Declaración del derecho a la salud contra la violencia racial Declaración del derecho a la salud contra la violencia racial OUR ONLY WAY OUT: Biden Administration must fulfill their campaign promise to share vaccine patents globally and increase the number of vaccine manufacturers. Lloramos y nos solidarizamos con la familia y amigos de George Floyd, Breonna Taylor y otras víctimas de la violencia patrocinada por el estado, así como con los valientes manifestantes en esta lucha contra los asesinatos en masa cargados racialmente. Sus muertes trágicas son el resultado de una pandemia, una de violencia sistémica, brutal, contra BIPOC (negros e indígenas de color), sancionada por las leyes, políticas y prácticas de nuestro país. Vemos la injusticia de los presupuestos policiales hinchados y militarizados y la falta simultánea de inversión en una respuesta equitativa de COVID-19. Vivimos en un país en el que todos nuestros sistemas, desde la vigilancia policial hasta el encarcelamiento, la atención médica y más, se esfuerzan no solo por devaluar a las personas negras, sino también por matarlas. Estas atrocidades son responsables de miles de muertes que afectan desproporcionadamente a las comunidades BIPOC. Como organización comprometida con el derecho a la salud, reconocemos el racismo como una pandemia y una crisis de salud pública. Prometemos comprometernos con la responsabilidad actual de desmantelar el racismo: la enfermedad estructural y genocida diseñada intencionalmente para secuestrar la riqueza, el poder y la salud de los blancos, a expensas brutales del BIPOC. Prometemos aprender, comprender y aprovechar los diversos privilegios y posiciones que tenemos para la justicia y la equidad. Trabajaremos continuamente para ser antirracistas. Prometemos confrontar y trabajar para erradicar la realidad de que el racismo y la lucha contra la negrura viven dentro de nosotros y construir todos los sistemas que están separados. Continuaremos luchando por un mundo libre de violencia patrocinada por el estado y políticas irresponsables de salud global y doméstica que roben la vida de las mismas personas de quienes se tomó, y continúa siendo, la riqueza de los poderosos. "Rich countries have a moral responsibility when there is a global outbreak like this to provide for countries who don't have the resources to vaccinate their populations. ... [We should supplement] their own productive capability to manufacture vaccines, with cooperation from the pharmaceutical companies for relaxation of their patents." Releasing the patents alone isn’t enough. Manufacturers also require specialized resources to make the vaccines. In 2020, the WHO created the COVID-19 Technology and Access Pool (C-TAP) to share patents, knowledge, and other intellectual property to expand manufacturing capacity for vaccines. C-TAP is modeled after the Medicines Patent Pool , a public health organization that has successfully demonstrated how the private sector can share technology with low-income countries to help ensure medicines are available and affordable. ​ The Biden administration must commit both public and private intellectual property to C-TAP and bring all vaccine manufacturers to the table . The U.S. must also fully support low and middle-income countries to quickly scale up production of vaccines. ​ As long as the pandemic continues to rage unabated, we will remain vulnerable to new COVID-19 variants and their adverse impacts on vaccine efficacy. Mutations have already emerged in the UK, South Africa, and Brazil. On February 7th, South African health officials abruptly halted the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine after it was found to be ineffective against COVID-19 variants. ​ We risk COVID-19 circulating out of control for years to come, which will result in millions of excess deaths and leave the global economy in tatters. ​ Increased production and access to vaccine technology is the only path forward. US taxpayers have already paid $12 billion toward vaccine development. According to low-end estimates, the global economy loses $417 billion every month that COVID-19 persists. Without swift action to ensure everyone has access to vaccines, these investments will be for naught. ​ In Tulika's words, “I am afraid for the health of my 89-year old grandfather, who continues to be at high-risk of COVID-19. Without action, he will not get the vaccine till 2024. None of our family members are safe until everyone has the vaccine. We have the choice to control this pandemic and save millions of lives. " World leaders have the power to ensure people like Tulika do not senselessly lose more family members to the pandemic. Do they have the political will to act? 