Birthing Justice Screening and Town Hall

14500 Juanita Drive Northeast,Kenmore WA 98028

09 March, 2023

Description

Hosted by Bastyr University Department of Midwifery and Simkin Center BIRTHING JUSTICE is a feature length documentary whose purpose is two-fold: to discuss issues fueling the maternal health crisis within the African American community and to advocate for best practices to enhance birthing equity for all women, especially Black women. The film explores this national epidemic via four regions — Washington, D.C., Augusta, GA, several areas in Missouri, and California, interviewing those affected by current policies, i.e. birthing individuals and healthcare providers, as well as those, such as birthing advocates, activists and policymakers, at the forefront of advancing policy change. BIRTHING JUSTICE flips the victim-blaming narrative, centering on the lived experiences of Black women and their advocates as they fix a broken system and transform the future, one birth at a time. For more information go to wwwbirthingjustice.com Town Hall Panel: Discussion after the movie of what is being done to make change and what we can do to create it. Confirmed panelists include Faisa Farole and Binta Niang. More information on this to come.