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Behind The Joy: Honoring Mother’s Postpartum Mental Health
Sun, May 31
|New Rochelle Public Library
A free community event featuring the 23-award-winning film Behind The Joy, followed by a panel discussion on postpartum depression, birth support, and maternal mental health in Black and Brown communities.
Time & Location
May 31, 2026, 1:30 PM – 4:00 PM
New Rochelle Public Library, 1 Library Plaza, New Rochelle, NY 10801, USA
About the event
Free and open to the public
Host: Jamal Smart – Filmmaker, Behind The Joy
Moderator: Natasha Hylton, RN, WCC, ICP, Doula | Founder, She Thrives Here
Behind The Joy: Honoring Mother’s Postpartum Mental Health is a community-centered maternal mental health activation designed to raise awareness, foster healing, and connect families with resources that support postpartum wellbeing.
Hosted by award-winning filmmaker Jamal Smart, the event features a screening of his 23-time award-winning film Behind The Joy, which explores the realities of postpartum depression within the Black community and the silence and stigma that often surrounds maternal mental health.
Following the screening, attendees will participate in a live moderated panel discussion, bringing together perspectives from a midwife, a doula, and a mother with lived experience of postpartum depression. The conversation will be moderated by Natasha Hylton, RN, WCC, ICP, Doula, founder of She Thrives Here, who brings both clinical expertise and personal insight…