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REDLINING COVID-19 HEALTH CARE IN ESSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY

Post published:April 6, 2021
Post category:Uncategorized

submitted by Lisa Davis How is DispatchHealth, which promotes itself as a mobile health care unit that makes house calls, able to operate in Essex County, NJ by only serving the predominantly white communities, while excluding the predominantly Black and Brown ones? According to it's website, "for the same cost as an urgent care visit, the DispatchHealth house call team arrives at your door able to test and treat COVID-19 symptoms, flu, strep, mono…don’t worry, we treat everything an urgent care can, and more. Stay Home, Stay Safe, Let DispatchHealth Come to You." But if you live in Essex County, you can verify by going to its zipcode checker, that Dispatch Health does not service the county's predominantly Black/Brown communities, which…

The Struggle for Reparations –We Are In A Global Fight.

Post published:March 11, 2019
Post category:News

With the issue of reparations entering the mainstream discourse for the upcoming presidential elections in 2020, it is important to hear from those who have been in the trenches and at the forefront of the struggle for reparations. Brothers and Sisters have been mobilizing around this issue for decades, and a body of work and research has been initiated on a global scale. We must not allow political party hacks to hijack this movement, or the discussion around reparations in any way. And while hashtags can be useful in blazing ideas across social media, they are not a substitute for a movement and the struggle for reparations cannot be reduced to a meme or a hashtag. Although we must fight…