MOSAIC Film Event on Racism and Community Health Takes Place Wednesday in Springfield
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The University of Massachusetts Amherst-based Western Massachusetts Health Equity Network’s MOSAIC film series continues Wednesday, April 27 in Springfield at Valley Venture Mentors. The series aims to highlight the visionary justice work of people of color in Western Massachusetts.
In addition to the film, in English with Spanish subtitles, the event will feature a performance by the Community Music School of Springfield and an art exhibit by the Trust Transfer Project, a new cultural partnership with the music school that brings together artists to create public health messages.
Holyoke storyteller Michelle Falcón Fontánez, who seeks to make social change through photography, film, theater and installation art, was chosen to produce the MOSAIC film, which was commissioned by the health network.
The film includes the stories of Dayna Campbell, an assistant professor in the public health program at American International College in Springfield and co-executive director of the Women of Color Health Equity Collective (formerly MotherWoman Inc.), and Ysabel Garcia, the founder of Estoy Aqui, a Springfield-based suicide prevention initiative that provides social justice training and culturally relevant outreach in Latino/Latinx and Black communities. Both Campbell and Garcia will participate Wednesday in a post-film conversation.
The series continues with events in Great Barrington (May 5, RSVP here), Florence (May 11, RSVP here) and Turners Falls (May 18, RSVP here).