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Around the country, community groups, public health departments and other interested organizations are using the documentary series for community dialogues, policy briefings and capacity building to educate, organize and advocate for health equity.

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JULY 2008
July 1, 3, 8 & 10 OH Austintown Mahoning County District Board of Health will screen all four hours of Unnatural Causes for staff of the District Board of Health, Youngstown City Health District and Struthers City Health District.

Tuesday, July 1, In Sickness and In Wealth
Thursday, July 3, When the Bough Breaks and Becoming American
Tuesday, July 8, Bad Sugar and Place Matters
Thursday, July 10, Collateral Damage and Not Just a Paycheck

All screenings at noon at the Mahoning County District Board of Health, 50 Westchester Drive, Austintown.
July 2, 9, 16, 23, & 30 TN Knoxville Knox County Health Department (KCHD) is presenting an encore broadcast of the ground-breaking PBS documentary Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick? as an eight-part presentation and discussion series on consecutive Wednesdays from noon to 1 p.m., beginning June 25 in the Community Room at the Main Clinic at 140 Dameron Avenue. The public is invited to attend. Participants are welcome to brown bag lunch. Admission and popcorn is free. Parking at KCHD also is free.

TIME: Consecutive Wednesdays, June 25-August 13, 12:00-1:00 p.m

HOSTED BY: Knox County Health Department and Knox County Bright Start Wellness Program

CONTACT: Carlos A. Yunsan, MS-MPH, (865) 215-5549, www.knoxcounty.org
July 8-9 DC Washington 2008 Leaders-to-Leaders Conference

Co-hosted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Association of County and City Health Officials, and the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, this invitation only conference will be a forum for executive leaders to identify policies and strategies to improve the health of all Americans.
July 10-12 CA Anaheim The National Indian Justice Center will be screening Bad Sugar at it's annual "For All My Relations" Indian Families Conference

For more information
July 10 FL Jacksonville Unnatural Causes Town Hall Meeting: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?

Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 6:30-8:30 p.m.
WJCT Studios, 100 Festival Park Avenue, Jacksonville, Florida 32202

Join featured guest panelist Dr. Adewale Troutman, Louisville Center for Health Equity, local panelists, policy makers and community leaders as they explore the root causes of health and illness in Jacksonville, Florida. View scenes from Unnatural Causes, which explores how inequality affects health, and be a part of the community dialogue. Help frame the local health agenda and identify opportunities for local action, policy advocacy, and strategic alliances. What are you willing to do?

Co-sponsors: Duval County Health Department, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, WJCT Public Broadcast Station, Jacksonville Community Council, Inc., and Healthy Jacksonville.

Contact: Dana Fields-Johnson at (904) 253-2520 or Susan Coughlin at (904) 253-2054. More information available at www.dchd.net/unnaturalcauses
July 10 GA Atlanta Screening of In Sickness and In Wealth
Hosted by Morehouse School of Medicine’s Community Voices: Healthcare for the Underserved, DeKalb County Board of Health, and CommonHealth ACTION

Following the viewing, an expert panel will engage the audience in a discussion about how these inequities are manifested in Georgia. We will also begin a dialogue with the health practitioners, the policy makers, and the community members in attendance about possible solutions to these critical issues affecting our health.

5:00 pm to 5:30 pm – Registration
5:30 pm to 7:30 pm – Screening & Discussion
7:30 pm to 8:30 pm  – Networking Reception

Place: Louis W. Sullivan Auditorium – National Center for Primary Care
Morehouse School of Medicine
720 Westview Drive, SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30310

Please RSVP by Thursday, June 26, 2008
Registration and more information
July 23 CA San Francisco Health Equity through Land Reform
UCSF, July 23, 12pm-1pm
  • Increase understanding of Mission District residents about the connection between development, land use, and community health;
  • Integrate health-based solutions into land-use recommendation for the city's official re-zoning and area plans for the Mission District;
  • Strengthen pressure on city Planning Department to include health impacts in review of development projects and all land use planning decision-making.
HOSTED BY: Mission Anti-displacement Coalition

CONTACT: Oscar Grande, PODER (415)431-4210
www.podersf.org
AUGUST 2008
August 6 & 13 TN Knoxville Knox County Health Department (KCHD) is presenting an encore broadcast of the ground-breaking PBS documentary Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick? as an eight-part presentation and discussion series on consecutive Wednesdays from noon to 1 p.m., beginning June 25 in the Community Room at the Main Clinic at 140 Dameron Avenue. The public is invited to attend. Participants are welcome to brown bag lunch. Admission and popcorn is free. Parking at KCHD also is free.

