Advocating for Oral Health Care

On April 27 the Jon C. Burr Foundation & the Lunder-Dineen Health Education Alliance of Maine are co-sponsoring Advocating for Change: Older Adults and Oral Health Care, a viewing and discussion of the video we produced with Burr Foundation called Hidden Pain: America’s Oral Health Crisis. This inaugural, virtual program will bring together stakeholders from Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Oklahoma and Virginia championing the importance of oral health as total health in older adults and Medicare-eligible individuals with disabilities. A panel discussion and audience participation will build awareness, educate, and generate ideas to promote equality and justice in our health care system.

This is the second multi-state gathering around this video – we’re excited to see media leading to potential policy changes!

Those interested in attending can contact Host Committee member Betty Peebles.

Remembering Regina Jonas

I was recently contacted by producer Gail Reimer to make a small tweak to this video on which Shondra Burke and I consulted and edited. I enjoyed the chance to revisit the powerful story of America’s first women rabbis traveling to Berlin and Terezin to rescue Regina Jonas, the first woman to be ordained as a Rabbi in modern times, from the oblivion of the Holocaust. The video was presented by the Jewish Women’s Archive in 2014.

Encore Broadcast

My documentary Circle Up will be having an encore broadcast on the America ReFramed series on WORLD Channel on April 13 at 8pm/7pm CT - and will be streaming free April 13- 28 here. I’m excited to be able to reach new audiences with this evergreen film.