Every Baby Matters

Date

09/28/2009 - 7:00pm

Location

JMRL Central Library 201 E. Market St. Charlottesville, VA 22902

Sponsor

Jefferson-Madison Regional Library

Description

WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS: a PBS documentary
African-American infants are more than 3 times as likely to die before their first birthday than white infants in Charlottesville. This film examines the enigma of the Black-white infant mortality gap. The Jefferson-Madison Regional Library will join with the Charlottesville City Schools Adult Learning Center to show this documentary. Breyette Lorntz, Asst Prof of Medicine, UVA Medical Center, will lead a discussion following the film.


Contact Name

John Halliday

Contact email

Contact Phone

434.979.7151 ext 206

Submitted By

Jackie Lichtman

Submitted By email