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Sister Doula

Please join us Sister Doula, a film about saving Black lives. Film Screening & Panel Discussion October 18, 2023 5:00pm Bixby Lecture Hall- Brouder Science Center Columbia College Portions of the film were recorded in Columbia and Kansas City. Panel Members: Emmett Williams, Film Maker Mama Hakima Payne, Subject of the Film, nurse, doula and mentor Erica Dickson, Mid Missouri Black Doula Collective Panel moderated by Columbia College’s Black Student Union. The event will be streamed. SISTER DOULA is the story of Hakima Payne, a nurse in Kansas City who tackles the Black maternal health crisis head-on, fighting to save Black babies by offering alternatives to the US healthcare system that surveils, criminalizes, and harms Black families. Mama Hakima is equal parts unapologetic truth-teller and wise-compassionate mentor. This is the story of the birth doulas she has mentored, who advocate for Black birthing people and work toward a future where all people will have equal access to thrive in pregnancy, birth, and beyond.