Bulletin #9 - "Where Are They Now?" and Other Updates

June 25, 2008

 

Do you ever wonder what happened to the laid-off Electrolux workers in Michigan, or how Terrol Dew Johnson, the Bernal family, or Mary Turner are doing since the documentary was filmed? Check out our updates on people and communities featured in the series - posted to the Documentary section of the UNNATURAL CAUSES Web site.

 

How does racism impact health? Our latest educational interactivity, Accumulating Advantage, presents a new twist on an old diversity exercise, illustrating how what Dr. Camara Jones of the CDC describes as an "eternity of difference" in experience - between those who confront racism daily and those who rarely think twice about race - translates into disparate outcomes in health.

 

Also, don't forget to visit our Ask the Experts forums, which have been spurring discussion and debate in email groups and offices around the country! Use our "Send to a Friend" feature to share a link with your colleagues, or download the transcripts as PDFs to include in next semester's readings.

 

 

 

CommonHealth ACTION, DeKalb County Board of Health, and Morehouse School of Medicine's Community Voices will host a special screening of Episode One, In Sickness and In Wealth, on July 10, in partnership with the Satcher Health Leadership Institute and the Fulton and Clayton County Departments of Health.

 

An expert panel, including California Newsreel's own Rachel Poulain, director of outreach for UNNATURAL CAUSES, will engage the audience in a discussion about how inequities are manifested in Georgia and hopefully spark a dialogue with the health practitioners, policy makers, and community members in attendance about possible solutions to these critical issues affecting our health.

 

• Illinois African American Coalition for Prevention and AETNA Insurance - Town Hall Meetings and Public Hearing (Peoria, Aurora, and Chicago, IL)
• Worcester County Premier of Place Matters (Worcester, MA)
• Knox County Health Dept Eight-Part Encore Series (Knoxville, TN)
• Screening by Place Matters Baltimore (Baltimore, MD)
• National Assembly on School-Based Healthcare (Los Angeles, CA)
• Building Capacity to Eliminate Health Disparities (Denver, CO)
• KDHE Center for Health Disparities - Staff Viewing Sessions (Topeka, KS)
• 2008 Leaders-to-Leaders Conference (Washington, DC)
• Morehouse Screening and Expert Panel (Atlanta, GA)
• UNITY '08 Convention, Media Showcase, and Career Expo (Chicago, IL)

 

• Health Equity Through Land Reform (San Francisco, CA) 
• Knox County Health Department Encore Screenings (Knoxville, TN)
• SF Health Education Training Center Screenings (San Francisco, CA)
• Monroe County Screening of "Not Just a Paycheck" (Monroe, MI)