Free Film Screening - The Effects of Race on Infant Mortality

Thursday, March 1 from 12:40 - 1:30 p.m. in H3 The UWS ENGAGE will hold a screening of one segment "When the Bough Breaks" of the documentary series, "Unnatural Causes... Is Inequality Making Us Sick." Film Description: "Why do infant mortality rates among African Americans remain more than twice as high as among white Americans? Although birth outcomes are generally better for those with higher education and income, black women with college degrees are still more likely to give birth prematurely than white women who haven’t even finished high school. Researchers are circling in on a provocative explanation: the chronic stress of racism can become embedded in the body, taking a heavy toll on African American families and on children even before they leave the womb." Open to students, faculty and staff. Pizza will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis.