Rock Hall, Mission Bay
The IGHS Center for Applied Public Health invites you to a special free screening of The Auntie Sewing Squad Resistance Playbook followed by a Q&A with the film’s producer/director.
In March 2020, as COVID-19 exposed deep fractures in the U.S. public health system, performance artist Kristina Wong launched the Auntie Sewing Squad—a grassroots collective of primarily BIPOC women volunteers on an urgent mission. What began as a few dozen crafty activists grew into a nationwide network of more than 800 people, sewing and donating masks to historically disenfranchised communities of color.
The feature-length documentary follows Wong and her self-proclaimed “Aunties”—along with Uncles and non-binary volunteers—as they transform living rooms into sites of resistance. From their sewing machines, the Squad confronts systemic inequities head-on, reimagining what solidarity, mutual aid, health equity, and collective care can look like in a time of crisis.
Join the Center for Applied Public Health for the film and a conversation about the lessons it holds for public health preparedness, community partnership, and equity in times of crisis.
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