[Press Release] : September 3 Documentary and Dialogue Series Begins “UNNATURAL CAUSES…is inequality making us sick?”

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
Contact: Nanette Chun-Ming Ward, Human Rights Educator, (573) 874-7487,
HRC at GoColumbiaMo.com 


September 3 Documentary and Dialogue Series Begins “UNNATURAL
CAUSES…is inequality making us sick?”

COLUMBIA, MO (Date) - The Columbia Human Rights Commission invites
teens and adults from all walks of life and all neighborhoods to attend
the first of four evenings featuring a compelling seven-part
documentary“UNNATURAL CAUSES…is inequality making us sick?” This
free event, with refreshments provided, will be on Wednesday, September
3, 6 p.m. - 8:45 p.m., at 1005 W. Worley, Columbia/Boone County Health
Department.

This ground breaking documentary, created to change our public
discourse on health, explores racial and socioeconomic inequities in
health. It is about health, but not about doctors or drugs. Rather, it
looks into findings that shake up our conventional understanding of
health. Our well-being is not just about genes, behaviors and medical
care. The social, economic and physical environments in which we are
born, live and work profoundly affect our longevity and health - as much
as smoking, diet and exercise. UNNATURAL CAUSES sheds light on mounting
evidence of how inequities in the rest of our lives - the jobs we do,
the wealth we enjoy, the neighborhoods we live in - can get under the
skin and disrupt our biology just as germs and viruses do. Solutions lie
not in more pills but in more equitable social policies.

The first segment, “In Sickness and in Wealth,” deals with what
connections exist between healthy bodies, healthy bank accounts and skin
color. The public can view the film with fellow citizens and then engage
in candid, respectful dialogue to begin to change our community's
discourse on health. This is an opportunity to listen and learn, to
share and hear different perspectives - not to debate, argue, convince
or convert.

The series is part of on-going effort by the Commission to strengthen
community relationships and create a culture of inclusion and
understanding by dealing with difficult issues in small-group dialogue.
The series continues September 24 and October 8 and concludes October
22.

Contact Nanette Ward at the Human Rights Commission at (573) 874-7487
or HRC at GoColumbiaMo.com for more information, disability accommodations
or transportation assistance. Visit us on the Web at
www.GoColumbiaMo.com (Go Word: gostudycircles).


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