel Recipe

September 2019

A collection of unique perspectives exploring process and purpose through the lens of craft, community, sustainability, and place in Minnesota. Read stories, interviews, and essays featuring photographers, writers, artists, gardeners, herbalists, and nonprofits. Filled with makers, artists, and creatives, order yours to support independent publishing!

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Interviewed for “Eliminating Healthcare Disparities: A Holistic Approach”

Presentation by Dr. Suzanne Burke-Lehman, DNP, RN, PHN for the Minnesota Holistic Nurses Association

February 2019

Health care disparities are an embedded part of the United States healthcare system.  This presentation explores the ways in which holistic health perspectives can be a key catalyst for a renewed vision of health and wellbeing in underserved communities. At its best, holistic health acknowledges “Community” is the oldest organization on Earth to provide people with support, connection, and wellness. The discussion will focus on the changing landscape of community based health care and the ways in which holistic healthcare providers can serve as a valuable resource for ensuring healthcare is equitable, respectful, and inclusive of the entire community. 

Three objectives – for the CEU certificate

1. Identify and discuss the impact of local and national racial healthcare disparities.

2. Describe local trends in the availability of community based complementary therapies.

3. Identify and discuss ways in which holistic health care perspectives and access to complementary therapies increase opportunities for community collaboration and wellness.

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The Caretakers of SPIRAL Collective

Interview by Erica Rivera for Minnesota Women’s Press

May 1st, 2018