Historic screening on Capitol Hill a success
An excerpt from UNDER OUR SKIN played to a rapt and standing-room only crowd today at the Russell Senate Building on Capitol Hill. A historic moment for the Lyme community, this briefing was sponsored by the National Capital Lyme Disease Association, co-sponsored by Turn The Corner Foundation (the film’s outreach partner) and signed-on by the offices of Senators Dodd and Lieberman. In addition to the film and the film’s director Andy Abrahams Wilson, speakers included Pam Weintraub, author of “Cure Unknown” and a few DC area Lyme-literate physicians. Democratic Majority Leader Steny Hoyer showed up, along with many congressional staffers.
Press was abundant, and attendees agreed this was an important moment in the struggle to bring Lyme disease out of obscurity and uncover an epidemic that is silently taking its toll across the country. Legislators were invited to a full screening of the film at the Avalon Theater in DC the following day (which, we are told, has sold out its 450 seats!). Stay tuned for more reverberations coming from this important legislative briefing.
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It’s nice to see legislators take an interest and actually show up for this. Let’s hope they will now be convicted to take action to help us Lyme sufferers.
How can I find where to view Under Our Skin, cannot
find info anywhere
thanks,
K
Find a screening in your area by going to this URL:
http://www.underourskin.com/screenings.html
There’s also a “Map View” in blue in the top left corner.
You can also buy a copy here:
http://www.underourskin.com/store.html
Or view an excerpt here:
http://www.underourskin.com/watch_excerpt.html
Not bad… Not bad.