BIDEN BUDGET BREAKTHROUGH for PANDEMICS! President requests sum of $4.75 billion for a global pandemic prevention fund March 1, 2022 President Biden has released his fiscal year 2023 budget request and with it, he has made bold commitments for public health, vaccine justice, and an investment in a global fund for pandemic prevention. The Administration requested $4.75 billion over five years for a multilateral pandemic prevention fund. This is a huge leap forward from the $250 million requested in last year’s fiscal budget. Additionally, there are also bilateral funds for prevention of zoonotic spillover, promotion of global health security, and funds to invest in health systems and health workforce. "We've been fighting for this since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. President Biden’s recognition of an investment in pandemic prevention for our futures is an enormous step forward," says Akshita Siddula, Managing Director of Right to Health Action. It is necessary to also continue to address the current needs created by the COVID-19 pandemic as noted in the Administration’s recently proposed comprehensive COVID proposal . Congress continues to maintain its pattern of inaction, even as surging new variants cause shutdowns in China and spread across Europe. Senators Romney and Schumer have failed to negotiate an agreement to pass an urgently needed emergency supplemental for COVID-19. Without additional, immediate funding, the federal government will not have the resources needed to deal with future surges of the virus . There is a high risk of this happening, as BA.2 now represents up to 70% of the cases in many parts of America. There are not enough additional boosters or variant specific vaccines for everyone. Free testing, treatment, and vaccinations will no longer be covered by the federal government for the uninsured. The supply of life-saving antibody treatments will be depleted by May, causing many immunocompromised people to be unable to access these life-saving treatments. This is what we mean when we say “this pandemic is a policy choice. ” We have the resources and known solutions to protect health. Congress must enact a long term strategy of investing in equitable health care and the prevention of disease outbreaks – not just their containment. ​ -030-

¡Únase a nosotros el martes 4 de agosto a las 8:00 AM PST / 11:00 AM EST para un ayuntamiento virtual! Nuestros distinguidos oradores informarán a los medios sobre un conjunto de recomendaciones hechas por más de 1,500 profesionales de la salud y expertos que instan a Joe Biden a adoptar un conjunto de políticas para detener la crisis ahora, reconstruir un mundo mejor y prevenir las pandemias del futuro. Los oradores también comentarán sobre el estado de las negociaciones de COVID-4 en curso en el Congreso. Tenemos el honor de albergar a estos líderes dinámicos: Jeffrey Sachs, PhD Jeffrey Sachs, PhD, es un profesor de economía de renombre mundial, autor superventas, líder en desarrollo sostenible y asesor principal de la ONU. Es un destacado experto en desarrollo económico, macroeconomía global, el escape de la pobreza extrema, el control del SIDA, la malaria y otras enfermedades, y la batalla contra el cambio climático inducido por el hombre. Sachs fue co-receptor del Premio Blue Planet por su liderazgo ambiental y ha sido nombrado dos veces entre los líderes mundiales más influyentes de la revista Time. El New York Times calificó a Sachs como "probablemente el economista más importante del mundo". Los profesores Sachs se desempeñan como Director del Centro para el Desarrollo Sostenible de la Universidad de Columbia y fue Director del Instituto de la Tierra de 2002 a 2016. Abdul El-Sayed, MD Abdul El-Sayed, MD, DPhil, es médico, epidemiólogo, activista progresista, educador, autor, orador y presentador de podcast. Es presidente de Southpaw Michigan y colaborador político en CNN. Es autor de Healing Politics, y pide una política de empatía para curar nuestra epidemia de inseguridad, y el próximo Medicare for All: A Citizen's Guide with Dr. Micah Johnson. Es el presentador de "America Dissected", un podcast de Crooked Media, que va más allá de los titulares para explorar lo que realmente importa para nuestra salud. Es un Académico Residente en la Universidad Estatal de Wayne y en la Universidad Americana que enseña sobre la interacción de la salud pública, las políticas públicas y la política. Rishi Rattan, MD Rishi Rattan, MD, es profesor asociado de cirugía en la Universidad de Miami y cirujano de traumatología y cuidados críticos en el Jackson Memorial Hospital, uno de los hospitales públicos más grandes del país. Actualmente está en primera línea en el epicentro actual de la pandemia de COVID. El Dr. Rattan ocupa múltiples puestos de campo y docentes en el Sistema Médico Nacional de Desastres en respuesta a desastres y emergencias. Él capacita a agencias civiles, gubernamentales y militares nacionales y extranjeras en respuesta a emergencias en desastres, situaciones humanitarias, conflictos y otros entornos austeros. Da conferencias en universidades y escuelas profesionales a nivel internacional. Su trabajo ha sido publicado en prensa científica y popular y traducido a múltiples idiomas. Hannah Lichtsinn, MD Hannah Lichtsinn, MD, FAAP, es internista y pediatra de HealthPartners en St. Paul, MN y profesora asistente de medicina en la Universidad de Minnesota. Es cofundadora de la Minnesota Immigrant Health Alliance (MIHA), copresidenta de la organización de defensa de la salud Our Stories. Our Health., Y miembro de la junta del capítulo de Minnesota de la Academia Estadounidense de Pediatría (MNAPP). También es miembro de 2020-2021 de Líderes en Políticas de Salud de la Sociedad de Medicina Interna General (SGIM).

