*The First Parish Church's* * Racial Justice Journey Continues*
* Thursday, April 7 at 7 on zoom* * with a screening of * * the award winning PBS documentary * *“The Power to Heal”* *Hope you can join us **to see this moving PBS documentary about the struggle to secure equal and adequate access to healthcare for all Americans.* [image: image.png] *What: **Screening of “Power to Heal”* *When**: Thursday, April 7 at 7:00* *Zoom Link: Look for it next week!* *Why**: All of the issues we are discussing link up: redlining, housing, economics, environmental justice and health. This award-winning documentary shows the impressive voices of men and women who brought about change.* *Descripton:* *POWER TO HEAL* is an hour-long public television documentary that tells a poignant chapter in the historic struggle to secure equal and adequate access to healthcare for all Americans. Central to the story is the tale of how a new national program, Medicare, was used to mount a dramatic, coordinated effort that desegregated thousands of hospitals across the country in a matter of months. Before Medicare, disparities in access to hospital care were dramatic. Less than half the nation's hospitals served black and white patients equally, and in the South, 1/3 of hospitals would not admit African-Americans even for emergencies. Using the carrot of Medicare dollars, the federal government virtually ended the practice of racially segregating patients, doctors, medical staffs, blood supplies and linens. *POWER TO HEAL *illustrates how Movement leaders and grass-roots volunteers pressed and worked with the federal government to achieve justice and fairness for African*-*Americans. Through the voices of the men and women who experienced disparities and fought against them, *POWER TO HEAL *will introduce a broad, prime-time national audience on PBS to a missing link in the Civil Rights Movement -- a struggle over healthcare from a half-century ago, that raises questions that resonate today: Is healthcare a human right? Must the federal government intervene to ensure equality?
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