#  Birth Wars: Film Screening and Panel Discussion 

 



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####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **October 28, 2026** 

 05:00PM - 07:00PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Belfer Case Study Room, CGIS-South**  

1730 Cambridge St, Cambridge MA

 

 

 



 

BIRTH WARS is a 12-year project consisting of an award-winning documentary and newly released book that depicts the power struggle and cultural divide between traditional/professional midwives and the medical establishment in Mexico. Filmmaker Janet Jarman will join local panelists for a post-screening conversation about challenges here in the U.S. regarding expanding greater access to the midwifery model of care.

*This event is presented in collaboration with: Studies of Women, Gender and Sexuality at Harvard University, Our Bodies Ourselves at Suffolk University, Bay State Birth Coalition, Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA) and Resilient Sisterhood Project.*



 

 ### Janet Jarman

Speaker

Award-winning photojournalist and documentary filmmaker based in Mexico



 

 ### Cris Alonso

Speaker

MPH, DrPH, Director for Pregnancy, Infancy and Early Childhood at the Mass Dept of Public Health (DPH). Cris established birth centers in Mexico and was a founding member and President of the Mexican Midwifery Association from 2014 to 2017



 

 ### Julie Mottl-Santiago

Speaker

DrPH, CNM. Senior Research Fellow at UMass Boston in the Manning College of Health Sciences; also a volunteer with Compañeros en Salud in southern Mexico, where she supports clinical training for birth center midwifery students



 

 ### Jo-Anna Rorie

Speaker

CNM, MSN, MPH, PhD. Advisory Board Member at the Neighborhood Birth Center and Board Member, Bay State Birth Coalition



 

 ### Amy Agigian

Moderator

Executive Director of Our Bodies Ourselves, Director of the Center for Women's Health and Human Rights, and Associate Professor of Sociology, Suffolk University



 

  

 

 

 

 

 



 

 See also:- [ Cambridge ](/locations/cambridge-office)
- [ Central America & the Caribbean ](/programs-initiatives/central-america-caribbean)
- [ Mexico ](/programs-initiatives/mexico)
 
 

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