WE'RE IN YEAR FIVE OF THIS PANDEMIC AND WE NEED THE SHELTER OF EACH OTHER'S LOVE. AT THE ROOT OF IT ALL THAT'S WHAT SAFETY AND COMMUNITY CARE IS.
COME THROUGH TO THE SECOND WORKSHOP OF THIS SERIES. WE'LL BE THINKING ABOUT THE CURRENT COVID LANDSCAPE AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR ZOONOTIC DISEASES, DISABILITY JUSTICE, COMMUNITY CARE AND THE MEDICAL INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX.
ALWAYS FROM A SPACE OF EARTH-CENTERED RESISTANCE THROUGH KNOWLEDGE-SHARING, HEART-OPENING CARE.
RIGHT NOW IN THE U.S., AND SINCE THE "DISCOVERY" OF LONG COVID BLACK & BROWN TRANS FOLKS HAVE THE HIGHEST INSTANCES OF DEVELOPING THE CHRONIC ILLNESS. AND, FOLKS LIVING WITH HIV HAVE BEEN FOUND TO BE MORE LIKELY TO DEVELOP LONG COVID AS WELL. IN THE U.S., BLACK FOLKS AND NON-BLACK LATIN FOLKS MAKE UP 70% OF NEW HIV INFECTIONS (ESTIMATED).
WE KNOW THAT THE MEDICAL INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX COULD CARE LESS ABOUT US. WE ALSO KNOW, THAT WHEN WE SHARE RESOURCES, TIME, ENERGY AND GENUINE LOVING CARE WITH EACH OTHER WE THRIVE.
COME THROUGH TO THE SECOND WORKSHOP OF THIS SERIES. WE'LL BE THINKING ABOUT THE CURRENT COVID LANDSCAPE AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR ZOONOTIC DISEASES, DISABILITY JUSTICE, COMMUNITY CARE AND THE MEDICAL INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX.
ALWAYS FROM A SPACE OF EARTH-CENTERED RESISTANCE THROUGH KNOWLEDGE-SHARING, HEART-OPENING CARE.
PLEASE NOTE, WE ARE ALSO SICK, TIRED AND WORKING
IN KEEPING WITH OUR DEDICATION TO CENTERING DISABILITY AND HEALING JUSTICE, WE CHOOSE DEEP, STORIED, DELIBERATE WORK. WE INVEST IN OURSELVES AS WE SLOW-COOK ABOLITIONIST SOLUTIONS. WE TAKE PURPOSEFUL PAUSES. BECAUSE WE KNOW, OUR LIVES DEPEND ON IT.
THIS PAGE IS A GLIMPSE, NOT A REFLECTION OF ALL WE DO