<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><!--StartFragment--> <div class="MsoNormal">CCI Antiracism Film/Discussion Series:<o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><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></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. <a href="http://www.unnaturalcauses.org">http://www.unnaturalcauses.org</a><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"> <o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><b>COLLATERAL DAMAGE<o:p></o:p></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal">How do U.S. military policy and globalization affect our health?<o:p></o:p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:276.0pt"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; ">June 9 (Wed)<span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops:center 3.25in left 390.4pt"><b><span style="mso-tab-count:1">Noon-1:30 p.m.</span></b></p> <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<o:p></o:p></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><b>Boston MA</b><span style="font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div> <div class="MsoNormal">The lives and health of Marshall Islanders in the equatorial Pacific were disrupted in a unique fashion when the U.S. occupied their nation and used their outer islands for extensive nuclear testing after WWII.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Today, around 10,000 Marshall Islanders live in Springdale AK; drawn by plentiful jobs in the food processing industry and a low cost of living, most are happy to have better educational opportunities and healthier options. Even though the Marshallese can leave the impoverished conditions of their homeland, they can’t escape the effects of having lived in poverty; rates of TB and other infectious and chronic diseases among the Marshallese are far above the national average.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></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"><b>Community Change, Inc.</b><span style="font-weight:normal"> 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. <a href="http://www.communitychangeinc.org">http://www.communitychangeinc.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></div> <!--EndFragment-->
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