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Infant Mortality
On September 25, 2019, over 400 people attended the premiere of Toxic: A Black Woman’s Story at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Playing to a packed theater, Toxic showed its muscle as a powerful tool for discussion around racism, toxic stress, and birth outcomes…
We’re getting closer to the release of the short film, “Toxic”…
In a previous article, we mentioned the launch of a film project that had been 2-years-in-development under the creative input of our very own Healthy Neighborhoods Committee. We’re happy to announce that the short film, “Toxic”, is now in post-production and scheduled to premiere in late September 2019.
Racism. Toxic stress. Birth Outcomes.
How are these three things intertwined?
The short film, “Toxic”, developed by our very own Healthy Neighborhoods Committee, seeks to explore that question…
Chances are, you'd share it.
One Life, a feature-length documentary, explores root causes for Ohio's alarmingly high rates of infant mortality. And, with Ohio's black babies dying at more than twice the rate of its white babies, One Life uncovers some underlying issues that lead to worse birth outcomes for Ohio's black population.
To look at the health of our babies is to look at the health of our community. Be sure to read on and watch One Life here so that you can understand our community's problem with infant death and, in turn, become a part of the solution.