90,000 Right to Health Action supporters, 450+ organizational endorsers, and 141 Members of Congress are calling on President Joe Biden to make the moral choice: break the monopolies, share vaccine technology worldwide, and prevent millions of future deaths. About Right to Health Action: Right to Health Action is a grassroots movement of tens of thousands of activists, health workers, scholars, and families who have lost loved ones to COVID-19 across all 50 states. Sparked by the coronavirus pandemic, our goal is to take political action to repeal and replace deadly policies that cause cycles of pandemics, disproportionately impacting the already poor and sick. Our movement is fighting to stop COVID, build back better, and stop the pandemics of the future. ​ PRESS CONTACT: Alicia Stromberg alicia.stromberg@r2haction.org www.r2haction.org ​ ​

SOBRE NOSOTROS Our Story Hear from our team of activists! Want to get involved? JOIN US VIEW 2-YEAR IMPACT REPORT Core Team THE TEAM The majority of our members are people of color and from communities most affected by COVID-19. Our 2 0 person core team makes our decisions, together. Snigdha Allaparthi (she/her) Regional Organizer (California) Fourth year undergraduate student studying Neurobiology and Toxicology at UC Berkeley. She is an active member of her local PIHE Chapter at UC Berkeley, where she teaches local high school and fellow college students about the importance of public health and health equity. She also helps run Splash at Berkeley, an organization that pushes for educational equity opportunities across the Bay Area for high school students. Emma Baah-Binney* (she/her) R2H Board President, State Captain (OH) Medical Sciences degree with a minor in French and a Global Health Studies certificate. Originally from Accra, Ghana, she has experienced the effects of health inequity and is interested in global health and working to ensure affordable accessible healthcare for all. She currently volunteers with Crossroad Health Center a clinic that serves the underrepresented population of Cincinnati. Cincinnati, OH. Vidya Babu (she/her) Communications Team Student in biology and anthropology at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is involved in neuroimmunology and computational biology research, undergraduate student publications, as well as community health education. Chicago, IL. Giovanna Braganza, MPH State Captain (NY) Health policy and research professional working to address health disparities such as food insecurity, health care coverage and access in New York State. She has past experience in community organizing through GlobeMed and Doctors for Camp Closure (D4CC). She earned her Masters of Public Health at the SUNY Downstate School of Public Health. Giovanna’s passion for global vaccine equity and advocacy for essential workers is in memory of her father who was killed by COVID-19 in April 2020. Aaron Chang (he/him) Fundraising Team Medical device entrepreneur who loves reading, running, and basketball. Paul Davis § (he/him) Policy Director Co-led grassroots and legislative campaigns that won >99% reductions in HIV drug prices for impoverished countries, and got life-saving medicines to 26 million people with HIV worldwide (so far); helped organize a 150+ city nationwide birddog/civil disobedience movement to save the ACA, oppose Trump tax cuts, and strike at other post-2016 flashpoints. Alumni of ACT UP, PIH, UAEM, KEI, Doctors for America, Seattle Tenants Union, co-founded Health GAP and Birddog Nation. Baltimore, MD Ashwini Deshpande (she/her) Events Team Student studying Biology, Economics & Spanish at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She has worked extensively in the nonprofit sector and focuses on community-based research and education, economics and engagement, and is organizing to realize the universal right to healthcare. Chicago, IL. Analie Fernandes (she/her) State Captain (IN) Student pursuing a political science and pre-health degree at the University of Notre Dame. She has a background in organizing and advocacy through her involvement with PIH Engage and GlobeMed. She is passionate about public health, and dedicated to the fight to establish equitable access to healthcare. In her free time she loves to read and hike. South Bend, IN. Leah Jo Figueroa Carnine, PA (she/her) State Captain (OR) Community organizer and primary care PA, recently moved to her hometown of Eugene to practice medicine after being part of migrant and racial justice organizing in the Southwest for over a decade, and helping build a base of white people taking action for racial justice with Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ). She’s been fortunate to be part