Grace Cotangco

Personal account: health equity, social justice, art/food/music. Long Beach & Los Angeles.

[Mike Bonin @mikebonin]

We’ve all heard the ugly things three of my colleagues said on the infamous tapes.

It is also important to remember what they did. The legislation they killed, stalled or weakened. The laws and programs they stopped that would've helped people. The bad policies they passed.

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[Grace Cotangco @_grrracia]

🙏🏼 a step forward

[Herb J. Wesson, Jr. @HerbJWesson]

Today I, alongside my colleagues, will introduce a motion to replace LAPD officers with unarmed, non-law enforcement agencies who will be responsible for responding to non-violent calls for service.

[Community Coalition @CoCoSouthLA]

Police AREN’T social workers.

Police AREN’T trained mental health professionals.

Police AREN’T substance abuse addiction counselors.

Public safety is created through more resources and care, not more cops. #PeoplesBudgetLA #DefundThePolice #CareNotCops

[Grace Cotangco @_grrracia]

@MayorOfLA you're not really making meaningful progress towards ending systemic racism until your budget shows it #DefundPolice #CareNotCops #PeoplesBudgetLA

[Grace Cotangco @_grrracia]

@MayorOfLA needs to stop offering up proposals that maintain LAPD power or control. We need him to #DefundThePolice and invest in #CareNotCops with a #PeoplesBudgetLA.

[National Health Foundation @NHFcommunity]

So proud of r #HealthAcademy H.S. grads who served up some health to their school + community! Best of luck! #EducationIsHealth

[Grace Cotangco @_grrracia]

@CamaraJones can we turn a Gardener's tale into a children's book? @ObesityConf #COC17 #educate #endracism #sowingtheseeds ;)

[Grace Cotangco @_grrracia]

Great opening plenary @ObesityConf: "obesity is a symptom of generations of racist policies in a racist system" #COC17 #healthequity

[National Health Foundation @NHFcommunity]

Our program manager Grace C and Health Academy alum Jessica are speakers this week at #COC17 @ObesityConf talking about #youthengagement!

[Grace Cotangco @_grrracia]

Here at #COC17 recognizing the different social determinants contributing to the obesity epidemic

[John Lewis @repjohnlewis]

Sometimes you have to get in the way and get in good trouble, necessary trouble, to make a way out of noway. #goodtrouble

[National Health Foundation @NHFcommunity]

Talked to @CurrenDPriceJr office with @LosAngelesWalks & @CRCD_SouthLA about supporting funding for @VisionZeroLA to create safer streets!

[National Health Foundation @NHFcommunity]

Catch our #nhfhealthacademy youth at @LACitySAN #Earthday today giving out reusable H2O bottles and grocery bags!

[Grace Cotangco @_grrracia]

@SenKamalaHarris town hall: talking about protecting funding for @NIH and @CDCgov #publichealth

[Grace Cotangco @_grrracia]

Go @Google ! #teampixel https://t.co/rR25C2Qe3f

[Aarti Shahani. 1st Gen & Proud. @aarti411]

In response to Trump, Google CEO @sundarpichai creates $2 million fund to help refugees. Company's "largest campaign ever" @NPR @npralltech

[Grace Cotangco @_grrracia]

Re: @POTUS on protecting lives. ✊🏻✊🏿✊🏽 https://t.co/iTzUEARRKs

[Grace Cotangco @_grrracia]

Hard to tell "real" news and @TheOnion news apart nowadays, tbh.

[Grace Cotangco @_grrracia]

I just signed this petition on OrganizeFor with @ColorOfChange. Will you join me? #O4 https://t.co/YdNpo2PPjO via @ColorOfChange

[Grace Cotangco @_grrracia]

Hey that's me ;) https://t.co/oUj9d8trdr

[Grace Cotangco @_grrracia]

https://t.co/VfQaYLM2BK THIS @ATCQ 🔥🔥🔥