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Collected Item: “Why Covid-19 is a Social Justice Issue”

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Why Covid-19 is a Social Justice Issue

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Article

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From the article: People are like gardens: they require the right seeds to be planted, watered and nurtured in order to grow, but if neglected, will never produce the full harvest of their potential. For decades, Black people have been starved of the investments, the systems of care and quality environments that are needed for sustained, healthy growth and development as a people. For even a rose, as the writer Nikki Giovanni reminds us, can bloom from the concrete, if we give it the resources, care and love it deserves.

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#SocialJustice, Covid-19, crisis, equity, justice, systemic racism, social, economic, race, human value, Los Angeles, accountability

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http://latogether.org/2020/05/15/why-covid-19-is-a-social-justice-issue/

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JAI PHILLIPS, PROGRAM OFFICER, YOUTH DEVELOPMENT

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2020-05-15
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