of integrating queer and trans health, harm reduction and an anti-oppression framework into her community health work, and trauma informed learning into medicine and liberation work. She’s passionate about the intersections of transformative health care and collective liberation. Ali Greenberg, MSPH* (she/her) Team Co-Coordinator Medical student organizing to integrate social justice into curriculum with White Coats for Black Lives. She has worked in grassroots organizing for access to healthcare and medicines for all since 2011. She was the Advocacy & Campaigns Officer for Universities Allied for Essential Medicines and now sits on UAEM's Executive Committee and works locally with SNaHP. She was on the Steering Committee for Right Care Alliance and has interned for Socially Responsible Surgery, the International Vaccine Access Center, and the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative. New York City, NY Leslye Heilig, MD (she/her) Policy Team Volunteer advocacy leader and mentor with Together Women Rise and RESULTS. She studied at Princeton University and Harvard Medical School and did her pediatric residency at University of Rochester, Strong Memorial Hospital. She practiced general pediatrics in rural communities in New England for 30 years and since retiring has been an active volunteer promoting global gender equality, human rights, and global health equity through multiple organizations including RESULTS, Together Women Rise (previously called Dining for Women), CARE, Oxfam. Abby Heller (she/her) State Captain (NJ) Lab manager in an autism and muscular dystrophy research lab at Child Health Institute of New Jersey. She likes to play guitar, cook, run, and do puzzles -- and campaign for global justice. Meghna Kaul, MPH § (She/her) State Captain (CO) Recent MPH Health Policy graduate from George Washington University. Driven to action by the experiences of my family and loved ones during the COVID-19 pandemic. I am passionate about reducing disparities and inequities in healthcare, as well as mitigating environmental factors which affect our health. I believe in a holistic approach to health, including addressing social determinants of health, emphasizing health education and preventive care, and integrative medicine. In my free time I like to hike around the Foothills near Boulder, play my ukulele, explore museums, try out new recipes and recently have been dabbling in weightlifting. Jennifer M. Koo (she/her) State Captain (CT) Fights oppression as a RESULTS Anti-Poverty Leader. Jennn-with-three-Ns strives to center health equity, racial justice, sustainability, disability accessibility/inclusion, and creativity in all her endeavors. She uses her voice (through research, narrative, & public policy) to dismantle racially-rooted health disparities and navigate the social determinants of health. To stay balanced, Jennn runs, hikes, gardens, meditates, & keeps a gratitude journal! Andrew Lewis (he/him) State Captain (CA) Son of a Peruvian immigrant who has led a range of social impact campaigns across Los Angeles County and California, focusing on housing, the environment, and labor rights. Active with AFSCME 3299, Los Angeles Tenants Union, ACCE. Los Angeles, CA Maureen Luba She/her Maureen Luba is a global health advocate from Malawi with more than 10 years’ experience in HIV advocacy. She is currently studying for a Master’s degree in Global Health Delivery at Harvard Medical School. Harnoor Mann* (she/her) State Captain (OH) Student in Journalism and Medical Sciences at the University of Cincinnati. She has focused her reporting on the intersection of grassroots movements and human rights advocacy including organizing efforts with the Greater Cincinnati Homeless Coalition, youth-led Latinx groups and BLM Cincinnati. Cincinnati, OH. Lauren McCormick (she/her) Events Team Lead Postbaccalaureate IRTA Fellow at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Human Immunology and vaccine research. Organized as Team Coordinator for UNC-Chapel Hill PIH Engage, and working with the Fund for Global Health as an Advocacy Fellow. She was previously involved in anthropological research regarding water, sanitation, and hygiene in Jharkhand, India. Washington, DC Erika McKibben (she/her) State Captain (GA) Outreach and Engagement Co-Team Lead Community Advocate in Georgia wanting to be the voice for her community making sure there is equity and equality in underserved communities regarding health care. Her passion for advocacy work has span about 10 years working with victims of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault both as a Civilian and as a Military Contractor. After graduating from High School, she served in both