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Skip to: Web-ins Solo Speakers All-Hands Meetings Special Events Trainings Trainings Birddogging 101 Learn how to get political candidates and elected officials on the record about health justice issues & policy change. VIEW EVENT Pandemic Prevention Plan: How to Win with Sen. Warren and Rep. Khanna During this training, Right to Health organizers were joined by Senator Elizabeth Warren's staff to demonstrate how grassroots activists can organize a meeting with elected officials to advocate for the People's Pandemic Prevention Plan. The lessons here can be used for any issue. WATCH EVENT Public Health Force Training with Sen. Gillibrand This live, interactive training featured Senator Gillibrand and her health policy staffer Gil Ruiz, along with representatives from the Public Health Jobs Now! Coalition, Partners in Health and the Center for Popular Democracy. The event focused how to advocate for a bill creating hundreds of thousands of permanent public health jobs in America. WATCH EVENT Conversation with the Biden Campaign In this training, we learn from the Biden-Harris Campaign about their plan to stop COVID-19, build back better, and prevent the pandemics of the future. At the end, we learn how to help the Biden campaign with remote get out the vote (GOTV) efforts, including voter texting, phone banking, and other activities. WATCH EVENT Storytelling Workshop In this workshop, participants learned about using their 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. VIEW EVENT Solo Speakers Solo Speakers Emily Bass Author Talk: To End a Plague Author Emily Bass and Dr. Joia Mukherjee from Partners in Health come together for an exclusive conversation about Emily’s brand new book, “To End A Plague.'' This book uncovers the movement that ignited in 1998 to successfully repeal global policies that put drug company profits over the lives of the poor, and win life-saving treatment for millions of people with AIDS around the world. VIEW EVENT A Conversation with Dr. Tom Frieden on Vaccinating the World Join Dr. Tom Frieden, former CDC Director for a discussion on global vaccine equity. Dr. Frieden spoke directly about the current state of play for vaccinating the world, and insights on what is needed to ramp up our efforts to get shots in the arms to people everywhere. WATCH EVENT An Interview with Dr. Paul Farmer We deeply mourn the loss of the late Dr. Paul Farmer, who was a pioneer for global health equity and one of our mentors. In this conversation from April 2021, we interview Dr. Farmer on the movement we need to break the accelerating cycle of pandemics. VIEW EVENT Author Talk: Larry Krassner "For the People" In this low-dollar fundraiser, we team up with Larry Krasner for an exclusive reading of his new book “For the People: A Story of Justice and Power”. Larry Krasner is one the most prominent leaders of a new movement of progressive DAs who are shaking up the system and starting the process of healing with his public health approach to legal reform, harm reduction and mass incarceration. ​ WATCH EVENT Web-ins Web-ins (Virtual Teach-ins) Web-in 12: COVID-19: Not Gone, Yet Forgotten In this Web-in, we amplify the voices that our government has forgotten and shed light on the current and long term consequences of COVID-19 that our government is neglecting - we hear leaders in disability justice, policy modeling for health equity, and community advocacy.​ VIEW EVENT Web-in 11: The Campaign for a Global Fund to Pandemic-Proof the Planet In this Web-in, we dive into our policy vision to prevent future pandemics. We address the question of why such a fund is needed and unpack how this mechanism will dismantle legacies of oppression in global health. WATCH EVENT Web-in 10: Breaking Barriers to Vaccinate Billions In this Web-in, we learn more about what we can do to ensure millions around the world receive their shot too with leaders from I-MAK, MSF (Doctors without Borders), and Health GAP WATCH EVENT Web-in 9: Climate Justice and Planetary Health - Stopping the Next Pandemic In this Web-in, we discuss the role of tropical deforestation (the largest cause of emerging disease outbreaks!) in the acceleration of global pandemics, and how to prevent and contain zoonotic spillovers by investing in job training, community healthcare access and health systems strengthening for rainforest communities in zoonotic disease hotspots. WATCH EVENT Web-in 8: Investing in Communities: Building Trust and Public Health Resilience In