Oakland native; descendant of UNIA officers & Black Panthers; USMC veteran; USC Trojan; HIV advocate; Nonprofit executive; Baptist minister
Discovery Bay, CA
Joined September 2011
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Rev. Rob Newells-Newton retweeted
It's National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day. We're doing confidential testing at our school-based clinics this month. Learn more about youth testing: ucsfh.org/4iXtVFk #NYHAAD
Does @KamalaHarris need to correct @realDonaldTrump EVERY TIME he intentionally mispronounces her name Tuesday evening? (, la) 🤷🏿 #AskingForAFriend
Rev. Rob Newells-Newton retweeted
Are you clergy or a leader in your faith community? Join the East Bay Faith Leaders 2024 Organizing Campaign Launch at 1 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 11. Learn about our clergy caucus meetings, faith leader cohorts, and the 2024 Voter Engagement Campaign. Register: tinyurl.com/Jan11Kickoff
Rev. Rob Newells-Newton retweeted
Rev. Rob shared a moving sermon this morning as part of our #HomeIsSacred #PreachingnTeaching highlighting the way our faith calls us to, “do for others what has been done for you.” #SB567 & #SB4 bring us a step closer to safe, secure, and affordable housing for all.
Rev. Rob Newells-Newton retweeted
Rev. Rob Newells-Newton of @FIAEastBay speaking on the corporatization of #Juneteenth.
"I'm used to brothers on African Drums. Folks playing dominoes, cards and backgammon. Kids playing together. I can't do the corporatized version."
Full discussion: youtu.be/wv_WpjLNnZo
Wish you were here! ✊🏾
“We need to make sure that families who are struggling to pay rent today, keep their houses tomorrow.” -@AsmTinaMcKinnor joins us and calls on her colleagues to pass #SB567 #SB4 #SB225!
The Multi-Faith Solidarity Cohort is designed to engage experienced #faith
leaders who aspire to greater leadership within the faith landscape, are committed to
#organizing and have a track record of working to build movements for #justice. ✝️🏳️🌈❤️✊🏾
"Health care leaders need to change how they think about trust. First step? Stop assuming that #mistrust is irrational and not rooted in marginalized patients' contemporary experiences with health care." advisory.com/daily-briefing/…
"the number of observed #PrEP prescriptions and new PrEP users decreased by 35% or more in #California, #Georgia, #Illinois, #Massachusetts, and #NewYork, all of which had incurred the greatest number of PrEP prescriptions prior to the #COVID19 pandemic."
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No, COVID vaccines don't cause HIV. 👀 (...the boosters either!)
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Half of Black Americans agree with the statement “the healthcare system is racist.” One in three Black Americans report having experienced #racism while dealing with the #healthcare system. (#MedicalMistrust isn't all about the past.)
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"Pleasure has been over-looked and stigmatized in health promotion and #SexEducation, despite its obvious connection to #SexualHealth and well-being."
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"Disparities in #HIV rates are driven by #racism, systemic inequities, social and economic marginalization, residential segregation, and unequal access to prevention and treatment, as well as by social determinants of health..."
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"Virologically suppressed adults can now receive HIV treatment as few as six times per year." ...just in time for #NBHAAD #GetTested #KnowYourStatus
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Down to six times per year... I think I'd be on board at once or twice per year. Until then, I'll stick to my daily pills ('cause I hate needles!).
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Study of racial, ethnic disparities in vaccine rates suggests mistrust of system plays role but unequal access may be greater culprit in U.S.
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"These stories of medical racism aren’t limited to The Deep South though."
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Antiretrovirals May Help Protect Patients with HIV Against Severe COVID-19 drugtopics.com/view/antiretr… via @Drug_Topics
