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Read more about the article Think the Pandemic Was Hard? Consider the Impact on Those With Mental Illness
Health Equality / Mental Health Awareness

Think the Pandemic Was Hard? Consider the Impact on Those With Mental Illness

The year 2020 will go down in history as a real dumpster fire. Illness, fear, isolation, job loss, business closures, and US death rates all reached unprecedented levels, save for the Great…

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May 10, 2021
Read more about the article No Activism Degree Necessary: How to Tap Your Skills for Change
Get Started in Activism / Gifts Inventory / Health Equality

No Activism Degree Necessary: How to Tap Your Skills for Change

Professional activists have activism skills, like strategic planning, leadership, and coalition building. But you can make change with the skills you already have. Jeff works for a construction company running fiber cable…

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February 22, 2021
Read more about the article With Mental Illness You Won’t Get a Casserole
Health Equality / Mental Health Awareness

With Mental Illness You Won’t Get a Casserole

In reflecting on some of the major crises that afflict our country, I made a quick list of those issues I most often hear discussed in news stories: Opioid epidemic Mass shootings…

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May 20, 2019
Read more about the article Who are the Millions Missing?
Advocacy / Disability Activism / Health Equality

Who are the Millions Missing?

The #MillionsMissing campaign highlights how diseases like Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) cause patients to go missing – missing from work, social events, and activism. ME Awareness Week is in May. It is an opportunity…

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May 6, 2019
Read more about the article Little Miss Flint Is Passionate About Environmental Justice
Activist Profiles / Environmentalism / Health Equality

Little Miss Flint Is Passionate About Environmental Justice

Mari Copeny was eight years old when she wrote a letter to President Obama to ask him to help with the Flint water crisis. Starting with that one action, she has done…

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April 8, 2019
Read more about the article At the Intersection of Activism and Illness
Advocacy / Disability Activism / Health Equality

At the Intersection of Activism and Illness

The activists fighting for health equality for sufferers of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, put the rest of us to shame. Sometimes it is hard to get started in activism. You…

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October 1, 2018
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