U.S.Navy and U.S. Army. She has an Undergraduate and master's degree in Criminal Justice as well as a proud Disabled Veteran. She is an active member of the Child Fatality Review Board/MDT and Clayton County Task Force. She was chosen as a Georiga Obama Fellow to assist with re-election for president, worked as a Pollworker in GA for both recounts, and worked on Sen. Osoff campaign to get people registered to vote as well as support his political views. The death of her father from COVID-19 on April 7, 2020 has made Erika even more passionate, fighting to make sure another deadly pandemic does not take more lives. Utkarsh Mehta (he/him) State Captain (WA) Contact Congress team at Rebuilding Alliance. NorCal team at RESULTS. Undergraduate student from India. Lobby Action Alumni at Today's Student Coalition. Lobby alum at Friends Committee on National Legislation. Advocacy Team Lead at #IndiaCovidSOS. Hyderabad, India/Sacramento, CA Catherine Myers (she/her) State Captain (ME) Senior at the University of Connecticut studying Allied Health Sciences and Spanish. She has been involved with the PIH Engage team at UConn where she is currently a co-team coordinator. She loves to hike, advocate for change, run, drink coffee, organize for justice and travel. Storrs, CT Chris Noble § (he/him) Organizing Co-Lead Regional Organizer (New England) Public Health Policy and Community Organizer. Former community fellow for Marshall Ganz Leadership, Organizing and Action Program at Harvard Kennedy School and community organizer with Health Care For All, Right Care Alliance, MassCare, Universities Allied For Essential Medicines, Partners in Health Engage, and the 100 Campaign. Has worked in Latin America, East and Southern Africa on health system implementation science with Partners in Health and Harvard Medical School. Called to health justice advocacy from a personal diagnosis of type one diabetes as a child and understanding first hand the importance of fighting for health care as a human right guaranteed to all. Steadily giving big pharma hell from Cambridge, MA. Dom Oddo § (he/him) Regional Organizer (Southwest) Graduate student at the University of New Mexico in the Astrophysics PhD program, and serves as state captain for both New Mexico and Arizona. Although he does scientific research by trade, he is dedicated to the realization of the universal right to health. Albuquerque, NM. Johain Ounadjela* (he/him) Regional Organizer (Northwest) Works in genomics research at the Broad Institute with a particular focus on decoding the human placenta, the least understood organ in the body, with the ultimate desire to improve maternal health outcomes and understand more about pregnancy. He seeks to investigate global health disparities through the lens of biomedical research and clinical work, and is a part of PIH Engage Boston as well as a volunteer at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Krishna Prabhu, MD, MSc (he/him) State Captain (MN) Dr. Krishna Prabhu is an internal medicine physician. He has been a frontline healthcare worker from the beginning of the COVID pandemic, caring for hospitalized and critically ill patients. He earned his medical degree from Harvard Medical School and his Master's degree in Social Policy from the University of Oxford. He has been a global health activist for over a decade and serves as State Captain for Minnesota for Right to Health Action. * denotes leadership on the Right to Health Action Board § = Staff or Fellow

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WE NEED TO VACCINATE THE WORLD, JOE. Billions of people have waited for years to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, while the entire world remains at risk of COVID-19 variants like Delta and Omicron —and whatever will come next. ​ The pandemic is not waning. We can't let up. We can't wait. ​ Please sign this petition calling on Joe Biden to take action. We need a plan to vaccinate the world. The IMF published that $50 billion to vaccinate the world will create $9 TRILLION in savings by 2025 — a 267% return on investment almost immediately . Please join this call for action urging the Biden Administration to ensure there are enough vaccines to solve this global crisis. We need to: ​ 1) Accelerate and intensify negotiations with pharmaceutical companies to share critical COVID-19 vaccine information and technologies with additional manufacturers at home and abroad—or risk losing their government-granted and taxpayer funded patent monopolies. ​ 2) Break the supply chokepoints with substantial investments to scale up manufacturing capacity both domestically and globally in regional manufacturing hubs to meet the world’s vaccine needs within a year. Joe Biden is taking strong steps to vaccinate the world, but we need the President and Congress to step up and do more. ​ Read our full experts open letter to President Biden here

