An Exercise in Empathy (2020)

California State University-Chico (CSU) and the surrounding community remains profoundly affected by the death and destruction of the Camp Wildfire of 2018. Knowing of that suffering, and that grief is cyclic, Dr. September Williams, physician-author and bioethicist, seized the chance when it was offered to share her work on Narrative Bioethics, Cross Cultural Competency, and end of life care at CSU. The date was set for February 12, 2020, unbeknownst to all that it would be during the rising phase of the America's arm of SARS-COVID. This pandemic again underscores that health inequities are related to geographical location, race, class, human and political behavior. Film producer-director and journalist, Cedric O'Bannon, immortalizes September Williams' visit to CSU-Chico in honor of researchers, teachers, and health care workers on the front lines of the SARS-CoVID19 Pandemic as AN EXERCISE IN EMPATHY.