this Web-In, we will discuss the critical role that community health-based and led programs have played both before and during the Coronavirus pandemic. WATCH EVENT Web-in 7: Demystifying Health Care for All Americans through the Lens of COVID-19 In this Web-in co-hosted by Physicians for a National Health Program , we explored what the current state of health care is for Americans, how this compares to the Canadian health care system and universal coverage programs around the world, and why we need to fight for health care for all now more than ever - and how. WATCH EVENT Web-in 6: Country and Community-led Responses creating sustainable solutions to a global pandemic In this Web-in, we explore a vision where countries stand in solidarity with one another, particularly those who have borne the burden of colonialism and structural racism for generations. Our panelists will unpack what it means for a public health response to be country-owned and community-led. WATCH EVENT Web-in 5: COVID, Climate & Communiyy: Making connections to achieve justice for all In this Web-in we will use a participatory, community-centered lens to explore how COVID-19 and climate are connected - by learning from a panel of speakers with extensive experience in community mobilization, climate justice, and One Health, and some collaborative breakout rooms. WATCH EVENT Web-in 4: Health Worker Organizing: Collective Powers to Tackle this Pandemic and Beyond In this Web-in, our panelists unpacked the barriers to organizing many health workers face and share strategies for future collective action. We discussed how health professionals can organize to tackle this pandemic and stop the recurring waves of deadly pandemics that current policies perpetuate. WATCH EVENT Web-in 3: Medicine for the People In this Right to Health Web-in, we'll unpack why drug prices are so high and what we can do about it. We’ll talk about drug pricing, research & development, as well as the important role of advocacy during this time to ensure that all people have access to the medicine they need. WATCH EVENT Web-in 2: Racial Capitalism & the COVID-19 Catastrophe In this Web-in, we hear from academic and social movement leaders to unpack what’s led to the appalling inequalities in COVID-19 outcomes across many social fault lines, but perhaps most glaringly along the lines of race in America. WATCH EVENT Web-in 1: COVID-19 and the Right to Health In this Web-in, we discuss the COVID-19 and the Right to Health. Now is an opportunity to unify and make sense of this, build relationships, and engage with experts & frontline providers to try to understand what’s happening. We do this so we can work together to craft a more equitable and just reality for all of our futures. WATCH EVENT All-Hands Meetings All-hands meetings All-Hands Featuring Jonathan Jennings of Health in Harmony In this All-Hands Meeting, we hear from Jonathan Jennings, Executive Director of Health in Harmony, as our keynote speaker. Jonathan shares the revolutionary model of community-led planetary solutions that Health in Harmony pioneered, which will be scaled up and replicated around the world through Bill S.2297. WATCH EVENT All-Hands Featuring Guest Lori Wallach In this All-Hands meeting, we heard from our keynote speaker, Lori Wallach, with Public Citizen Global Trade Watch to discuss the urgent action needed for global vaccine equity.​ We need all hands on deck to win our plan to stop COVID, build back better and stop the pandemics of the future. To WIN this policy agenda, we need to build a movement that brings together a massive community of people passionate about the same issues. WATCH EVENT All-Hands Featuring Kristin Urquiza In this All-Hands meeting, we center ourselves in a vision for a pandemic free future and mobilize into powerful action around the People’s Pandemic Prevention Plan . We welcome back Kristin Urquiza, co-founder of Marked By COVID , and Deputy Director of Mighty Earth, about harnessing her fear, anger and hopelessness about losing her father to fuel her actions to stop COVID-19, build back better and stop the pandemics of the future. ​ WATCH EVENT Pandemic Prevention Town Hall In this Town Hall, our distinguished speakers briefed the media on a set of recommendations made by 1,500+ health professionals and experts urging Joe Biden to adopt a set of policies to stop the crisis now, build back a better world, and prevent the pandemics of the future. Speakers will also comment on the state of COVID-4 negotiations underway in Congress. WATCH EVENT Virtual Protest with COVID-19 activism leaders Just before the second anniversary of COVID, prominent COVID movement leaders protested the collapse of a bipartisan COVID supplemental relief deal in Congress, and demanded action to fund global vaccinations and to prevent future pandemics. ​ With hundreds of supporters viewing, the activists recorded emotional quotes and analysis from leaders personally impacted by COVID WATCH EVENT Special events

