​✨ [ABOUT THE LIVE PANEL] ✨

​⚠️ Content Warning: This panel includes discussion of pregnancy and infant loss, which may be emotionally difficult or triggering. Please engage only as much as feels comfortable. You are welcome to listen quietly, step away, or take breaks at any time. Resources and support will be available after the panel for anyone who needs it.

​Join a panel of experts + parents with lived experience to discuss:

• ​Education and awareness around pregnancy and infant loss

• ​The most common challenges and barriers grieving families face

• ​How to support families in trauma-informed and compassionate ways

• ​Where we go as a community and field from here

​Together, we’re breaking silence, honoring every baby, and creating space for real, honest conversations that center lived experience and strengthen support for families navigating loss.

​Date: Monday, October 27, 2025

​​Time: 3 pm PT | 4pm MT | 5pm CT | 6pm ET

​​Length: 75 minutes (includes panel + Q&A)

​Who is the panel for? Parents, advocates, supporters, health providers, and mental health providers. Anyone and everyone is welcome.

​Recording: If you are unable to join live, a recording will be sent out to everyone who registers.

​✨ [MEET OUR PANELISTS] ✨

• ​Elizabeth O’Donnell

  • ​Director of Education of PUSH for Empowered Pregnancy, CEO of Aaliyah in Action, Mom to Aaliyah, born still in 2020

• ​Ana Lepe Vick

  • ​Communications Director of PUSH for Empowered Pregnancy, Mom to Owen, born still in 2015

• ​Lauren Hunter, LCSW, PMH-C

  • ​NY Therapist for Grief & Birth Trauma, Owner of North Star Wellness & Therapy

• ​Rachell Dumas, MSN, RN

  • ​Registered nurse, loss mom, Maternal health advocate, and founder of A Light After Nine, a nonprofit organization supporting families navigating pregnancy and infant loss

• ​Alexa Conlon, LPN

  • ​Nurse, loss mom, uterine rupture and birth trauma survivor, podcast host of “Beyond The Birth Story,” and nonprofit founder of The Kayde Foundation

• ​Stephanie Lee, MSN, RN, CCRN

  • ​Mother of 3, 1 stillbirth in 2021. Featured in ProPublica Film, Before a Breath. Critical Care, Trauma, Emergency Nurse Leader.

​✨ [MEET OUR MODERATORS] ✨

• ​Marjorie Vail, MHC-LP, Doctoral Candidate

  • ​Outreach Director of PUSH for Empowered Pregnancy, Trauma Therapist, Mom to Aleksei, born still in 2004

• ​Olivia Verhulst, LMHC, PMH-C

  • ​Adjunct Faculty at NYU, Trauma Therapist, Forbes Health Advisor, & Co-Founder of Maternal Trauma Support

​✨ [TIERS OF SUPPORT] ✨

​Every contribution, big or small, helps us honor babies, support families, and advance awareness. If you’d like to support this important conversation, we’ve created 3 payment tiers plus a complimentary option:

• ​🫶 Remembrance — $15

• ​🌿 Equity Access— FREE

• ​💜 Supporter — $35

• ​💗 65 Hearts — $65

​Thank you for helping us make this event possible!​

​Fifty percent of proceeds will be donated to Aaliyah in Action, an organization that provides thoughtfully curated self-care packages and support for those experiencing perinatal, neonatal, or infant loss.  If you know someone facing loss and would prefer to donate directly to Aaliyah in Action to directly sponsor a self-care package in their name, click HERE. The remaining proceeds will be shared between the host organizations to further their advocacy, education, and community support initiatives.

​✨ [HOST ORGANIZATIONS] ✨

​💜 Maternal Trauma Support (MTS)

• ​Maternal Trauma Support is the umbrella organization of The Trauma-Informed Maternal Health Directory, a one-of-a-kind nationwide directory that connects women & birthing people navigating infertility, pregnancy, new parenthood, and perinatal loss to trauma-informed maternal health and mental health providers. MTS also offers free monthly Sunday Series workshops, a support network for perinatal providers, and customized trainings and consultations on Trauma-Informed Care. 

​💜 PUSH for Empowered Pregnancy

• ​PUSH for Empowered Pregnancy is founded and run by bereaved parents turned stillbirth prevention advocates. PUSH partners with parents, providers, and policymakers to address the systemic flaws that lead to preventable stillbirths. Through education, advocacy, and community, the organization has made significant progress in addressing major flaws in the US healthcare system to end preventable stillbirth.

• ​Watch the short film PUSH & sign our petition to help save lives: http://stillnessisanillness.com/

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