<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><!--StartFragment--> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">CCI Antiracism Film/Discussion Series:<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><i>Un</i></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">natural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><b><i>Un</i></b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><b>natural Causes</b></span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt"> 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; <b><i>Un</i></b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><b>natural Causes</b></span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt"> 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.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal">Please join us for a viewing and community conversation of the film<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; "></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; ">BAD SUGAR</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:276.0pt"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; ">What are the connections between diabetes, oppression, and empowerment in two Native American communities? What do these connections have to tell us about the health issues of all Americans and possible solutions to those problems?</span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:276.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">April 14 (Wed)<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span></span></p> <div class="MsoNormal"><b>Noon-1:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><b>The Community Change Library on Racism<o:p></o:p></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><b>14 Beacon Street, Room 604</b><span style="font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal">Medical-only interventions have failed to stem the rising tide of diabetes not just among Native Americans, but globally. <b>While obesity and diet are risk factors, so are poverty and stress, compounded by a history of cultural, economic, and physical loss.</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> Leaders of the Pima and Tohono O’odham Indians of southern Arizona are cautiously optimistic that community empowerment, along with sustainable and culturally appropriate development can help restore prosperity, hope, and health. How can we connect this to the health problems and possible solutions to those problems in our own communities?<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal">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, <a href="mailto:janet@communitychangeinc.org">janet@communitychangeinc.org</a><o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><b>Community Change, Inc.</b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> 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.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <!--EndFragment-->
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