POWER TO HEAL Screening Resources

The Discussion Guide guide will contain the following for your screening use:
• about the film & filmmakers • ready to watch! screening guide
• ready to talk! discussion guide • ready to act! handout

Press Stills

Websites

1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East stand up for quality healthcare, good jobs and social justice for all.

AMA Commission to End Health Care Disparities works to ensure that all communities of Americans receive equal access to quality health care.

American Association for the History of Medicine (AAHM) is a professional association of historians, physicians, nurses, archivists, curators, librarians, and others. The AAHM promotes and encourages research, study, writing, and interest in the history of medicine.

American Federation of Teachers (AFT) is a union of professionals that champions fairness; democracy; economic opportunity; and high-quality public education, healthcare and public services for our students, their families and our communities.

American Medical Association (AMA) promotes the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health.

American Medical Student Association (AMSA), with a half-century history of medical student activism, is the oldest and largest independent association of physicians-in-training in the United States.

American Nurses Association works to advance the nursing profession to improve health for all.

APHA Black Caucus of Health Workers provides programs that explore the special nature of public health problems facing people of color in the United States, including poverty, discrimination, and lack of medical and health care access; equal opportunity for work force entry and advancement; and related issues.

Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) works to promote, research, preserve, interpret and disseminate information about Black life, history and culture to the global community.

Campaign for Action works to ensure that everyone in America can live a healthier life, supported by nurses as essential partners in providing care and promoting health equity and well-being.

CDC Office of Minority Health and Health Equity works to promote awareness of minority health and health equity work at CDC and in the broader public health community, support the achievement of our goal to eliminate health disparities, improve women’s health, support diversity and inclusion in the public health workforce, and foster ongoing communication and collaboration with our partners and the public.

Highlander Center, a catalyst for grassroots organizing and movement building in Appalachia and the South, works with people fighting for justice, equality and sustainability, supporting their efforts to take collective action to shape their own destiny.

Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies creates ideas to improve the socioeconomic status and civic engagement of African Americans.

NAACP works to secure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights in order to eliminate race-based discrimination and ensure the health and well-being of all persons.

National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) promotes efficient, high quality, comprehensive health care that is accessible, culturally and linguistically competent, community directed, and patient centered for all.

National Black Nurses Association (NBNA) works to provide a forum for collective action by African American nurses to represent and provide a forum for black nurses to advocate for and implement strategies to ensure access to the highest quality of healthcare for persons of color

National Hispanic Medical Association works to empower Hispanic physicians to lead efforts to improve the health of Hispanic and other under-served populations in collaboration with Hispanic state medical societies, residents, and medical students, and other public and private sector partners.

National Medical Association (NMA) is the collective voice of African American physicians and the leading force for parity and justice in medicine and the elimination of disparities in health.

National Nurses United, the largest union and professional association of registered nurses in U.S. history, works to counter the national assault by the healthcare industry on patient care conditions and standards for nurses, and to promote a unified vision of collective action for nurses.

National Urban League works to enable African Americans and other under-served urban residents to secure economic self-reliance, parity, power and civil rights.

Office of Minority Health (OMH) works to improve the health of racial and ethnic populations.

Student National Medical Association (SNMA) is committed to supporting current and future underrepresented minority medical students, addressing the needs of underserved communities, and increasing the number of clinically excellent, culturally competent and socially conscious physicians.

Southern Poverty Law Center is a non-profit organization that combats hate, intolerance and discrimination through education and litigation.