Catching Babies Comes to Arizona!

Phoenix Screening
Monday, November 28 · 7:00pm - 9:00pm
ASU Civic Space Park AE England Room
484 North Central Avenue · Phoenix, AZ

Free screening & Panel Discussion hosted by MEChA, Division of Humanities, Arts, and Cultural Studies & The School of Social Transformation.

Panelists:
Barni Qaasim, Filmmaker
Dr. Michelle Téllez, Women & Border Studies
Marinah Valenzuela Farrell, CPM LM, Midwife & Midwives Alliance of North America Western Region Representative

Tucson Screening
Tuesday, November 29 · 6:30pm - 8:30pm
University of Arizona, College of Public Health
Drachman Hall Room a114
1295 N. Martin · Tucson, AZ

The free screening and panel discussion is hosted by the Public Health Student Alliance & Global Health Alliance.

Panelists:
Barni Qaasim, Filmmaker
Hilary Rees, MPH student at the College of Public Health, Maternal & Child Health concentration
Elizabeth Ordaz, Aspiring Midwife & Women of Color Birth Rights Advocate

Catching Babies World Premiere in El Paso!

Tuesday, October 25 · 6:00pm - 9:00pm
UTEP Union Cinema Union Bldg East, Room 109
500 W. University Avenue
El Paso, TX

The world premiere of Catching Babies is on October 25, 2011 in El Paso, TX! This one hour documentary follows women as they learn midwifery at Maternidad La Luz in El Paso, TX.

The free screening and panel discussion is hosted by Maternidad La Luz Clinic & Birth Center and the UTEP History & Chicano Studies departments.

Panelists:
Barni Qaasim, Filmmaker
Deborah Kaley, Midwife & Founder, Maternidad La Luz
Sandra Iturbe, Midwife
Heather Sinclair, Midwife & PhD Student: Medicalization of Childbirth in El Paso, UTEP
Lina Murillo, PhD Student: Women's Reproductive Health on the Border, UTEP