Please join as the Maryland Health Care Coalition Against Domestic Violence and the Center for a Healthy Maryland present an in-person screening of “Aftershock,” in honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, at MedChi, the Maryland State Medical Society. Following the screening, there will be a panel discussion regarding the high rates of maternal mortality and morbidity for Black Women in the US, racism within the healthcare system, and the link to domestic violence. *Wine and popcorn will be included during the film screening.
More Information About the Film:
Following the preventable deaths of their loved ones due to childbirth complications, two families galvanize activists, birth-workers and physicians to reckon with one of the most pressing American crises of our time – the US maternal health crisis. This 89-minute documentary was directed and produced by Paula Eiselt and Tonya Lewis Lee. Watch the trailer here and learn more about the film here.
Panel Discussion Information:
Panel Moderator:
Lindsay Wilson, LCSW-C, Intimate Partner Violence Assistance Program Coordinator, VA Maryland Health Care System & Secretary, Maryland Health Care Coalition Against Domestic Violence Steering Committee
Panelists:
Fushena A Cruickshank, MS, CHES, Consultant, Women’s and Maternal/Child Heath, Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group & Treasurer, Maryland Health Care Coalition Against Domestic Violence Steering Committee
S. Michelle Ogunwole, MD, PhD, General Internal Medicine Physician, Health Disparities Researcher, Social Epidemiologist, Johns Hopkins Hospital
Shayna Banfield MS, CHES, Vice President of Programs, National Council of Negro Women, Inc.
