Thursday, October 28th Screening of “Bevel Up” and Q&A at NYAM

Thursday, October 28:

 

Juanita Maginley and Fiona Gold at the New York Academy of Medicine’s Ninth International Conference on Urban Health

“Bevel Up: Drugs, Users and Outreach Nursing”
Juanita Maginley and Fiona Gold of the British Columbia Street Nursing Program
5:00 – 6:30 p.m.
New York Academy of Medicine
1216 Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street
Room 20

On Thursday, October 28, 2010, the Center for Health, Media & Policy at Hunter College is proud to bring two of the nurses from the British Columbia Street Nursing Program, Juanita Maginley and Fiona Gold,

to NYAM to discuss their groundbreaking work on harm reduction among urban populations. The BC Street Nurses’ groundbreaking work is the subject of the award-winning film, “Bevel Up: Drugs, Users and Outreach Nursing.” Join the Vancouver nurses for a screening of the film and discussion in conjunction with the International Society for Urban Health at its Ninth Annual Conference at the New York Academy of Medicine.  There is no registration fee for this film screening. The event will take place from 5- 6:30 p.m. at The New York Academy of Medicine,1216 Fifth Avenue (at 103^rd Street) in Room 20.  Space is limited for this event, so seating will be on a first-come basis.  Click here to RSVP.

The Center for Health, Media & Policy at Hunter College (CHMP) wishes to thank the Open Society Foundation for their generous grant, which makes this programming possible.

For more information, to obtain a media pass or interview with Ms. Maginley or Ms. Gold, please contact Tristin Aaron, tristinaaron@gmail.com, (718) 938 4078.

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Women on the Verge and Naughty Nurses

Last week I had the opportunity to attend a performance of the new musical ‘Woman on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown’, based on a movie of the same name.  It deals with the way women react to the men in their lives, with both attraction and utter frustration or anger. Several of the women are stereotypes: the empty-headed receptionist, the sucker for any handsome face, the abandoned wife, the abandoned mistress.   For the most part, they are portrayed with sympathy, and used to make the point of the show.  What distressed me was the background dancing in a segment about the wife’s time in a mental hospital: three couples, with the women in ‘naughty nurse’ short white dresses with lace-topped white hose and large old-fashioned nurses’ caps.  Their presence seemed one more stereotype, and in this case, a gratuitous slap, as the dance did nothing to advance the story line.  Ughhhhh.

Kristine M. Gebbie, DrPH, RN
Joan Hansen Grabe Dean, School of Nursing

Last week I had the opportunity to