Healthy Gorge Initiative
@GorgeHealthy
A cross-sectoral collaborative striving to improve community health, in every sense of the word, in the Columbia River Gorge.
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http://www.gorgeimpact.com 07-11-2019 22:45:22
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The Oregon Worker Quarantine Fund is available for agricultural workers who need to quarantine and don't have the financial means to do so: bit.ly/3kaL7ZS
#healthequity #ruralhealth #esencial #esencial es #essentialworkers #farmworkers #cultureofhealth
Communities across the country have been mobilizing to respond to the COVID19 pandemic. In researching several diverse cities and counties, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has seen how a community’s commitment to #healthequity shapes its response. rwjf.ws/2X3EIGd
Esencial banners throughout the community, celebrating essential farmworkers.
Somos una comunidad. We are one community.
#esencial #esencial es #essentialworkers #farmworkers #ruralhealth #healthequity #thankafarmworker
How can we continue to take care of ourselves and our community during this time?
#cultureofhealth #ruralhealth #healthequity #communityhealth #mentalhealth #resilience #resiliency #resiliencia
Farmer & activist Karen Washington on the importance of controlling local food and economy for communities of color. bit.ly/30Wg8Z3 #foodjustice #racialjustice #foodsovereignty
COVID is affecting Americans disproportionately because of social and structural determinants of health, including race #COVID19 #healthequity #racialjustice Article in Columbia Gorge News by Judy Bankman bit.ly/331RXuK
From Los Angeles Times, Latinos are unprotected as #essentialworkers in Califonria and disproportionately affected by #COVID19 lat.ms/2Wj0Vj2 #racialjustice #healthequity
The Gorge in the news: this published yesterday at the Daily Yonder by Judy Bankman about securing wifi access for essential farmworkers #ruralhealth #cultureofhealth #ruralbroadband #farmworkerjustice #esencial #essentialworkers bit.ly/3fj9bXJ
Just published by American Communities Project this piece by Paul Lindberg and Judy Bankman explores the need for addressing inequities with policy change and how the Gorge community is doing this meaningful work.
#cultureofhealth #healthequity #socialjustice #policychange bit.ly/2BwRMfE
#Coronavirus has magnified inequities in our communities and should inspire us to secure a future where everyone has a fair and just opportunity to be as healthy as possible.
Let's guide America toward a stronger future for all with these 5 principles. rwjf.ws/3fDm5R5
Both COVID-19 and the George Floyd unrest are revealing deep racial inequities and systemic failures to address them. #covid #covid 19 #ICantBreathe #GeorgeFloydMurder #RacialJustice #healthequity
bit.ly/2TXuIfS
Protecting #Farmworkers From #Coronavirus and Securing the Food Supply - Center for American Progress ampr.gs/3d8P2T3 #MSFWs #economicjustice #healthequity #immigrationjustice
How funders can move from Racial Equity to Racial Justice in the context of COVID: bit.ly/2WM2cja
#racialjustice #cultureofhealth #healthequity #disparities #ruralhealth #COVID #resilience
Signs of “compassion fatigue” include bottling your emotions, a numbness to suffering, and a reduced sense of purpose–a danger in our current #COVID19 crisis, shares Leah Weiss, PhD of Stanford Graduate School of Business in today’s #SSIRLive webinar on #CompassionateLeadership bit.ly/ChiefKindnessO…
As we move towards a phased reopening, it's important to #staysafe !
#covid19 #cultureofhealth #ruralhealth #healthequity #reopening
Thank you for such a powerful article, Mona Hanna-Attisha I’m Sick of Asking Children to Be Resilient nytimes.com/2020/05/12/opi…
Yolo Akili Robinson, director of Black Emotional & Mental Health Collective (BEAM), speaks about the disproportionate impact of #Covid_19 COVID on communities of color & where he finds #empowerment and hope:
rwjf.ws/2yCShDi
#healthequity #cultureofhealth
Thx @NPRweekend Scott Simon for highlighting farmers stories. Outbreak Voices: Farmers Worry About Shortages, Bankruptcy npr.org/2020/05/02/849… #columbiagorge