TIME: Consecutive Wednesdays, June 25-August 13, 12:00-1:00 p.m

HOSTED BY: Knox County Health Department and Knox County Bright Start Wellness Program

CONTACT: Carlos A. Yunsan, MS-MPH, (865) 215-5549, www.knoxcounty.org
August 13 CA San Francisco San Francisco Department of Public Health-Health Education Training Center

Screening of Episodes 6 and 7

12-2 pm, Health Education Center, 30 Van Ness Ave, Suite 2300
August 13 MI Monroe Monroe County Screening of "Not Just a Paycheck"

Monroe County Health Department will host a viewing of "Not Just a Paycheck" - an examination of the impact of unemployment and job insecurity on health. Following the viewing, there will be a moderated discussion to give community partners an opportunity to react to the program and initiate a dialogue on what can be done locally to combat inequality and its effect on the health of our community.

Monroe County ISD, 1101 S Raisinville Road, Monroe, MI 48161

August 13, 2008 - 2:00p-3:30p

Contact: Jamie Leizerman or Maureen Pfund
SEPTEMBER 2008
Sept 9-12 CA Sacramento UNNATURAL CAUSES: Keeping the Momentum Going,
session at the ASTHO-NACCHO 2008 Joint Conference

Presenters: Gail Brandt, BS, MPH, EdD, Program Manager, WA State Department of Health;
Louise Square, BA, Technical Advisor, NY State Department of Health
OCTOBER 2008
October IL Springfield Illinois Department of Public Health - Annual HIV/STD Conference - October 28-30
Oct 1-3 MN Breezy Point Fostering Hope and Facilitating Change: Public Health in the 21st Century

2008 Community Health Conference
Breezy Point, Minnesota

Hosted by: State Community Health Services Advisory Committee (SCHSAC), the Office of Public Health Practice, Division of Community and Family Health, and the Minnesota Department of Health

For more information: www.togpartners.com/chc/
Oct 25-29 CA San Diego APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition

Visit our booth, #1603, to watch clips from UNNATURAL CAUSES, Health for Sale, RACE: The Power of an Illusion, and other films distributed by California Newsreel. Learn about online tools and resources that can help you use these films to educate and advocate for health and social justice. The following sessions will also explore different ways to use the series.
  • UNNATURAL CAUSES: Including an equality agenda in national electoral campaigns
    Presented by the Spirit of 1848

  • Using UNNATURAL CAUSES to raise awareness and stimulate dialogue and action about racial and ethnic health disparities – The Arkansas Story
    Presented by the Univ. of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Public Health
NOVEMBER 2008
Oct 31 - Nov 5 TX San Antonio Association of American Medical Colleges Annual Meeting

At a general session on November 1, Larry Adelman, series creator and executive producer and co-director of California Newsreel, will screen scenes from Unnatural Causes, discuss the series’ objectives and some of the unsettling questions it raises, describe how the series and companion tools are being used to focus attention on the social determinants of health equity, and explore suggested remedies requiring social and political changes.
Nov 5 CA Los Angeles University of Southern California Community Forum

The forum "Why do Black babies die more often than White babies: Is society to blame?" will take place during National Prematurity Awareness Month on Wednesday, November 5th, from 3 to 6pm at The California Endowment.

It will feature a screening of "When the Bough Breaks", an expert panel featuring local researchers from the episode, a presentation from community partners actively working toward solutions, and a networking reception. This forum is designed to bring a broad cross-section of professional and lay people together to learn more about the problem of persistent racial disparities in adverse birth outcomes and infant mortality, and to engage them in multidisciplinary collaborative efforts to address the problem.

Sponsor: USC / Center for Premature Infant Health and Development at the USC Keck School of Medicine
Contact: Tyan Parker Dominguez