According to the Centers for Disease Control (CSC) in 2021, the maternal mortality rate among Black women was nearly 70 deaths for every 100,000 live births. That is 2.6 times the rate for white women, regardless of income or education. Today, this number continues to rise.

Help MiSN and The Black Library raise awareness about this systemic issue by joining us for the screening of Aftershock - a documentary about the lives of two women in New York who tragically succumbed to complications after having Cesarean Sections in metropolitan hospitals.