MEDICINA PARA LAS PERSONAS En esta publicación en línea del Derecho a la Salud, revelaremos por qué los precios de los medicamentos son tan altos y qué podemos hacer al respecto. Hablaremos sobre el precio de los medicamentos, la investigación y el desarrollo, así como el importante papel de la defensa durante este tiempo para garantizar que todas las personas tengan acceso a los medicamentos que necesitan. ¡Una pandemia no termina en ninguna parte hasta que termina en todas partes! MODERADO POR VICTOR ROY, MD Durante la parte del panel de la entrada web, escucharemos a los siguientes líderes: Afton Cissell , abogado principal, congresista Lloyd Doggett Merith Basey - Director Ejecutivo, Universidades Aliadas para Medicamentos Esenciales Zain Rizvi - Investigador de Leyes y Políticas, Ciudadano Público Después del panel, nos dividiremos en grupos pequeños para elaborar estrategias sobre cómo podemos exigir colectivamente que el Congreso implemente una legislación que garantice que los medicamentos y las vacunas subsidiados por los contribuyentes estadounidenses se mantengan en el dominio público, ¡gratis para todos, en todas partes! LECTURAS INTERESANTES WATCH Trabajando juntos para mejores opciones de tratamiento BY MEDICINESPATENTPOOL VER STAT La tensión entre la salud pública y las patentes en la era de Covid-19 BY CHRISTOPHER MORTEN AND CHARLES DUAN Lee mas PUBLIC CITIZEN Recetas de políticas para bajar los precios de los medicamentos BY PUBLIC CITIZEN Lee mas

U.S. COALITION FOR HEALTH AND WILDLIFE URGES JOE BIDEN/CONGRESS TO SUPPORT GLOBAL PANDEMIC PREVENTION FUND WILDLIFE TRADE AND DEFORESTATION ARE LEADING DRIVERS OF NEW DISEASE OUTBREAKS Our lives depend on global action now. ​ March 19, 2021 ​ Dear President Biden and Vice President Harris: On behalf of our tens of millions of supporters across the United States, we, the undersigned organizations, write to request that the Administration adopt strategies and policies critical to addressing the increasing threat of zoonotic disease spillover into human populations. As our increasing population expands into and has more contact with natural habitats and wild animals, and as other current practices continue, our exposure to zoonoses, and potential new pandemics, increases as well. Some future outbreaks are likely to be more deadly than the current pandemic. Some may be more contagious. Some may be both. Without decisive action to strengthen capacity at the front-lines of health and conservation, and to create new and reinforce and improve existing institutional capacity, billions of us are likely to be threatened by another and more dangerous pandemic. Our coalition, the US Wildlife and Health Alliance, includes diverse groups and perspectives, including conservation and environmental organizations, human and animal healthcare advocates, animal welfare and advocacy groups, and biological and biomedical scientists. We are committed to strengthening relationships and building equitable partnerships with diverse stakeholders, to include the many voices working in pandemic prevention and recovery, climate response, conservation, child health, community health, anti-poverty, environmental justice, marginalized communities, tribal nations, and other Indigenous groups and advocates. These recommendations address the clear and compelling connections between human health and the role that our current mode of exploitation of nature plays in the spillover of zoonotic diseases and the rise of global pandemics. The COVID-19 pandemic has already resulted in the loss of more than 500,000 lives in America alone, sickened millions more, and wreaked social and economic havoc worldwide. We are grateful that the Administration has committed to address this challenge as a top priority. An effective response to COVID-19 must include a strategy to prevent future pandemics; we cannot merely react when outbreaks flare. Our organizations are committed to partner in the massive public health, environmental, political, and socioeconomic response these crises demand, for now and for our future. We