How a group of small-town activists and college students set out to change healthcare

by Charles Barber

Peace & Health is the story behind this improbable effort: the 20-year-old who plants the flag in his small hometown of Middletown, Connecticut; the daughter of a sharecropper, who made her way north during the great migration and becomes the North Star of the drive to transform health in the community; the son of a Jewish émigré and pharmacist who breaks from his peers to support the cause; the musician who played in the big bands of the South in the 1930's, who loses his teeth and is now determined to make sure others do not lose theirs; and the college student and future US Senator who helps buy the building so the free clinic would not be shut down permanently. A young nurse-practitioner joins the organization as it expands beyond one Connecticut town, and today, Community Health Center (CHC) and its Weitzman Institute operate programs across the US, transforming the delivery of health care for populations who have been ignored.

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Midwest Book Review | Review
Kirkus | Review
Publisher’s Weekly | Takeaway: The fascinating story of Connecticut’s Community Health Center, a visionary free clinic. Production Grades: Cover: B+ | Design and typography: A | Illustrations: A | Editing: A | Marketing: A-

Hardcover & Paperback: $28.99
Ebook: $7.99
8.5 x 11 in. (21.59 x 27.94 cm)
178 pages
199 illustrations

Imprint: OctoberWorks
Hardcover ISBN: 978-19-59262-00-8
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-959262-02-2
Ebook ISBN: 978-1-9592620-1-5
LOC: 2022916116
BISAC: BUS070170 [Business & Economics]; MED039000 [Medical, Health Care Delivery]