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.

See the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k63RC0rJEd8