know that the majority of emerging infectious diseases originate in and are transmitted from animals to humans, and that most of these zoonotic diseases originate in wildlife. U.S. response and recovery actions need to center on efforts to prevent zoonotic spillover events, and ensure that global health systems are prepared for and able to respond to disease outbreaks, and to prevent their progression to epidemics or pandemics. For these reasons, we urge the Administration to commit to and implement the following necessary actions: 1. Through Executive action, direct a whole-of-government One Health approach to pandemic prevention, that removes institutional silos, and as need be, creates new institutions, in order to tackle the root causes of zoonotic spillover, including the linkages between biodiversity loss, wildlife trade (legal and illegal), deforestation and habitat degradation, industrialized agriculture, global health, and issues related to extreme poverty, including food insecurity, poor sanitation, limited access to basic services, and food safety and security. 2. Ensure strong funding requests in line with the need to prioritize pandemic risk reduction as part of the Administration’s FY22 Budget Request and supplemental appropriations requests to respond to the COVID-19 crisis, include funding increases for the following programs/accounts: a. USAID Global Health Security programs; b. USAID Biodiversity Conservation programs; c. USAID Emerging Pandemic Threats and Spillover program, including the PREDICT project; d. USAID Bureau for Resilience and Food Security; e. US Forest Service International Programs; f. US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) International Affairs Program; g. USFWS Office of Law Enforcement; h. US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) National Wildlife Disease Program; i. Seed funding for a G7 “Global Pandemic Fund” initiative, scaling to robust annual funding thereafter; and j. State Department Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) and USAID Combating Wildlife Trafficking Programs. ​ 3. Provide $2.5 billion or more to implement community-devised, country-owned plans to halt deforestation and biodiversity loss, including funds for conservation, healthcare, job training and for sustainable economic development alternatives to resource extraction in at least 500 locations within the most impoverished countries and communities worldwide. President Biden called for mobilizing $20 billion for rainforest conservation; fulfilling this campaign goal should be a priority; it will help to stop outbreaks from happening. 4. Commit to funding multilateral agreements that support pandemic prevention programs grounded in bottom-up conservation and land use change, as well as strengthening health systems to meet WHO’s International Health Regulations, to contain outbreaks before they spread, in a minimum of 500 locations within developing countries. 5. Support funding for communities and countries to adopt conservation and preservation policies, verifying compliance in-country and at the customs level, and progressively phasing in U.S. trade restrictions on flora and fauna, including products and supply chain networks, related to overexploitation, fragmentation, and deforestation. 6. Use federal purchasing power to dis-incentivize trade in wildlife, parts, derivatives, or products thereof, as well as supply chains related to, supporting, promoting, or profiting through destructive exploitation, deforestation, or fragmentation, with the goal of phasing out as much as possible within 4 years, and completely ending U.S. sales of products with deforestation or irresponsible wildlife trade in their supply chains within 10 years. Support U.S. Customs enforcement, and fund an independent verification body of conservation stakeholders. 7. Reopen the Global Health Security office at the National Security Council. Appoint a Special Advisor on Pandemic Prevention responsible for examining all institutional capacity and policy areas relevant to pandemic prevention (e.g., wildlife trade, deforestation, agriculture and other land use practices, infrastructure development, carbon emissions, access to medicines and vaccines, and compliance with International Health Regulations), proposing necessary reforms, making policy recommendations to the White House, and working to implement these reforms alongside appropriate government agencies, as well as international partners and UN Agencies. 