NEW ORLEANS— Today, Healthy Start New Orleans, a program of the New Orleans Health Department, partnered with WYES-TV and Delgado Community College to host a screening of “The Raising of America: Early Childhood and the Future of our Nation,” and a panel discussion that addressed the value of investing in child health and well-being in the city of New Orleans.
The event took place at the Lac Pontchartrain Room, Student Life Center (Building 23), 2nd floor at Delgado Community College, 615 City Park Ave.
There was a 9:45 a.m. documentary screening and a panel discussion that lasted until noon.
Scheduled to attend were Charlotte Parent, Director of Health for the City of New Orleans, Karen Carter-Peterson, State Senator for Louisiana’s 5th District, Dr. Corey Hebert (Moderator), Pediatrician and CEO of Community Health TV, Thelma French, President and CEO of Total Community Action and Patricia Hightower, President and CEO of Bayou Equity Mortgage.
Healthy Start New Orleans, a program of the New Orleans Health Department, provides services to residents of Orleans Parish who are pregnant or parenting children under the age of two. Healthy Start promotes healthy communities by nurturing healthy pregnancies, healthy babies, and healthy families.
The mission of the nationally accredited New Orleans Health Department (NOHD) is to protect, promote, and ensure the health of all who live in New Orleans. NOHD aims to build a healthy New Orleans through equitable social and environmental conditions and through policies, programs and partnerships that promote health
Raising of America is a production of California Newsreel in partnership with Vital Pictures, producers of the award-winning documentary series UNNATURAL CAUSES: Is Inequality Making Us Sick? Major funding is provided by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and The California Endowment.
