#COMMUNITIES

Great piece from @vandykjoan on the use of community-based health workers in SA's response to #COVID19 New virus, old wounds: Frontline COVID-19 workers demand better pay https://bhekisisa.org/health-news-south-africa/2020-04-01-new-virus-old-wou
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[cw: crime]Reminder: there's no such thing as a "high crime neighborhood." The whole concept is entirely made up based on our notion of what we consider a crime.You may be
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a personal account for those of you who still have the audacity to make statements like "oh casteism is restricted to these small rural communities, not urban cities like ours"
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Collective action problems and Covid: a thread. Many people, rightly, point out that Covid is not just a matter of individual choice, because it is a negative externality. Mary's behaviour
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I actually think this was a good question by Maher about use of LATINX and I also thought it was a good answer by @SenAlexPadilla. The full interview is on
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A small list of my (not so) favorite euphemisms for disabled people/people with disabilities: - special needs- differently-abled- people with diverse abilities- handicapable- challenged"Disabled" is a perfectly acceptable word. #S
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Today's #APAHM is the full cast of one of my favorite shows, @KimsConvenience! Kim's Convenience is a Canadian television sitcom that depicts the Korean Canadian Kim family who run
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Hello friends! We're gearing things up to start providing content/insight on a paining problem we've noticed over the years through organizations/teams. We want to help provide a solution to close
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About 2 weeks ago, @IanColdwater assigned me a lady avatar to get the "full effect" of being a woman on Twitter. Here are some things I learned. To start: the
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The deep rooted animosity between Vellalars and Nadars from 15th century in Tirunelveli regions and how Vellalars rose up in hierarchy and pushed the Nadar community to the fringes, is
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Let’s also remember this today: Many status Indian soldiers had to become enfranchised before they could sign up to fight in the Second World War, which meant that when they
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A thread on data collection for the coronavirus and how we are currently failing to capture valuable demographic data in MD that would help us create more targeted solutions for
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The very worst trans “woman” behavior happens in lesbian spaces. That’s where the fetishists want to be, and the most narcissistic, predatory ones have moved in, grabbed up leadership roles
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I’m coming from a different POV abt the Kasich thing bc I have to since I’m marginalized in a “red” state and surrounded by marginalized/vulnerable communities. 1) There’s usually a
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Many #AutisticWhileBlack ppl I know personally began with self-diagnosis that explained misdiagnoses and filled in blanks. This self-diagnosis led to an eventual formal diagnosis. Sitting on Twitter as an anonymous
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The modelshttps://twitter.com/chuckwoolery/status/1247158773187252225 Thread:Corona Virus modeling statistics explained with Medieval head dress: 1/ If we do nothing#SocialDistancing #COVID19 Cont’d Thread:Corona Virus modeling statistics explained w
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