Documentary Film and Discussion Series
Health and Social Justice: Burning Issues

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Monday evenings
January 29 - May 14, 2007
4:00 - 7:00pm
Business Building
Room 110, SF State

Through cutting edge documentary films and talks by community health leaders, this course will take you "behind the headlines" on health issues such as avian flu, the drug war, the Katrina disaster, environmental justice, and reproductive rights. We will investigate the social forces driving spiraling epidemics of cancer, HIV, asthma and obesity. Together we will explore how health outcomes are shaped by racism, class, gender and power. Learn what you can do to become an effective advocate for health and social justice.

San Francisco State University
HED 221 (3 units)

City College of San Francisco
Health 221X (3 units)