WORLD BANK RATIFIES HISTORIC GLOBAL PANDEMIC FUND But R2H/Biden breakthrough threatened by the exclusion of poor countries and neglect of spillover prevention. June 30, 2022 Press Contact: Alicia Stromberg | 763-258-4803 | alicia.stromberg@r2haction.org Paul Davis | 202-817-0129 | paul.davis@r2haction.org [Washington, DC] Today the World Bank ratified a historic new global financing mechanism to prevent and prepare for pandemics. Right to Health Action, the nation’s largest grassroots COVID group, has fought for this since the start of the pandemic. The group strongly and commends the Biden administration for pushing a “global fund to pandemic-proof the planet" near to the finish line, with vital support from Indonesia's President Joko Widow, current G20 Chair. ​ However, the group also criticizes the World Bank’s stark exclusion of low- and middle- income countries, as well as front-line civil society organizations. In addition, they condemn the Bank’s potentially exclusive focus on containing the spread of diseases, after an outbreak has already happened, and neglect of additional action to prevent outbreaks from happening in the first place. R2H Action's recommendations to the World Bank can be found here . ​ “The Biden Administration is poised to deliver a historic win for the country and the world,” said Akshita Siddula, Right to Health Action’s co-founder and Managing Director. “R2H Action has been demanding a global fund to stop pandemics since the earliest weeks of lockdown, and we are excited about a new day dawning. But neither we nor Joe Biden can take a victory lap when success is jeopardized by the World Bank’s proposal to literally exclude the most important voices, and leave out some of the most important work,” said Siddula. ​ “An enduring breakthrough like this is incredibly important, and these moments don’t come often,” said R2H Action Policy Director Paul Davis. “We need the White House to make sure that uninterrogated bias on the part of the World Bank and the global health establishment does not set up this initiative to fail. An exclusive focus on stopping the spread, rather than stopping the outbreaks, accepts that ‘poor people just die’, and is as offensive as the earlier ‘expert consensus’ that AIDS treatment was simply impossible in Africa,” said Davis, who was involved in successful efforts 20 years ago to launch U.S. global AIDS programs. “We must fund comprehensive community plans to prevent outbreaks, rather than only responding when it’s too late,” said Davis. ​ Activists decry the Bank’s assertion that ‘conflict of interest’ justifies excluding the same countries and communities who will shoulder primary responsibility at the front lines of zoonotic spillover. R2H Action also notes that the World Bank is proposing to set itself up as account holder, administrator and implementer in a leaked copy of a note to its Board . Nowhere in its board memo, or a roundly criticized white paper circulated in late May, does the Bank propose that the new fund actually give money directly to countries or communities most affected. ​ “The White House has led this effort and should be proud. But the Bank is potentially setting up the new pandemic fund for expensive, deadly failure,” said Pranav Savanur, Right to Health Action Policy Co-chair and Senior Fellow. “A strategy that merely contains outbreaks, rather than preventing them, is like building a wall around developing countries to keep new diseases from inconveniencing wealthier nations. By only responding to outbreaks, we are content to merely send buckets of water to a burning building, to keep the flames away from the gated community next door.” ​ “Until we put out the match by getting serious about stopping zoonotic spillover, the new fund cannot succeed,” said Mr. Savanur. ​ Right to Health Action believes that pandemics are not inevitable, and are the product of policies. Fortunately, policies can be changed. ​ Pandemics emerge from uncontrolled disease outbreaks, caused overwhelmingly when a pathogen “spills over” from wildlife to humans. Spillover events are accelerating and intensifying as tropical forests are destroyed to extract profitable raw materials, often displacing Indigenous people from ancestral lands in the process. ​ In summary: ​ The fund should serve as a pooled funding pot to which countries and civil society apply, in most cases, jointly. Funds should be provided to implement comprehensive national country pandemic prevention plans. Money is primarily directed