{"id":16618,"date":"2024-03-11T08:37:05","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T12:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=16618"},"modified":"2024-03-08T16:47:20","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T21:47:20","slug":"black-mortality-and-birth-justice-movement-highlighted-in-aftershock-screening-and-panel-discussion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2024\/03\/11\/black-mortality-and-birth-justice-movement-highlighted-in-aftershock-screening-and-panel-discussion\/","title":{"rendered":"Black mortality and birth justice movement highlighted in &#8216;Aftershock&#8217; screening and panel discussion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16622 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2024\/03\/square-WGS_aftershock.png?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A graphic of Aftershock, with text on it reading Film Screening and Panel Discussion, March 19, 5:30 p.m. Logos at the bottom are University of Detroit Mercy, Women's and Gender Studies Program, ODEI.\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2024\/03\/square-WGS_aftershock.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2024\/03\/square-WGS_aftershock.png?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2024\/03\/square-WGS_aftershock.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2024\/03\/square-WGS_aftershock.png?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2024\/03\/square-WGS_aftershock.png?resize=550%2C550&amp;ssl=1 550w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2024\/03\/square-WGS_aftershock.png?w=1250&amp;ssl=1 1250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>All at Detroit Mercy are invited to screen the award-winning documentary, &#8220;Aftershock&#8221; on <strong>Tuesday, March 19 at 5:30 p.m.<\/strong> in Life Sciences Building, Room 113.<\/p>\n<p>A panel discussion featuring faculty from the College of Health Professions will immediately follow the screening.<\/p>\n<p>The screening and panel discussion is presented by the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (ODEI) and the Women&#8217;s and Gender Studies Program.<\/p>\n<p>The film, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2022 and won the Special Jury Award: Impact for Change, follows the journey of two families whose grief leads them to become &#8220;ardent activists in the maternal health space, seeking justice through legislation, medical accountability, community, and the power of art.&#8221; Midwives, physicians, and a &#8220;growing brotherhood of Black fathers&#8221; are among those highlighted in their demands for systemic and antiracist change in the medical system.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about this and other programming, contact the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.udmercy.edu\/life\/dei\/\">ODEI<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.udmercy.edu\/academics\/special\/wgs\/\">Women&#8217;s and Gender Studies Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All at Detroit Mercy are invited to screen the award-winning documentary, &#8220;Aftershock&#8221; 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