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A growing dispute among #SF #Chinatown businesses is temporarily quelled, following a decision to limit outdoor events with amplified sound. By Zhe Wu

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Las muertes por sobredosis entre los mayas de San Francisco están en aumento, demonstrando la necesidad de servicios de salud culturalmente competentes. Informamos sobre los esfuerzos para hacer cambio. #CrisisDrogas #AcciónComunitaria

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Lee nuestra última historia para descubrir cómo las disparidades lingüísticas afectan a los indígenas mayas de San Francisco y por qué son esenciales los servicios de salud que sean culturalmente competentes. #Fentanilo #AccesoLinguístico

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Merchants in #SF #Chinatown are opposing a potential expansion of outdoor events along a major tourist artery, saying that it would disrupt business. By Zhe Wu
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“Families are coming to our access point at 4:30 on a Friday and saying, ‘I have nowhere to go for the weekend with my two infants.’” -Hope Kamer, Compass Family Services

🎙️📝Madison Alvarado

#Podcast FaithinActionBayArea CARECENSF SF Dept. of Homelessness & Supportive Housing Ahsha Safai 安世輝 London Breed

“Families are coming to our access point at 4:30 on a Friday and saying, ‘I have nowhere to go for the weekend with my two infants.’” -Hope Kamer, Compass Family Services

🎙️📝Madison Alvarado

#Podcast FaithinActionBayArea CARECENSF SF Dept. of Homelessness & Supportive Housing Ahsha Safai 安世輝 London Breed

Indigenous Mayans in San Francisco have seen a sharp rise in fentanyl deaths since COVID-19.

MindSite News & San Francisco Public Press explore what is happening and what can be done to help.

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Language barriers obstruct access to drug health services.

'We’re not a monolith. We need to understand and receive data back that drills down to those specific subgroups.' - Dr. Seciah Aquino of Latino Coalition for a Healthy California

Language barriers obstruct access to drug health services.

'We’re not a monolith. We need to understand and receive data back that drills down to those specific subgroups.'
-Dr. Seciah Aquino

#Podcast San Francisco AIDS Foundation UC San Francisco Marlene Martin (she/ella)

NEW: Overdose deaths are up in SF's Mayan community, shedding light on the urgent need for culturally competent drug health services. On this episode, we discuss the systemic barriers and grassroots efforts shaping this critical issue.
📝🎙️Sylvie Sturm
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California is home to more than 7k unhoused veterans. Dennis Johnson of Swords to Plowshares is one of the people trying to connect vets with housing and services here in the Bay Area.
From The War Horse📸Yesica Prado🔎📊 📸 🎧 🎥✨️
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California is home to more than 7k unhoused veterans. Dennis Johnson of Swords to Plowshares is one of the people trying to connect vets with housing and services here in the Bay Area.
From The War Horse📸Yesica Prado🔎📊 📸 🎧 🎥✨️
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'I think that the need to commemorate and memorialize allows us to move past the divisiveness and the politicization of COVID.' - Kristin Urquiza
Kristin Urquiza #MarkedByCOVID 💙#MarkedByCovid #FBLC

In this episode, an epidemiologist shares how a lack of public trust led to unnecessary deaths. AIDS activists discuss the importance of facing trauma and a woman who lost her father to COVID is fighting for a memorial for those who died.
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NEW: The 1st years of the COVID-19 pandemic are behind us, but an early reckoning is making it clear that we failed to learn from the past and have yet to come to terms with the loss of life and society-wide trauma.
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#Podcast Monica Gandhi MD, MPH
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'If something happens to you, we will be here. We will follow up with you, we will walk you through the hard time to help you to recover and heal.'
-Henry Ha, coalition member & Community Youth Center of San Francisco team leader.

#SanFrancisco #Podcast #AAPI #StopAsianHate

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Leaders in Asian neighborhoods advised that addressing safety concerns through victim support and community building would help with safety concerns. Zhe Wu joins a CCSJ team on a walk to build relationships and check in with neighbors.

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Readers are asking for solutions. Check out our repub. of MindSite News Celeste Hamilton Dennis MJ on helping undocumented people become licensed therapists. bit.ly/UndocumentedRe… -- Immigrants Rising #Dreamers #immigrants #Dreamers #immigrants National Immigration Law Center @Undocumental IL Immigrant Rights Berkeley Journalism

4 years ago, the Bay Area issued COVID-19 stay at home orders. Infectious disease expert Monica Gandhi MD, MPH reflects on lessons learned in a Q&A with MelBaker07.

'I remember feeling faint. I didn’t think I’d see a pandemic like this in our lifetime.'

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4 years ago, the Bay Area issued COVID-19 stay at home orders. Infectious disease expert Monica Gandhi MD, MPH reflects on lessons learned in a Q&A with MelBaker07.

'I remember feeling faint. I didn’t think I’d see a pandemic like this in our lifetime.'

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