J Phillip Thompson

Professor of Urban Planning and Politics

[J Phillip Thompson @Jt71J]

@RichardBuery Really nice to read these beautiful memories of Dorothy. She brought humanity and joy to whomever she worked with. We miss her terribly.

[J Phillip Thompson @Jt71J]

@upwithsteve Rev. Jeremiah Wright's strong (even extreme) words against state violence do not compare with David Duke. Poor analogy.

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@liveityesterday @alexatimeaus #citychat Haiti needs a gov that can implement things like that. whatever Cuba's issues, it at least has gov

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@gaylelyag @ProjectHOME #citychat Very cool. please send me more info when you can.

[J Phillip Thompson @Jt71J]

@eqtiana @MITCoLab #citychat I think we need to "reinvent" FQHCs to make them centers for community action and learning, as well as service.

[J Phillip Thompson @Jt71J]

@gaylelyag #citychat There are some really good models for that: CCA in Mass., and QUEST in Austin, Tx.

[J Phillip Thompson @Jt71J]

@eqtiana @MITCoLab #citychat I think jobs are key to public safety. There is a gov role here too, not just anchors. Gov is MIA on jobs

[J Phillip Thompson @Jt71J]

@HealthLeadsNatl @UHhospitals @ClaireBure #citychat Where will next generation of community health workers come from? Who is working on that

[J Phillip Thompson @Jt71J]

@eqtiana @MITCoLab #citychat City gov and community activists ought to be actively planning for location of new health services post-ACA

[J Phillip Thompson @Jt71J]

@UHhospitals #citychat How can anchor collaboration be facilitated?

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@MITCoLab #citychat Hospitals in Boston seem starkly divided: rich, and poor. NYC too.

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@DemocracyCollab @UHhospitals #citychat Community capacity to work with hospitals is as important as hospital commitment. Can be obstacle.

[J Phillip Thompson @Jt71J]

@MITCoLab @gaylelyag @DemocracyCollab @UHhospitals #citychat Unemployment leads to bad health outcomes pretty quickly

[J Phillip Thompson @Jt71J]

@gaylelyag #citychat I think so. But cities should promote this generally with all procurement, not just hospitals.

[J Phillip Thompson @Jt71J]

#citychat I think all not-for-profit institutions have a public responsibility beyond their immediate self-serving activities.

[J Phillip Thompson @Jt71J]

@barefoot_p @GlobalSitePlans #citychat Haitian gov't is rebuilding sometimes in flood plains (w no drainage). Not good.

[J Phillip Thompson @Jt71J]

@thinkingdevelop @MITCoLab #citychat Quite Right!

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@HarlemATM1804 @PMarie72 @alisonkilling #citychat Understood, but tons of non-Haitians were not so sensitive.

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@alisonkilling #citychat I mean the big international NGOs

[J Phillip Thompson @Jt71J]

@alisonkilling #citychat I think NGOs are insular, and State Dept has stable of consultants. Don't really work with community.