<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">CCI Antiracism Film/Discussion Series:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><i>Un</i><span style="font-style:normal">natural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><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.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Please join us for a viewing and community conversation of the film</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b>PLACE MATTERS</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Why is your street address such a good predictor of your health? Living in a disadvantaged neighborhood leads to a 50-80% increase in risk for heart disease – the number 1 killer in the U.S. One reason is chronic stress. Worrying about violence, lousy schools, and unpaid bills; living in substandard housing or a polluted environment; not having good access to fresh food, reliable transportation, or safe public spaces – all of these have a negative, even toxic effect on health.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;tab-stops:center 3.25in left 390.4pt"><b>MAY 12 (Wed)<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b>Noon-1:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b>The Community Change Library on Racism<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b>14 Beacon Street, Room 604</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">As Harvard’s David Williams reminds us, “housing policy is health policy. Neighborhood improvement policies are health policies.” Health of individuals is improved when residents, government agencies, local officials, foundations and private business work together and take health into account.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">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></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><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></p> <!--EndFragment-->
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