A guide to the 2020 First Year Reading program's pick, What the Eyes Don't See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City, by Mona Hanna-Attisha
Mona Hanna-Attisha, MD, MPH, FAAP, is the founder and director of the Michigan State University-Hurley Children's Hospital Pediatric Public Health Initiative. She is a professor of Pediatrics and Human Development and Public Health at the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine.
What the Eyes Don't See was named one of the New York Times100 Notable Books of 2018 by the editors of the New York Times Book Review. It was also listed as Best Science Book of 2018 by Science Friday, a weekly radio show distributed nationally by WNYC Public Radio.
She was named one of the 100 Most Influential People in 2016 by Time Magazine. She also earned the 2016 Ridenhour Prize for Truth-Telling, as well as countless other awards and prizes that recognize her impact as a whistleblower, activist and physician, and her contributions to social and environmental justice and humanism in healthcare.
EDITORIAL
Dr. Hanna-Attisha wrote this piece about the impact of COVID-19 on Flint and discusses the need for justice, reparations and resilient communities.