What Makes People Sick?

First Surgeon General of California, Nadine Burke Harris

11 a.m., May 26, 2024

Join us this Sunday in person OR online, as we watch and discuss two videos about health.
In How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime, pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris talks about the dramatic physiological damage caused by a childhood abuse. You can watch this 16-minute 2014 video at:
https://www.ted.com/talks/nadine_burke_harris_how_childhood_trauma_affects_health_across_a_lifetime

In What makes us sick? Look upstream, doctor Rishi Manchanda talks about the health damage done by an adverse social environment. You can watch this 18-minute 2014 video at:
https://www.ted.com/talks/rishi_manchanda_what_makes_us_get_sick_look_upstream

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This week, you can attend our forum in person with fellow humanists at Maker Nexus, 1330 Orleans Drive, Sunnyvale CA, 94089. (On the first and third Sunday of the month, you can continue to attend our forum at the Mountain View Senior Center.) We may visit a nearby restaurant for lunch after the forum.
If you attend in person, COVID protocols will be followed. If you have symptoms that may be COVID, kindly attend on Zoom. Help us make sure we have room for you. If you can join us in person, please email vp@humanists.org to let us know.

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