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Brian Sachs, MD
BrianSachs
This is concerning.The @aafp is estimating 40% of family medicine clinics are at risk of closing by end of June, due to #COVID19. Coupled with an aging and burned out
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Shephali Bhatt
ShephaliBhatt
If spreading hate and misinformation online requires creativity & strategy, countering it requires it even more. Esp for teenagers trying to make sense of the online world. Wrote about Instagram+Youth-centric
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APHA EndPoliceViolence
endpolviolence
In light of the murder of George Floyd and the uprising in Minneapolis, it's important we push for evidence-based solutions. The American Public Health Association (@PublicHealth) declares police violence as
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Robert F. Trilliams 🇺🇸
FTrilliams
A thread: A non-partisan advocacy organization doesn’t endorse candidates. Instead it specifically pushes policy or an agenda. It is a must to push that policy/agenda to all candidates and all
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🦻🏼🤟🏽E (They/He)🧏🏼🌈 #ItGoesOverYourNose
QueerDeaf
I’ve accepted that because I’m not a white, conceptually attractive femme presenting Deaf: I get less attention, appreciation, interaction on social media, more easily ignored, my advocacy is pushed aside
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shira! (she/they)
shiraisinspired
Hot take!!! Students with disabilities should not have to ‘be our own advocates’ in order to get accommodations!!! We should just get them!!! And teachers should just honor them!!!!!!! Like,,,
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ArielTroster
ArielTroster
A thread on advocacy tactics: I spent many years working for organizations that fought hard but always, always said that whatever governments did in response was not good enough. Ever.
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Dr Carrie Kollias
carrie_kollias
Many questions coming my way from docs about #advocacy: when to speak up? how to pick your hill to die on?In Medicine the status quo is programmed into us from
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Guizella Rocabado 🇧🇴🇺🇸
GuizellaRD
#SACNAS2020 got me thinking about my experience in STEM. Two things come to mind: 1. Impostor syndrome is real. 2. Self-advocacy is important. 1. Impostor syndrome: I felt like I
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ViewFromTheNorth (JHQC) 🐝
jaimerh354
If the Cummings story pans out the way it appears to be doing, you have witnessed a near perfect piece of advocacy. There are moments in cross examination when you
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Amina Yahaya
queen_of_dnorth
It occurred to me some days ago that I have been involved in advocacy for over 10 years now without even realising it. Advocacy started for me in the form
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elsa (she/her)
elsaasce
For me, mental health advocacy is actually rooted in the radical idea that it’s not just individual, but rooted in systematic traumaBoth my parents are refugees. My mom saw the
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Sara Rankin
ProfSaraRankin
WE ARE MOVING WAY TOO SLOWLY. Seattle declared a homeless state of emergency years ago. Bold an urgent action is way overdue. Not just for now, but for our collective
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Grace
hgrace8225
1/Shout-out 2 all the PTAs/parents serving their school communities during this time. Since the pandemic, PTAs have organized 2 distr grocery gift cards, help families with tech access (incl th/parent
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Ari Ne'eman
aneeman
So few people remember the simply joys and wonders of the early Autistic community, many of which we struggle to replicate today. I fear that now that Mel is gone,
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Aja (Denominators Matter!)
the_thagomizer
Since all the conferences have been cancelled or moved online you'd think advocacy teams would be less busy right now. But that isn't how it works. I'm working harder than
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