Co-founder, Comms Dir @MarkedByCOVID, the only #COVIDjustice org led by those #MarkedByCovid. 💙💪 #SocialJustice | #NPcomms | #aerialist | #hufflepuff | #ADHD
San Francisco, CA
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Within 48 hours, we published our #HonestObit, finalized funeral arrangements, planned an ofrenda at the statehouse, and alerted the media.
The morning after we buried #MarkUrquiza, we woke up to a front page story in @azcentral and more media requests than we could fathom.⤵️
PGE priorities?
SF Outage Update: The 2PM #Nutcracker performance at the #SFOpera House is ON using its backup generator. PG&E is helping secure temporary generation for the 7 PM show.
ALT Two blue and white PG&E service vehicles parked outside the SF Ballet.
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Support the National Covid Memorial👇🏾
In 2025, we fought for $10M for Covid orphans. We brought our community together as 250+ cities and 13 states marked Covid Memorial Day. We built a Memorial that honors our loved ones.
Help us close 2025 strong: actionnetwork.org/fundraisin…
(Tax-deductible gifts by Dec 31)
ALT Photo of a smiling healthcare worker in scrubs with a stethoscope, centered in a yellow frame with text "She was a hero" and dates 4/1/1956 - 7/4/2020. The National Covid Memorial wall of yellow-framed photos is visible in the background. Red bokeh border frames the remembrance.
And don't forget, barely two weeks ago we had to similarly shutter everything in hopes of staying safe from dangerous air due to fires in Oregon and Washington.
Sorry not sorry: #FleetWeek is disruptive BS in the name of macho performative nationalism.
We're barely managing a sick cat & anxious dog during this major heat wave (with no AC - bc #SF), and now we have to shut the windows to mitigate the house-shaking d!ck-measuring contest.
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Sorry not sorry: #FleetWeek is disruptive BS in the name of macho performative nationalism.
We're barely managing a sick cat & anxious dog during this major heat wave (with no AC - bc #SF), and now we have to shut the windows to mitigate the house-shaking d!ck-measuring contest.
Before you get all "#SanFrancisco" on me, communities all over the country are struggling with unprecedented weather from #ClimateChange -- ie recent flooding in NYC, major winter storms in TX... and poor & BIPOC people feel the impacts first and most.
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🚨 Take Action: Disqualify Trump From Running For Office 🚨
Join us in demanding accountability for the lives lost to Covid-19 and safeguarding our public health. Sign the petition now: actionnetwork.org/petitions/… #AccountabilityNow #DisqualifyTrump
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DJ is a dedicated #MarkedByCovid volunteer who has suffered many systemic challenges and personal setbacks since losing his mom, Florcie Yves Chavannes Versailles, to Covid in May 2020.
Please show your support by chipping in: gofundme.com/f/mutual-aid-fo…
Why aren't the nation's leading health and economic policy experts digging into the lessons we've learned from our response to the largest communicable disease outbreak in the last 100+ years?
The TLDR policy story at today's @GoldmanSchool @UCBerkeley conference is two fold: 1) pandemic policies kept people housed, fed, and insured and that 2) policy rollbacks are driving increases in poverty, increase in food insecurity, and lack of access to care.
@MarkedByCovid
🚨Please support @MarkedByCovid's dedicated volunteer @Saritandwickett by making a donation or sharing this post.
Every little bit helps Sarah as she heads back to school to help others!
.@Saritandwickett is exactly who you want in #PublicHealth: a smart, strategic, @MarkedByCovid volunteer who puts those closest to the pain closest to the power.
She was hit hard by #BreastCancer + #chemo + #Covid - Please support her quest for an MPH: gofundme.com/f/help-sarah-ge…
.@Saritandwickett is exactly who you want in #PublicHealth: a smart, strategic, @MarkedByCovid volunteer who puts those closest to the pain closest to the power.
She was hit hard by #BreastCancer + #chemo + #Covid - Please support her quest for an MPH: gofundme.com/f/help-sarah-ge…
🕯️A federally-recognized #CovidMemorialDay is a critical step towards healing, recovery, accountability, and improved public health.
Hear from bereaved #MarkedByCovid community members and take action at CovidMemorialDay.org/action.
📽️@michaelmdean & special TY @karleeg
🕯️Remembering Chuck Lacombe, dedicated AIDS activist and most generous human.
I met Chuck at my first post-MPH job supporting @accesshealth_ma's CAB, where I learned to listen to & center the needs of the most impacted -- lessons that I'm grateful for every day.
I feel confident that Chuck would appreciate being sent off with @MarkedByCovid's rallying cry:
>>May his memory be a revolution.<<
bostoncremation.org/obituary…
Friday evening Daddy daughter date with a koozie that belonged to my Dad at his favorite place, a beach.
How do you keep vigil for the loved ones you’ve lost?
#WishYouWereHere @MarkedByCovid
Watching @ChaosandHopeDoc and can't help remembering how @USCShoahFdn's @facinghistory curriculum was the first thing to really activate my #SocialJustice work. Grateful for upstanders & @bronxsci for making sure we took this with us.
This is @SenFeinstein's #Covid19 autoresponder.
It quotes the #Covid death toll as of 4/22, before we reached one million lives lost. It also focuses on origin & references "updates" that are more than a year old.
A bit behind the curve, no?
Signed,
A concerned constituent
ALT Screenshot of automated email response from US Senator Diane Feinstein sent on Dec 1, 2022, which quotes the #Covid death toll as of 4/22, before we reached one million lives lost. It also focuses on origin & references "updates" that are more than a year old.
Howdy @RebeccaCokley - I run comms at MBC. I tried to reply or DM you but those channels are closed.
Just wanted to apologize for our last tweet; I've been sick (brain fog winning) and I mixed you up with someone else, which made your tweet read v. differently.
Will rest now.😩
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Definitely not 100% today as my body does what it needs to do now to protect me later.
This should not dissuade anyone from getting boosted.
But I'm quite unproductive and very grateful to work from home. #PaidLeave and socio-cultural supports are critical for vax efforts.
Safety boosted thanks to @kpthrives’ ongoing mask requirements.
Don’t forget, y’all - the new #Covid booster is updated for the *current* variants. So #MaskUp & #VaxUp!
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Specifically?
I'm tired despite lots of sleep, #ADHD symptoms exacerbated, minor muscle aches, and exercise (I *spin* on an aerial hoop🤢) seems terrible.
Nothing major. But I'd hate to be struggling through a public-facing or physically/mentally demanding job today.
Safety boosted thanks to @kpthrives’ ongoing mask requirements.
Don’t forget, y’all - the new #Covid booster is updated for the *current* variants. So #MaskUp & #VaxUp!
Every time I read this @jrpsaki & @PeterAlexander transcript I'm:
☺️ stunned by how @MarkedByCovid has soared ✨
- and then -
🤯 incredulous that we have zero institutional funding.😤
PS: It's a very peculiar form of gaslighting. Do not recommend.