8. Join the 84 other nations, including many of our allies, as a signatory to the United Nations 2020 Summit on Biodiversity’s Leaders’ Pledge for Nature; develop and execute a National Biodiversity Strategy to implement the actions, commitments, and strategies needed to put biodiversity on the path to recovery and fulfill the Pledge. The inextricable connection between the health and wellbeing of humans, nature, and our planet cannot be overstated. The only effective response to this global pandemic and to future pandemics, as well as to the climate and biodiversity crises, requires that we protect, conserve, restore, and safeguard human rights and equities, and the natural habitats, biodiversity, and ecosystems that support us all. We look forward to working with you and with our diverse coalition of partners and community advocates over the coming months to craft and implement a robust strategy to prevent future pandemics and ensure a healthier future for all of us, for future generations, for our planet, and for all of its species. Respectfully, The US Wildlife and Health Alliance Members (in alphabetical order): Animal Defenders International Bonobo Conservation Initiative Center for Biological Diversity Defenders of Wildlife Endangered Species Coalition International Fund for Animal Welfare Oceanic Preservation Society R2H Action [Right to Health] W estern Watersheds Project WildEarth Guardians ​ Also signed by: Humane Society of the United States Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund Friends of the Earth U.S. Marked By COVID Public Citizen African Wildlife Foundation American Bird Conservancy Animal Legal Defense Fund Animal Welfare Institute Born Free USA Cascadia Wildlands Cetacean Society International Cheetah Conservation Fund Christian Council of Delmarva Coastal Plains Institute Conservation Council For Hawaii EarthAction Endangered Habitats League Endangered Small Animal Conservation Fund Environmental Center of San Diego Environmental Investigation Agency USA FOUR PAWS USA Friends of the Wisconsin Wolf & Wildlife Great Lakes Wildlife Alliance Great Old Broads for Wilderness Heartwood Howling For Wolves Humane Society Legislative Fund Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association Inland Ocean Coalition International Marine Mammal Project of Earth Island Institute International Student One Health Alliance Liberia Chimpanzee Rescue & Protection Natural Resources Defense Council NY4WHALES Ocean Conservation Research One Health Commission One Health Lessons OneNature Partners in Animal Protection & Conservation PawPAC Predator Defense Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) Resource Renewal Institute RESTORE: The North Woods Sanctuary Education Advisory Specialists (SEAS) Sierra Forest Legacy Southwest Environmental Center The Lands Council The Rewilding Institute Western Nebraska Resources Council Wyoming Untrapped ​ DOWNLOAD LETTER

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Thanks for signing the petition urging Joe Biden to fight for vaccines. Can you also let Surgeon General Nominee know we need action? Click the tweet below to send to Biden Surgeon General Nominee and COVID-19 Advisory Board Co-chair Vivek Murthy! ACTION: Send a Tweet to Joe Biden's Surgeon General nominee calling for the People’s Pandemic Prevention Plan! Joe Biden is in the White House, now ending an era of deadly, failed leadership on COVID-19. Action is urgently critical, right now, during this time of change, explosive pandemic spread, and chaotic vaccines distribution. ​ The Biden Team has not yet adopted all of the People’s Pandemic Prevention Plan, even though 450 organizations, 90,000 activists and 141 Members of Congress have endorsed it. ​ With two million dead worldwide and millions more infected and suffering long term effects, we can't let up now! Joe Biden's nominee for Surgeon General and COVID Task Force co-chair Dr. Vivek Murthy. As leader of the Biden Administration’s COVID-19 agenda, if we can convince Dr. Murthy to support the People's Pandemic Prevention Plan, we'll have gone a long way towards stopping the pandemics of the future. ​ Here’s how you can help now: ​ If we collectively flood Dr. Vivek Murthy's Twitter feed with demands, he will feel public pressure to listen and act. ​ Please click the link below to send a tweet to Dr. Vivek Murthy. (You'll be able to edit it before clicking send if you want.) NO TWITTER ACCOUNT? That's OK!: You can also click here to send a letter to Congress . To fight COVID, build back better, and stop this nightmare from ever repeating, @JoeBiden Surgeon General & COVID Task Force co-chair @vivek_murthy should meet with @R2HAction, and adopt the People’s Pandemic Prevention Plan: www.r2haction.org/ttmemo #Pass4PCovidPlan ​ After you send the tweet, or if you don't have a Twitter account, you can still help: ​ Click here to send a letter to your Elected Officials, demanding the People's Pandemic Prevention Plan. Thanks for taking action to stop COVID-19, build back better, and prevent the pandemics of the future. ​

