Razor wire, saw blade buoys, dangerous & deadly vehicle chases kill and injure Texans & migrants alike. High speed chases have caused 74 deaths, 189 injuries, and $4.4 million in damage. The people of Texas deserve better. NEW @HRW report: bit.ly/HRW-deadly-veh…

🧵Here's the wild thing about the attention & controversy around #ahliarabhospital . It's a massive tragedy & one we'll mourn.

But let's not forget there's a long list of other supposedly safe places Israel Defense Forces has bombed in Gaza . They have not EVEN BOTHERED to deny these.

We are reeling with pain, grief, sorrow, and rage. There is no question: genocide calls for public health action. #StopGazaGenocide #CeaseFireNow
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US complicity w/ Israeli genocide first and foremost devastating consequences for Palestinians in Gaza. But the rampant dehumanization of Palestinian life has consequences in the U.S. too. My 2 minutes @ the UN Human Rights Committee. #WadeaAlFayoume

Public health folks: I know that we are not all experts on Israel & Palestine. But we ARE experts on what happens when water & electricity are shut off, when borders are closed, when food & medicine are unattainable. Speak on these things. This is why we study what we studied. 🇵🇸

The federal #Covid public health emergency declaration ends today – yet #healthinequities are an ongoing crisis. HIP Director of Policy & Organizing Clara Long reflects on how emergency order interventions light the way to policies we still urgently need: humanimpact-hip.medium.com/as-the-covid-1…

In The Lancet, I argue that prison abolition is not a naive fantasy; it's a public health and safety necessity. Abolitional public health begins from a 'refusal to believe or invest in the very same institutions that have engendered the crisis.' 1/3
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We Human Impact Partners are in Sacramento today for #ENACT2023 with a coalition of organizations advancing a healthy, safe and equitable California. We're asking policymakers to take action on 8 priority issue areas. Join us in supporting these important bills! Thread:

📢TODAY we submitted a letter informed by PolicyLink & Alliance for Housing Justice and signed by 13 orgs telling Department of Housing and Urban Development how critical a strong AFFH Rule is to support health equity: docs.google.com/document/d/1jI…

We💚when #publichealth comes together for #HousingJustice & #HousingFutures !

Renters in Los Angeles County are set to lose COVID eviction protections next Friday, March 31. Last night, county leaders rejected a plan that would have kept some limits on eviction in place. Get the details here:

🌱 The East Palestine disaster serves as a stark reminder that environmental justice cannot be ignored in our fight for a sustainable future. Forthcoming toxic chemical rules can protect frontline communities or continue treating them as sacrifice zones. nytimes.com/2023/03/16/us/…

Welcome to our #FromCrisis2Care Twitter hour! During #WomensHistoryMonth , this is a call to action for all of us - our communities & electeds - to invest in #HealthNotPunishment .

@CAGovernor California Legislative Women's Caucus @CALGBT Senator María Elena Durazo Reggie Jones-Sawyer Phil Ting Nancy Skinner

BREAKING: The City of Riverside’s Housing & Homelessness Committee took steps yesterday to end a discriminatory + racist “crime free” housing program run by police, whose final fate will now go to full counsel. Learn more about the health impacts + why this is important: 👇

'Closing California’s women’s prisons is a crucial step in ending the cycle of trauma and harm perpetuated by incarceration.'

📰Check out coverage of our latest research report, From Crisis to Care, in
Vanguard News Group:

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Our hearts are heavy thinking about Tyre Nichols' family & community. Policing has been & continues to be a deadly public health crisis. How much more trauma until things change? #Justice4TyreNichols #DefundThePolice #HealthNotPunishment

Don't forget to register! Join us Weds 1/25 to learn about our approach to ethical, community-focused research, featuring perspectives from collaborators and community organizing partners at Chainbreaker & Asian Prisoner Support Committee (APSC)
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Join HIP & housing partners Chainbreaker Housing NOW! Tenants Together for the launch of Housing & Health for All: A Research and Communications Toolkit for housing justice work, and dig into the new resource!

Tues 12.6 @ 10PT/12CT/1ET
Register: bit.ly/housinghealth4…

Shutoffs are still very much an issue for families across the country. And especially with rising gas prices ahead of the cold winter months, it's crucial we ensure #NoShutoffs . Thank you, Rep. Suzan DelBene & Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester for introducing the PUDDLE Act to advance #UtilityJustice !

Love seeing these faces, Olivia Ensign and Thomas J. Rachko, Jr. #cuttheties