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We Have a Title for our
New Documentary Series!
 We listened! A number of folks told us they were troubled by our working title, American Birthright, so we looked for a new one.
With your help, we chose: The Raising of America: Early Childhood and the Future of Our Nation.
Many thanks to Amy Acton, Professor, College of Public Health, Ohio State University, for submitting the winning idea in our Title Contest!
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The Raising of America
Work-in-Progress Screenings
Like we did with UNNATURAL CAUSES, we are screening work-in-progress scenes. Contact Rachel Poulain, Director of Public Engagement, at rp@newsreel.org if you would like to set up a screening.
Birthing Project USA Annual Training & Conference
San Diego, October 18-21, 2012
Council on Community Pediatrics Meeting at the American Academy of Pediatrics Annual Conference
New Orleans, October 20, 2012
American Public Health Association Annual Meeting
San Francisco
- Watch at The Spirit of 1848's Session #3375 on Monday, October 29, 2012 at 2:30 PM.
- Visit with us in the Expo Hall! Booth #2013, October 27 at 2 PM - October 31, 12:30 PM.
Zero to Three National Training Institute
Los Angeles
- Networking discussion on Friday, November 30, 2012 from 6:15 PM - 7:15 PM.
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Production Highlights
We've been running around the country all summer and early fall filming The Raising of America and are quite pleased with the results so far.
 We joined play groups in Los Angeles, Boston and Minnesota, interviewed community organizers, child care workers and, of course, filmed parents, babies and toddlers across the nation.
 Our interviewees include Nobel Laureate, James Heckman, former Senator and Vice President Walter Mondale, and his nemesis in the Nixon White House, Pat Buchanan, who penned President Nixon's veto of the Comprehensive Child Development Act (Mondale-Brademas) of 1971.  We visited child development centers at Camp Pendleton Marine Base, the military being one place where government provides affordable - and universal - quality early care, some modeled on Italy's Reggio Emilia approach.  We filmed in the labs of neuroscientists conducting experiments on the effects of stress on rat mothers and their pups. We'll continue to chart our production progress through this eNewsletter and on our Raising of America Facebook page. |
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The Raising of America
Campaign Updates
As with UNNATURAL CAUSES, we are creating this series in the context of a national Public Engagement Campaign. Join us in linking early child development to a more prosperous and equitable nation.
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 Join the UNNATURAL CAUSES Facebook page for the latest updates on health equity and screening information. Join The Raising of America Facebook page to learn more about early child development, production updates and latest video clips.
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Health Equity News and Resources
Richmond, CA Soda Tax and General Plan
 Richmond, CA, featured in the UNNATURAL CAUSES episode "Place Matters," is aiming to be the first city in the U.S. to pass a soda tax to reduce obesity in their community and ignite a policy domino effect across the nation.
Big Soda has already spent $2.2 million against the measure. Learn why sugar in drinks is much more harmful than sugar in solid foods from cardiologist and member of the Richmond City Council, Jeff Ritterman. Learn more and get involved on the Fit for Life website.
Richmond has also just become one of the first cities in the nation to adopt a General Plan which targets health inequities and recommends strategies for improving the health and wellness of its residents.
Towards a New Biology of Social Adversity
PNAS just released a collection of papers that addresses the developmental and biological consequences of early childhood adversity. The papers come from a variety of disciplinary perspectives and authors include Nancy Adler, Clyde Hertzman, Bruce McEwen, and Jack Shonkoff. Read the entire collection.
The Joint Center's Health Policy Institute  recently released a series of health equity reports. View this video from the September PLACE MATTERS Conference in which Dr. Brian Smedley presents the report findings. Obesity Linked to Economic Insecurity
An Oxford University study suggests that the U.S. and other countries with 'free market' regimes and less social supports have higher rates of obesity due to the stress of economic insecurity. Read more.
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About Us
UNNATURAL CAUSES was produced by California Newsreel in association with Vital Pictures, Inc. California Newsreel is the oldest non-profit documentary production and distribution center in the country, now celebrating its 43rd anniversary.
For more information on our extensive collections of acclaimed DVDs, click on the links below or visit us at www.newsreel.org.
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