CAPITALISMO RACIAL Y LA CATÁSTROFE DE COVID-19 En el segundo Web-In "Capitalismo racial y la catástrofe de COVID-19", que revelamos lo que condujo a las terribles desigualdades en los resultados de COVID-19 a través de muchas fallas sociales, pero quizás de manera más evidente a lo largo de las líneas de raza en Estados Unidos . MODERADO POR PRIYA FREMERMAN, DIRECTOR EJECUTIVO DE GLOBEMED Escuchamos a los siguientes líderes académicos y del movimiento social: Dra. Mary Bassett - Directora del Centro FXB para la Salud y los Derechos Humanos, Harvard Luz Zambrano - Coordinadora General, El Centro Cooperativo de Desarrollo y Solidaridad (CCDS) East Boston Jaron Benjamin - Vicepresidente de Movilización Comunitaria y Defensa Nacional, Obras de Vivienda Profesor Ruha Benjamin - Profesor Asociado de Estudios Afroamericanos, Universidad de Princeton LECTURAS INTERESANTES The Atlantic Deja de culpar a los negros por morir del coronavirus ​ BY IBRAM X. KENDI Read More Boston Review COVID-19: Reimaginando la economía política de la salud planetaria BY RENZO GUINTO, MD Read More Items La sociedad después de la pandemia BY ALONDRA NELSON Read More

ORGANIZING TO PANDEMIC-PROOF THE PLANET. Climate change and globalization are making pandemics come faster and get worse. ​ Help us leverage real change, like a crowbar in the cracks of the systems exposed by COVID. YOUR DONATION IMPACT $28 Covers the cost of sending 25,000 petitions demanding action for COVID-19 $99 Funds a training on how to "birddog" politicians in the midterms, putting them on the spot with COVID stories and demands for action $700 One local direct action to protest almost seven million COVID deaths worldwide $46 Staff time costs of getting together one MOC meeting with constituents $350 Pays 1/2 cost for supplies, permits and sometimes bail for one of the in-person direct actions we organize around the country $1000 Covers a stipend for one of our State Captains and Regional Organizers, who organize hundreds of meetings with elected officials every month

R2H Birddogging Training 101 BIRDDOGGING ACTION PAGE -> We are taking our message directly to political leaders on the campaign trail and meeting candidates on our own turf. You’re invited to join Right to Health Action as we host another set of trainings ahead of our 25-city “birddog tour" on Thursday, September 8th at 12 pm ET, (11 am CT, 10 am MT, 9 am PT) AND 8 pm ET (7 pm CT, 6 pm MT, 5 pm PT). RSVP to receive the Zoom link! We will publicly hold those responsible accountable for neglecting our public health systems and failing to stop tragedies like COVID-19 and pandemics of the future. Bird-dogging is a powerful strategy used by grassroots activists to get candidates and elected officials on the record about important issues! Join us for the training and learn this critical skill. Attend our first Birddogging 101 training and you'll learn how to find campaign events to attend, how to ask powerful questions, gain confidence, and be supported by our experienced team of activists to get into action. Our government leaders are not serving our needs. During campaign season, it’s easy to get to them at their town hall meetings, debates and meet-and-greets, and even low-dollar fundraisers. Meeting candidates and putting them on the hook out on the campaign trail is a way to level the playing field and force them to speak candidly on issues of health justice, choice, poverty, climate and all the issues we care about. Birddogging is an incredibly effective (and exhilarating!) action–and it’s how activists have won enormous victories in the past. Whether you’re an experienced or new birddogger, we invite you to join us and learn about how you can stir up some good trouble with us. We hope to see you there. Find Birddogging Trainings in Your City: Click here to view the below events page in your browser. RSVP

Majority of House Majority Endorse Bipartisan Letter Calling for Historic New Global Fund for Pandemic Preparedness and Prevention: Connolly + Fitzpatrick • 120 CO-SPONSORS