Zip Code Matters — a special documentary screening on June 14th
The YWCA of Northwest Ohio and the Fair Housing Center of Toledo will present a special screening of the documentary Zip Code Matters at 7 p.m. on June 14. Register in advance at bit.ly/YWCABOOKDISCUSSION.
Zip Code Matters, developed by the Fair Housing Center, shows the impact of where a person lives.
A person’s ZIP Code has been shown to have a greater impact on health and well-being than their genetic code, affecting access to education, transportation, and wealth. How is this possible? Audiences will learn about the connection between ZIP Codes and the forecast for life outcomes.
Where you live should not determine how long you live, but it does. In fact, health has more to do with place than doctors’ visits. The odds are stacked against low-income communities and communities of color. Because of a legacy of racial and economic segregation, anti-immigrant policy, and a host of other historical “isms”, there are many communities in the United States where the neighborhood environment conspires to harm residents. These environments lack basic health-protective amenities like parks, grocery stores, decent schools, functioning transportation systems, affordable and decent housing, living wage jobs, and even potable water in some instances. These neighborhood and community environments are not natural; they are manmade and can be unmade.
This month’s book discussion centers on The Color of Law: A forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, by Richard Rothstein.
