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Joining the Building Movement Project webinar with @dviyer right now. Talking with movement leaders about the challenges and possibilities. #COVIDinourcommunities
Both @BldingMovement & @solidarity_is are concerned with deepening solidarity practices and is concerned with the impact on #COVID19 and its impact in communities of color. #covidinourcommunities
Leaders and goals of today’s webinar #covidinourcommunities
The realities of communities of color are exacerbated during times of crisis. #covidinourcommunities
First question: how does #COVID19 exacerbate the disparities already facing communities of color? #covidinourcommunities
Resilience and move towards virtual gatherings and storytelling. @JudithLeBlanc sharing about the #Native community.
#covid19 has revealed the gaps in the treatises signed by Native communities and how vulnerable they are. #covidinourcommunities
#covid19 has revealed the gaps in the treatises signed by Native communities and how vulnerable they are. #covidinourcommunities
Two Pueblos in NM have the highest infection rates in the US and the elders, who are the storytellers and ancestral holders are impacted. #covidinourcommunities
“In #Indiancountry, we are considered statistically insignificant even though we number 2 million people. We are deemed insignificant. There is a racist data gap.” @JudithLeBlanc #covidinourcommunities #covid19
Hate is coming at the East Asian community. The president’s rhetoric was an invitation for white supremacists and those who are ignorant to intimidate and harm members of the community. Aarti Kohli sharing from the @rrChristianhb #covidinourcommunities
Four Chinese restaurants within San Francisco were vandalized and burglarized. Racism is still coming out amidst sheltering in place. #covidinourcommunities
Immigrants are in a unique position depending on their status. On top of economic insecurity, immigrants don’t qualify for unemployment or the stimulus money approved by Congress. Next up Claudia Medina of Enlace Comunitario. #covidinourcommunities
Next up Linda Campbell of the @DetroitPeoples. She begins by lifting up and calling out that all the presenters on this call are women of color who are leading and lifting up their communities. #ifnotforthewomen #covidinourcommunities.
Detroit is the largest Black majority city in the country. The health disparities are very evident in the cases in Detroit. The city only represents 10% of the state of Michigan but represent 26% of the cases in the state. #covidinourcommunities
All of the preexisting health conditions in the Black community mean that members of the community are disproportionately impacted by #COVID19 #covidinourcommunities
A lot of the disparity is rooted in the story of comeback that is being promoted about Detroit. This resulted in policies that have had impact on the ability to prepare for the virus. One such policy was the mass water shut offs. #covid19 #covidinourcommunities
Also, there were residents in Detroit who did not have water through February.
Random: but does Flint have water???
#covidinourcommunities #covid19
Random: but does Flint have water???
#covidinourcommunities #covid19