towards local community groups and the public-sector, rather than multilateral agencies or development banks. Pandemic Fund should include an equal number of donor countries and low/middle income ‘implementing countries’, with additional protected seats for civil society representing NGOs from the Global North and Global South, as well as board seats for Indigenous people and stigmatized populations. Inclusive board seats should be in place from the beginning, in the design stage, rather than as ‘observers or advisors, brought in after the parameters and scope of work is already set in stone. The fund should invest in and bring to scale proven pandemic prevention models that have demonstrated steep reductions in spillover risk and enormous payoffs in community health, poverty alleviation, and carbon conservation simply from providing jobs and healthcare for communities in tropical forests. The fund should also provide support for regulation and incentives for commercial wildlife trade and markets, as well as protection of tropical forests in the top 500 zoonotic spillover hotspots, adopting measures Brazil used to reduce deforestation (and roughly commensurate risk of spillover) by 70%. “We are grateful that Joe Biden listened, and his Administration should be very proud to have gotten a landmark initiative this close to launching,” said Akshita Siddula. “But there are some flaws in the foundation that mean the whole structure could collapse. We urge the White House to intervene now to course correct the World Bank before it’s too late.” ​ Editor's note: Right to Health Action is a 50-state grassroots movement of 150,000 people impacted by COVID, fighting to end the current pandemic, and leverage this moment for the changes we need to stop the pandemics of the future. ​ -030-

R2H Action All Hands Meeting Featuring Jonathan Jennings, Health in Harmony WED • OCT 13, 2021 • 8:30PM ET | 5:30PM PT It's All Hands on Deck to Build a Pandemic Free Future! We have a historic opportunity to vaccinate the world, prevent new COVID-19 variants, and pandemic-proof the planet through the International Pandemic Preparedness and COVID-19 Response Act (S.2297) and we are galvanizing our activist network to get it passed! ​ We heard from Jonthan Jennings, Executive Director of Health in Harmony , as our keynote speaker. Jonathan shared about the revolutionary model of community-led planetary solutions that Health in Harmony pioneered, which will be scaled up and replicated around the world through S.2297. We need all hands on deck to pass this legislation and garner support for dismantling our current reactionary pandemic policies in favor of prevention. ​

Declaración del derecho a la salud contra la violencia racial May 6, 2021 Contact: Alicia Stromberg, alicia.stromberg@r2haction.org Lloramos y nos solidarizamos con la familia y amigos de George Floyd, Breonna Taylor y otras víctimas de la violencia patrocinada por el estado, así como con los valientes manifestantes en esta lucha contra los asesinatos en masa cargados racialmente. Sus muertes trágicas son el resultado de una pandemia, una de violencia sistémica, brutal, contra BIPOC (negros e indígenas de color), sancionada por las leyes, políticas y prácticas de nuestro país. Vemos la injusticia de los presupuestos policiales hinchados y militarizados y la falta simultánea de inversión en una respuesta equitativa de COVID-19. Vivimos en un país en el que todos nuestros sistemas, desde la vigilancia policial hasta el encarcelamiento, la atención médica y más, se esfuerzan no solo por devaluar a las personas negras, sino también por matarlas. Estas atrocidades son responsables de miles de muertes que afectan desproporcionadamente a las comunidades BIPOC. Como organización comprometida con el derecho a la salud, reconocemos el racismo como una pandemia y una crisis de salud pública. Prometemos comprometernos con la responsabilidad actual de desmantelar el racismo: la enfermedad estructural y genocida diseñada intencionalmente para secuestrar la riqueza, el poder y la salud de los blancos, a expensas brutales del BIPOC. Prometemos aprender, comprender y aprovechar los diversos privilegios y posiciones que tenemos para la justicia y la equidad. Trabajaremos continuamente para ser antirracistas. Prometemos confrontar y trabajar para erradicar la realidad de que el racismo y la lucha contra la negrura viven dentro de nosotros y construir todos los sistemas que están separados. Continuaremos luchando por un mundo libre de violencia patrocinada por el estado y políticas irresponsables de salud global y doméstica que roben la vida de las mismas personas de quienes se tomó, y continúa siendo, la riqueza de los poderosos.

