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  2021-04-02

  Strength and Innovation of Indigenous Communities During the Pandemic

  This article demonstrates that despite the inequities faced by Native Americans and indigenous populations they have been innovative in combatting the pandemic and shown strength in the face of fear, illness, and uncertainty.
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  2021-03-10

  Artists decorate COVID-19 masks to raise $13,500 for LGBTQ charity

  Artists in Baltimore were encouraged to create and donate masks to be auctioned off. 40% of the profits from the masks went to local artists while the remaining amount went to Baltimore Community Foundations" LQBTQ fund. The fund supports numerous LGBTQ organizations in Baltimore such as peer counseling, suicide prevention, and health services.
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  2020-09-24

  Trudeau talks about the importance of health and safety of Canadians right now. Meanwhile...

  Nunavut MP Mumliaaq Qaqqaq shares photos of toxic mould from local homes via. Twitter, an issue ignored by the federal government in the wake of other health concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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  2020-09-21

  We get more followers in times of crisis’: As pandemic limits in-person action, activism goes digital

  PHOENIX – Civil rights marches. Anti-war protests. Rallies against gun violence. Public demonstrations historically have involved the “mass mobilization of bodies,” according to Tiera Rainey, program director for the Tucson Second Chance Community Bail Fund and an organizer with Black Lives Matter Tucson. But when the novel coronavirus struck, prompting warnings against crowds and close contact, Arizona’s new reality of social distancing forced organizers to rethink that framework.
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  2020-09-14

  ‘We get more followers in times of crisis’: As pandemic limits in-person protests, organizers digitize activism

  by Jessica Myers for the Luce Foundation: Southwest Stories Fellowship
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  2020-09-14

  Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project

  The Florence Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit legal service organization providing free legal and social services to adults and unaccompanied children in immigration custody in Arizona. Although the government assists indigent criminal defendants and civil litigants through public defenders and legal aid attorneys, it does not provide attorneys for people in immigration removal proceedings. As a result, an estimated 86 percent of the detained people go unrepresented due to poverty. The Florence Project strives to address this inequity both locally and nationally through direct service, partnerships with the community, and advocacy and outreach efforts.
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  04/08/2020

  State Policies May Send People with Disabilities to the Back of the Line for Ventilators

  An article by Liz Essley Whyte describing policies on medical rationing, state by state, and the efforts by disability advocacy groups to enforce equal access to lifesaving treatment. As disability rights activist Ari Ne’eman states in the article, ‘There is a long history of people with disabilities being devalued by the medical system. That’s why we have civil rights laws. We don’t have an exception in our country’s civil rights laws for clinical judgment. We don’t take it on trust.’ As Matthew Foster, an Alabama resident. says, ‘I have a right to live.’
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  2020-05-30

  Los Angeles Shuts Coronavirus Testing Centers Due to George Floyd Protests

  The public health implications of the George Floyd protests are interesting and scary to consider. Shutting down COVID-19 testing centers in one of the country's largest cities will surely have an impact on managing the pandemic which still rages on. However, the protests of George Floyd's death are an important development for social justice and advocating for reforms. I worry for the safety and health of everyone involved in the protests as well as the public health implications of not testing for the virus in one of the country's largest cities. It seems almost impossible to strike the right balance in this case.