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Looking forward to learn from these community leaders about how minority communities are impacted by the virus.
#COVIDInOurCommunities
#COVIDInOurCommunities
Question 1, from host @dviyer: what is the impact of COVID19 on communities of color?
@JudithLeBlanc of @NativeOrganizer: Lack of data collection and resources in the native community results in further despair during this crisis.
Native deaths from COVID19 16% in Arizona.
@JudithLeBlanc of @NativeOrganizer: Lack of data collection and resources in the native community results in further despair during this crisis.
Native deaths from COVID19 16% in Arizona.
Q1. @Aarti_Kohli : Scapegoating has resulted in increase violence against Asians and Asian business, similar to post-9/11 in Mideastern and South Asian peoples.
#COVIDInOurCommunities
#COVIDInOurCommunities
Linda Cambell of Detroit People’s Platform:
Detroit is 10% of MI population, has 26% death from COVID-19. Post-bankruptcy saw cuts in services. Economic Strategy heavily focused on leisure & hospitality, not community strengthening. Mass water shutoffs in effort to collect debt
Detroit is 10% of MI population, has 26% death from COVID-19. Post-bankruptcy saw cuts in services. Economic Strategy heavily focused on leisure & hospitality, not community strengthening. Mass water shutoffs in effort to collect debt
Q2. How are community-based organization shifting their work in the wake of the crisis? What do you need from government, philantrophy, and policymakers? How has organizing shifted?
#COVIDInOurCommunities
#COVIDInOurCommunities
Claudia Medina from @EnlaceNM: Contacted clients one-on-one to share information on ongoing services. Many lack efficient technology. Org had to adapt to using online platforms used by clients. Provided gift cards, rental assistants for families. #COVIDInOurCommunities
. @Aarti_Kohli : State agencies are overburdened. Communication is important. We need long term investment. We (community service agencies) are essential. #COVIDInOurCommunities
Linda of @DetroitPeoples : We need gov transparency. Lots of decisions are being made about post-COVID. Gov/Orgs open comm., open meeting law compliance. How CARES will be allocated to community. Rebuilding social infrastructure, more resilient community.
#COVIDInOurCommunities
#COVIDInOurCommunities
. @judithleblanc: This crisis highlights a digital divide and pushed Native community to adapt. Traditional teaching shows that science and culture run parallel. Times like these they intersect. Culture and values moves us forward.
#COVIDInOurCommunities @BldingMovement
#COVIDInOurCommunities @BldingMovement
. @judithleblanc: not going back to the way things were. We have to be bold. Treating rights and tribal sovereignty is a legal rights and human rights. It's democracy.
#COVIDInOurCommunities @BldingMovement @NativeOrganizer
#COVIDInOurCommunities @BldingMovement @NativeOrganizer