Declaración del derecho a la salud contra la violencia racial Lloramos y nos solidarizamos con la familia y amigos de George Floyd, Breonna Taylor y otras víctimas de la violencia patrocinada por el estado, así como con los valientes manifestantes en esta lucha contra los asesinatos en masa cargados racialmente. Sus muertes trágicas son el resultado de una pandemia, una de violencia sistémica, brutal, contra BIPOC (negros e indígenas de color), sancionada por las leyes, políticas y prácticas de nuestro país. Vemos la injusticia de los presupuestos policiales hinchados y militarizados y la falta simultánea de inversión en una respuesta equitativa de COVID-19. Vivimos en un país en el que todos nuestros sistemas, desde la vigilancia policial hasta el encarcelamiento, la atención médica y más, se esfuerzan no solo por devaluar a las personas negras, sino también por matarlas. Estas atrocidades son responsables de miles de muertes que afectan desproporcionadamente a las comunidades BIPOC. Como organización comprometida con el derecho a la salud, reconocemos el racismo como una pandemia y una crisis de salud pública. Prometemos comprometernos con la responsabilidad actual de desmantelar el racismo: la enfermedad estructural y genocida diseñada intencionalmente para secuestrar la riqueza, el poder y la salud de los blancos, a expensas brutales del BIPOC. Prometemos aprender, comprender y aprovechar los diversos privilegios y posiciones que tenemos para la justicia y la equidad. Trabajaremos continuamente para ser antirracistas. Prometemos confrontar y trabajar para erradicar la realidad de que el racismo y la lucha contra la negrura viven dentro de nosotros y construir todos los sistemas que están separados. Continuaremos luchando por un mundo libre de violencia patrocinada por el estado y políticas irresponsables de salud global y doméstica que roben la vida de las mismas personas de quienes se tomó, y continúa siendo, la riqueza de los poderosos.

Want to get more involved with our organizing? Can you meet with your members of Congress, show up for protests, or attend town hall meetings? Join one of our state teams! SIGN UP HERE Thank you for taking action! Every single one of our actions is valuable – another pebble on the scale. Want to add more pebbles? Make a call to Congress! We are galvanizing our networks to call Senator Mitt Romney and Senator Bill Cassidy. Sen. MITT ROMNEY (202) 224-5251 Sen. BILL CASSIDY (202) 224-5824 I am calling with an urgent request for the Senator to fight to pass an emergency COVID supplemental with at least $5 billion for global vaccines, without offsets. The plan to strip global vaccines from the COVID bill is a deadly mistake that will prolong the pandemic. Only 0.34% of all COVID funds to date have been directed internationally. Arguments about unspent relief funds are only relevant to domestic funding. Meanwhile, new variants are flooding hospitals and shutting down cities internationally. Will your boss fight for at least $5 billion for global COVID vaccines, without offsets? (If you do make a call, let us know by filling out this short reporting form !) Thank you for being part of the fight.

Join our Storytelling Workshop on Wednesday, October 20th at 8pm ET to learn more about using your story to influence policy decisions related to health equity and pandemic preparedness -- to ensure we prevent these tragedies and losses of the future. Through our story sharing, we honor our loved ones and have the power to change the world. We hope to see you there. ​