Healthy Gorge Initiative

A cross-sectoral collaborative striving to improve community health, in every sense of the word, in the Columbia River Gorge.

[Healthy Gorge Initiative @GorgeHealthy]

The Oregon Worker Quarantine Fund is available for agricultural workers who need to quarantine and don't have the financial means to do so: https://t.co/DlF3b3y20M
#healthequity #ruralhealth #esencial #esenciales #essentialworkers #farmworkers #cultureofhealth

[RWJF @RWJF]

Communities across the country have been mobilizing to respond to the COVID19 pandemic. In researching several diverse cities and counties, @RWJF has seen how a community’s commitment to #healthequity shapes its response. https://t.co/4nC7oBEdd2

[Healthy Gorge Initiative @GorgeHealthy]

Esencial banners throughout the community, celebrating essential farmworkers.
Somos una comunidad. We are one community.
#esencial #esenciales #essentialworkers #farmworkers #ruralhealth #healthequity #thankafarmworker

[Healthy Gorge Initiative @GorgeHealthy]

How can we continue to take care of ourselves and our community during this time?
#cultureofhealth #ruralhealth #healthequity #communityhealth #mentalhealth #resilience #resiliency #resiliencia

[Healthy Gorge Initiative @GorgeHealthy]

Farmer & activist Karen Washington on the importance of controlling local food and economy for communities of color. https://t.co/U5jHp8vPFA #foodjustice #racialjustice #foodsovereignty

[Healthy Gorge Initiative @GorgeHealthy]

COVID is affecting Americans disproportionately because of social and structural determinants of health, including race #COVID19 #healthequity #racialjustice Article in Columbia Gorge News by @JudyBankman https://t.co/NOJwE4b0U1

[Healthy Gorge Initiative @GorgeHealthy]

From @latimes, Latinos are unprotected as #essentialworkers in Califonria and disproportionately affected by #COVID19 https://t.co/Bcoq8MyUSK #racialjustice #healthequity

[Healthy Gorge Initiative @GorgeHealthy]

The Gorge in the news: this published yesterday at the Daily Yonder by @JudyBankman about securing wifi access for essential farmworkers #ruralhealth #cultureofhealth #ruralbroadband #farmworkerjustice #esencial #essentialworkers https://t.co/icJkfQGSs0

[Healthy Gorge Initiative @GorgeHealthy]

Just published by @AmCommPro this piece by Paul Lindberg and Judy Bankman explores the need for addressing inequities with policy change and how the Gorge community is doing this meaningful work.
#cultureofhealth #healthequity #socialjustice #policychange https://t.co/m0bEffxXvi

[RWJF @RWJF]

#Coronavirus has magnified inequities in our communities and should inspire us to secure a future where everyone has a fair and just opportunity to be as healthy as possible.

Let's guide America toward a stronger future for all with these 5 principles. https://t.co/cx4s0FwpTv

[RWJF @RWJF]

Some families have been self-isolating to shield themselves from violence & other stressors long before #COVID19. Now, they're finding safe & generous ways to strengthen bonds w/in their community. https://t.co/5e4AEa3WwI

[Healthy Gorge Initiative @GorgeHealthy]

Both COVID-19 and the George Floyd unrest are revealing deep racial inequities and systemic failures to address them. #covid #covid19 #ICantBreathe #GeorgeFloydMurder #RacialJustice #healthequity
https://t.co/I9gL8UtXXH

[Healthy Gorge Initiative @GorgeHealthy]

Protecting #Farmworkers From #Coronavirus and Securing the Food Supply - Center for American Progress https://t.co/R4DIBmpnpe #MSFWs #economicjustice #healthequity #immigrationjustice

[Healthy Gorge Initiative @GorgeHealthy]

How funders can move from Racial Equity to Racial Justice in the context of COVID: https://t.co/GeySljwbUx
#racialjustice #cultureofhealth #healthequity #disparities #ruralhealth #COVID #resilience

[Stanford Social Innovation Review @SSIReview]

Signs of “compassion fatigue” include bottling your emotions, a numbness to suffering, and a reduced sense of purpose–a danger in our current #COVID19 crisis, shares @leahweissphd of @StanfordGSB in today’s #SSIRLive webinar on #CompassionateLeadership https://t.co/zAJBHBYUG2

[Healthy Gorge Initiative @GorgeHealthy]

#resilience #equity #community #healthequity #collaboration #ruralhealth #cultureofhealth

[Healthy Gorge Initiative @GorgeHealthy]

As we move towards a phased reopening, it's important to #staysafe!
#covid19 #cultureofhealth #ruralhealth #healthequity #reopening

[Paul Lindberg @plindberg651]

Thank you for such a powerful article, @MonaHannaA I’m Sick of Asking Children to Be Resilient https://t.co/fAnwjGKilU

[Healthy Gorge Initiative @GorgeHealthy]

Yolo Akili Robinson, director of Black Emotional & Mental Health Collective (BEAM), speaks about the disproportionate impact of #Covid_19 COVID on communities of color & where he finds #empowerment and hope:
https://t.co/UKgiISjSPA
#healthequity #cultureofhealth

[Paul Lindberg @plindberg651]

Thx @NPRweekend @nprscottsimon for highlighting farmers stories. Outbreak Voices: Farmers Worry About Shortages, Bankruptcy https://t.co/IHmRT6qpaK #columbiagorge