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奥克兰, CA -四月六日, 2022 – 太阳城博彩 and 阿拉米达县公共卫生局’s BElovedBIRTH Black Centering program will celebrate Black Maternal Health Week with a local, 公开放映《生命的脉搏, 当地电影制作人杰西卡·琼斯的纪录片. The film explores the Black birthing experience through the lens of the birth justice movement.

According to the Cali为nia Department of 公共卫生, Black moms in the Bay Area are three to four times as likely to die from childbirth than their white counterparts, and Black babies are two to three times more likely to be born too soon or too small, 或者在他们的第一个生日之前死去.

On the Pulse of Life dreams of a future w在这里 the first breaths of every baby are equally precious and protected. 它以母亲和婴儿的原始镜头为特色, women who are about to give birth or have just given birth, and an interview with BElovedBIRTH Program Director Jyesha雷恩. The film premiered at the Smithsonian Arts + Industries Museum last Fall as a part of the Futures We Dream exhibit and will remain on display t在这里 through Fall 2022.

“I conceptualized this film when I was seven months pregnant,” said Jones. “I wanted to work through my feelings about bringing a child into this world. 兴奋和喜悦的感觉, but also a kind of responsibility that I had never experienced be为e to keep this child of mine safe and create a space 为 her to flourish. I felt bombarded by the inequities Black mothers experience in the birthing space. I wanted to create a film that humanized this experience, 讨论了这些问题, 以及著名的黑人母亲.”

Jones produced On the Pulse of Life in collaboration with BElovedBIRTH Black Centering, 产前和产后护理计划由, 为, and with Black people developed in partnership with 太阳城博彩 and the 阿拉米达县公共卫生局. As a co-leader and program implementer of BElovedBIRTH, the 阿拉米达县公共卫生局 supports raising greater awareness of the prenatal and postpartum health program and Black maternal health.

“This film addresses the unacceptably high rates of black infant and maternal deaths. Our partnership with 太阳城博彩 will help to facilitate healthy births 为 Black families in Alameda County,达芙妮·墨尔本说, 围产期公平倡议协调员, 阿拉米达县公共卫生局.

“BElovedBIRTH Black Centering is redefining perinatal care in the Black community,” said Wren. “We’re all about providing a table 为 Black women and birthing people to put our heads together to address the crisis of racism-based birth disparities. 在一起, we’re creating and implementing a model of perinatal care that can honor and celebrate Black women. Working with Jessica Jones has been a joy and privilege. We’re grateful to have had this storytelling opportunity with such a talented filmmaker.”

“本质上, BElovedBIRTH is a wraparound service 为 pregnant Black women and birthing people within an intentional Black-centric community context. 到目前为止, it has evolved as anticipated—reproductive-age Black women and birthing people electing and participating in a continuum of care rooted in a community-based birth justice framework,达纳·克鲁兹·桑塔纳说, 拥抱她的项目经理.

The documentary screening and dinner will take place on April 11, 2022, 下午六点半在奥克兰第七西街, a family and child-friendly venue with arcade games and outdoor space. It will be followed by a panel discussion with Jessica Jones, Jyesha雷恩, and the three BElovedBIRTH moms featured in the film. The event will also feature a Birth Justice Coloring Campaign and a mini marketplace of Black mama makers.

这个免费活动对公众开放. 唯有通过和ACPHD的员工尤其受欢迎. Attendees will include BElovedBIRTH community members and their families, 生育工作者和保健提供者, 提倡, 政策制定者, 资助者和艺术家. 通过在线注册回复参加； 在这里.

BElovedBIRTH is the prenatal service period within 阿拉米达县公共卫生局’s EmbraceHer program. 产后阶段之后, participants are offered additional groups focused on early child development, 社会支持, 以及创伤恢复. 了解更多 在这里.

阿拉米达县保健服务局 is the local health jurisdiction (LHJ) 为 the County, holding responsibility 为 various state and federal health mandates. HCSA雇员超过1人,四个部门共有600名员工, 每家公司都有多个部门, 单位, 和项目：机构主任办公室, 公共卫生, 行为健康, 与环境卫生. HCSA manages a broad range of services and programs that promote the health and wellbeing of Alameda County residents. The Agency centers equity in its work and is committed to reducing health disparities and improving outcomes 为 under-resourced communities.

太阳城博彩（唯有通过）， 总部位于加州奥克兰., is a leading public health care provider and medical training institution recognized 为 its world-class patient and family-centered system of care. 我们的使命, 有爱心的, 疗愈, 教学, 所有的服务, 反映了我们对促进健康的承诺, eliminating disparities and optimizing the health of all communities in Alameda County. 唯有通过提供了4个以上,500 jobs to the 太阳城博彩 Bay community and is home to more than 1,9家医院的100名医生, including five hospitals and a network of community-based wellness centers. 欲了解更多信息，请访问AlamedaHealthSystem.org.

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