#Social inequities

[inariedwards]

The connection between racial inequities in health outcomes and inequities in social and structural inequities requires us to use federal and state funding to address the original source of inequities, such as pollution, if we want to end racial disparities in health. Addressing racial disparities in asthma, for instance, by addressing health care would be worthwhile, but would ultimately be a temporary solution. Receiving equitable asthma therapy only to be sent into a world with air pollution as well as racial inequities in pollution exposure is counterproductive. Enforcing current legislation that protects our physical environment and our air and water sources, initiating new legislation that protects our environment and imposes harsher punishments (beyond financial penalties) on entities that pollute our environment will do more for racial disparities in health than improvements to health care.

[genderequalitys]

From Insights to Impact: The Role of Thought Leaders in Transformative Collaboration

The Catalyst Foundation, a social enterprise platform, is composed of a diverse group of members including practitioners, thinkers, and investors who are deeply involved in social development. These individuals and institutions are not only aligned with our vision and strategic objectives but also share our core values, beliefs, and standards. Our partnerships are formed through a range of engagement mechanisms, both formal and informal. The flexibility in the way we engage allows us to collaborate effectively with a variety of partners, adapting to the unique needs and circumstances of each. We work closely with our partners to provide them with the support they need to progress towards their desired outcomes, thus advancing our collective goals in social development.

visit us at: https://catalysts.global/organisations

[hussyknee]

Vajra Chandrasekera is a Locus and Nebula award-winner and has been short-listed for a Hugo Award this year. You can find his Tumblr here: @adamantine and his twitter here: @_vajra

[socialenterprise23]

Human social development activities by catalyst global.

Social development are expanding, and societal issues are difficult to solve. No one strategy can produce results at a large scale. Sustainable transformation and change take into account the capacities of the facilitators as well as the market efficiency, state power, and community strength. Human social development, sectoral systems of agriculture, health, education, etc., do not adequately target or provide outcomes for the underprivileged and vulnerable.

Read More: https://catalysts.global/

[intersectionalpraxis]

Defend and Protect Black Women!!

Misogynoir medical bias is KILLING Black women disproportionately. If you know even a little history of how Black women have been systematically dehumanized and objectified in the medical industrial complex -you'd know this is FAR too common and it's despicable. These medical professionals should be losing their licenses to practice medicine.

"Black women are three to four times more likely to experience complications during pregnancy and childbirth and die from these complications compared with white women. Additionally, infants born to Black women are two times more likely to be born premature (<37 weeks of gestation) compared with infants born to white women."

"In the 19th century, J. Marion Sims performed experimental surgery on enslaved Black women without their consent to develop a cure for vesicovaginal fistula. These experiments facilitated the generations of two key health care scripts about Black women in the context of reproductive health care: (1) it is acceptable to perform procedures on Black women without their consent; and (2) Black women have a high tolerance for pain."

"Although there is a plethora of research documenting Black women's experiences of racism and discrimination while navigating perinatal care, much less has been reported regarding the relationship between racism and clinical care through the lens of clinicians' caring for Black women during pregnancy and childbirth."

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[politijohn]

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[greenhorizonblog]

Homeless Care Package

Some things I'll be buying to make a care package for my local homeless person:

Socks, t- shirt, maybe underwear if it's not too weird, he probably needs it though

Dried foods; jerky, granola bars and dried fruit etc

Tasty sweet treat like a chocolate bar

Instant coffee

Thermos bottle

2 hot water bottles

Multivitamins

Bottled waters

Hand sanitiser and wet wipes

Bar of soap

Nail clipper

Small first aid kit

Gift card to a grocery store

Rain poncho

Sunscreen

Thermal blanket

Personal note letting him know that his situation is not his fault because the government and society is supposed to take care of people, but they don't because of greed and short sightedness

Feel free to take inspiration and make a care package for a homeless person in your city/town. You don't have to show your face, you can wear a face mask and sunglasses, and go with a friend if you're nervous.

It's a small gesture that can go a long way in giving a person hope. Even just cash or a grocery store gift card is a good thing to give. Life is unpredictable. It can take a turn for the worse and suddenly become very hard for anyone

We were never meant to go it alone.

[teaboot]

bragging about being a rent-a-pig lol

you forgot to click anon on that last send, chief

[my-midlife-crisis]

VOTE THEM OUT

[odinsblog]

Such a good analogy for “privatizing the profits, but socializing the losses.”

Taxpayers, not the wealthy owners of OceanGate, will be paying the millions of dollars in costs for the search and rescue—and I almost wouldn’t have a problem with that (the coastguard rescues hapless people every day, and I don’t think that regular citizens should be forced to pay for their own rescues, because saving people is what a society should come together and do).

But the owners of OceanGate not only knew of the risks, they eschewed any kind of government regulation (like having an emergency location beacon that would have made the search far easier) because they said it would inhibit growth and profits. And I can’t help but believe that the coastguard and the navy and all of the other public agencies, are searching just a little bit longer and a little bit harder, because it’s rich people who are missing.

And don’t even get me started on how Greece’s coastguard is most likely responsible for the murder of hundreds of refugees, or how Italy and much of Europe have made it national policy for their coastguards to not help refugees at sea.

Anyway, it’s well past time for more people to start seriously thinking about how our society always bails out banks and wealthy billionaires, but tells poor people to exercise better judgment and pull themselves up by their bootstraps.

[heterorealism]

[queerism1969]

Remember: capitalism is working perfectly. You are supposed to be exhausted & worried you'll lose your income to die penniless. It makes it easier to take advantage of you & pay you less. If you're too busy worrying about rent, you don't have time to battle the unfair system.

[alwaysbewoke]

[socialjusticeinamerica]

[iirulancorrino]

The Green brothers are doing effective altruism better than maybe 95% of people who identify online as effective altruists.