Fights the good fight. Believes in public health & education. Loves: sports, politics, pizza. Envisioning a brighter future one system change at a time.
As the metro popped up to cross the Potomac this morning, wild fire smoke was so thick you could barely see the Washington monument. I felt like I was back in the PNW.
"This is what #COVID19 has taught us: that pathogens have no regard for the lines humans draw on maps, nor for our politics, religions or anything else that we use to divide ourselves from each other.
To pathogens, we are all one, and thatโs how we must see ourselves: one people, sharing one planet, working together with one purpose โ the highest attainable standard of health for all people"-@DrTedros #WHA76
This is also a good reminder to schedule your physical, eye exam, mammogram, Pap smear, or any other preventative procedure you might have missed out on over recent years!
National Women's Health Week begins TODAY!
Women (esp. WOC) all too often have our health issues overlooked or ignored altogether by health care professionals. We have to be our own best advocates while we work to END the status quo.
#DYK? The Federal Plan for Equitable Long-Term Recovery and Resilience lays out 78 recommendations to advance the Vital Conditions for Health and Well-Being across all communities. Learn more: https://t.co/z7z8vMeNhs
On the first day of Black Maternal Health Week, we uplift the voices and stories of Black womenย as we fight to build a health care system that respects the dignity of all people.
https://t.co/ryd6fm0Ue6
Powerful speech from State Rep. Justin Pearson
"We are losing our democracy, this is not normal, this is not OK. ... We were fighting for kids who are dying from gun violence ... and that leads to our expulsion? This is not democracy, this is not what it's supposed to look like"