
A People’s Social Epidemiologist
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“...let’s dance samba
in our new Mardi Gras masks,
practice mindfulness as they
filter our reality—
six feet
is the closest
we’ve ever been...”
The responsibility of a writer is to excavate the experience of the people who produced him. The act of writing is the intention of it; the root of it is liberation.
- James Baldwin
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“Health equity is not something that is “achieved,” as this implies — and indeed requires — the absence of conflict. Properly understood, health equity in a beloved community — as the embodiment of our resistance and resilience — does not aspire to reach mountaintops and take selfies, but to move mountains and take names. It’s not a data point or objective to “achieve;” it’s a call to be (permanently and thoroughly) about that business.”
And who asks the question: am I altering your aura, your ideas, your dreams, or am I merely moving you to temporary and reactive action?
- Audre Lorde
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my poetry’s deep, I never fell…
- Nas
