Tucson Screening | November 29, 2011

Elizabeth Ordaz, Community Health Nurse at the Pascua Yaqui Nation and Women of Color Birth Justice Advocate spoke on the panel. She is a dear friend of mine and it was an honor to have her next to me.

Another packed house at the University of Arizona with families, students, midwives and doulas sitting in the aisles and standing in the back. The free screening was hosted by Public Health Student Alliance, Global Health Alliance & L.U.C.H.A. Thank you to Zoila Sanchez for bringing it all together.

"I was ready for a film about midwives and mothers, but Catching Babies surprised me in its utter beauty and thoughtfulness." -Sarah Tarver-Wahlquist from SQUAT Birth Journal who was at the Tucson, Arizona Premiere of Catching Babies

Phoenix Screening | November 28, 2011

The screening in my hometown of Phoenix was amazing! So many amazing women from the community came out. Diana Pérez is a community organizer and activist. She is organizing a Promatora network for community health throughout the Valley. Zarinah T. Nadire, Esq. provides legal resources to migrant and refugee communities. Marinah Valenzuela Farrell, CPM LM, Midwife & Midwives Alliance of North America Western Region Representative was on the panel discussion.

Dr. Michelle Téllez was on the panel as a professor of Women & Border Studies and as a mother who birthed with a midwife.

ASU Civic Space Park's theater was packed with family, friends, students, midwives and community sitting on the ground and standing in the back. Thanks to MEChA, ASU Division of Humanities, Arts, and Cultural Studies and The School of Social Transformation at ASU for hosting this free screening and panel discussion.

Photos from the World Premiere of Catching Babies | October 25, 2011

The Catching Babies documentary film premiere was on October 25, 2011 in El Paso, TX. Union Cinema was a packed at the screening and panel discussion hosted by UTEP Department of History and Chicano Studies.

"And this was the first time ever that we didn't mind at all when some babies in attendance were crying during the screening." Roberto Carrillo, El Diario Newspaper of El Paso

An audience member honors Deborah Kaley, Maternidad La Luz Founder & Director with flowers and a hug.