This course creates a collaborative learning community engaging students from UCLA and participants in A New Way of Life Reentry Project (ANWOL).

A mandatory orientation is required at the beginning of spring quarter for all participating students. This course is an interrogation of the history of pregnancy, birthing, and family using a decolonized lens. Students will probe the concept of "nuclear family", explore indigenous birthing and child rearing practices, and study an examination of reproductive justice through law and policy post-Dobbs. Students will also study the impact of intergenerational gendered harms through the discipline of epigenetics and discuss breaking cycles of harm in family dynamics.