We invite you to a screening and panel discussion of the documentary, Birthing Justice, on April 11, 2023, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. EDT in Mudd Hall at the Johns Hopkins University Homewood Campus. The event will be followed by a reception in the Mudd Hall Atrium on the Homewood Campus. You may register for the event on Eventbrite.  

This event is sponsored by the Center for Social Concern, JHU Black Faculty and Staff Association, and the University Writing Program.

The film BIRTHING JUSTICE is a feature length documentary whose purpose is twofold: 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. 

To learn more about the film visit www.birthingjustice.com. You may register for the event on Eventbrite.  

If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Lisa Wright at [email protected]