Leading into Black Maternal Health Week, the New York Premiere Screening of Birthing Justice, a new feature-length documentary from Women in the Room Productions focuses on the stark reality for Black mothers who are three to four times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women in the United States. In addition, Black infants in the US are two times more likely to die than white infants. The screening and panel discussion with Film Director Monique Matthews, New York State Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, Yvonne Secreto, RN, Entrepreneur of Healing and Sharonda Gardner, M.ED, Certified Postpartum Doula with Moderator Chanel Porchia-Albert, Commission Member of the NYC Commission on Gender Equity at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum, hosted by B-Bullard LLC, Brooklyn Alumnae of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Mocha Moms, Inc, the Shirley Chisholm Cultural Institute, and the Brooklyn Children's Museum.