Unnatural Causes is a groundbreaking film series that reveals some reasons why some of us get sicker more often and die sooner. There’s more to our wellbeing than genes, behaviors, and medical care; Unnatural Causes documents how inequities in the rest of our lives – the jobs we do, the stress we experience, the neighborhoods we live in – can get under the skin and disrupt our biology as surely as germs and viruses. Solutions lie not in more pills but in more equitable social policies.
Please join us for a viewing and community conversation of the film
BECOMING AMERICANS:
Latino immigrants arrive healthy, so why don’t they stay that way?
Recent Mexican immigrants, although poorer, tend to be healthier than the average American. They have lower rates of death, heart disease, cancer, and other illnesses, despite being less educated, earning less, and have the stress of adapting to a new country and a new language. But the longer they’re here, the worse their relative health becomes even as their socioeconomic status improves. Within one generation, their health is as poor as other American of similar income status.
Please join Community Change Staff and friends for a screening of this film followed by a community conversation. Please bring your lunch. Beverages will be provided. $5 contribution requested. RESERVATIONS REQUIRED: RSVP 617-523-0555, janet@communitychangeinc.org
Community Change, Inc. was born out of the Civil Rights Movement and in response to the Kerner Commission which named racism as "a white problem." Since 1968, CCI has done what few organizations are willing to do: shine a spotlight on the roots of racism in white culture with the intention of dealing with racism at its source, as well as with its impact on communities of color.
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