Between the Lines: The Cost of Discrimination - Massachusetts

Chris Engel 4/2/133:05 PM

"A civil rights conference in Springfield explores the physical toll social injustice takes on its victims...

"How do stress and trauma affect our physical health?

Quite a lot, according to long-term research by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Kaiser Permanente.

The Adverse Childhood Experience, or ACE, study surveyed more than 17,000 people....

"Those results grabbed the attention of John Fisher, who, in addition to his work as a fair housing counselor for the housing assistance organization HAPHousing, has a side interest in neuroscience. And it raised a question for him: “What about discrimination?” he wondered. “Would that affect [physical health]?”...

http://www.valleyadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=16525

See event listing:

http://acesconnection.com/events/2013-fair-housing-and-civil-rights-conference-massachusetts

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