[COVID-19\Reparations]
Dr. VP Franklin: “In the upcoming deliberations over HR-40, a specific Task Force should be created and assigned to develop recommendations on how reparations will be used to increase African Americans access to high-quality health care.”
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[COVID-19\School Budgets]
Albert Shanker Institute President and American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten says: “We can’t forfeit our students’ future because of the coronavirus pandemic.”
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[Urban League\COVID-19]
Morial: “More than 30,000 Americans have died of COVID-19, and African Americans are more likely to die than any other group…That’s why that Urban League Movement’s role as economic first responders is more important than ever before.”
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[Rainbow PUSH\COVID-19\Africa]
Rev. Jackson: “Africa deserves and needs our support as the virus begins to spread within the continent with an impact that will be more devastating due to poor health infrastructures.”
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[Health Care Emergency Guarantee Act]
The Health Care Emergency Guarantee Act, authored by the two lawmakers, empowers Medicare to pay all of the costs of treatment for the uninsured, and cover all out-of-pocket costs for those with public or private insurance, for as long as this pandemic continues.
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[CARES Act Funding for NYC]
Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) announced funding for eleven community health centers that are located in or serve New York’s 7th Congressional District.
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[Immigration\DACA\Coronarivus]
Cesar Hernandez: “Being a doctor to me means being able to prevent suffering in others…if DACA were to go away, I would just not be able to continue for the foreseeable future…DACA… has been life-changing for me.”
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[COVID-19\American Racism]
Barrons: “Race is always a factor in American life for Black and Brown communities…Black and Brown communities are suffering disproportionately with some of the highest number of cases of novel coronavirus infections and fatalities.”
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