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Covid and TRIPS
Alyson Bancroft, of Free the Vaccine campaign, joins us to discuss the TRIPS waiver and related news
DCPS and Covid Testing
News brief on 4/21/21 “Community thru Covid” This survey about asymptomatic testing in DCPS schools — not affiliated with DCPS but organized by a community member — asks staff and those with students in DCPS schools to share some basics about how the 10% randomized testing is working in practice. Here is the direct link …
Covid and Youth Enrichment
Miranda Mlilo, Tutoring & Extracurricular Education Lead for SYC/W6 Mutual Aid, joins the next “Community thru Covid.”
Slam Covid-19 poetry performances
In honor of National Poetry Month, Community thru Covid shares a portion of last year’s Slam Covid-19 Competition (May 2020). These are the high school entries. See also the elementary school and adult competitions (link coming soon). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwaYKdF_lIA May 2020 High School performances Heard on air 4/14/21 (grades and school from 2020): Jemoni Benson, 10th …
Covid and J&J Pause
symptoms of concern, risks to balance, community to consider — Dr. Dan discusses J&J vaccine
Covid and Harmonious Living
“Harmonious Living.” proposal with CM Brianne Nadeau, Chris Naoum of Listen Local First, and Kymone Freeman of We Act Radio on the next Community Thru Covid.
Covid and Play and Compassion in Community Safety
March 31, 2021 episode of “Community thru Covid” on We Act Radio: Updates on vaccination equity and disapproval motion threatening family shelter and halfway house for returning citizens — see below;8:25 — Pandemics and Economics in History: Episode #7: Infection’s Legacies Remain (full text and citations);14:00 — Covid and Play with Demetria Bright of Play …
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Covid and Community Safety
Updated 12:30 p.m. on 3/31/21 with recordings and details. Segment begins around the 33 minute mark — Tia Bell, founder of The TRIGGER Project and Rachel Usdan, DC chapter chair of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense, discuss compassion and connection as important aspects of preventing gun violence and the necessary shift away toward prevention …
Covid and Play
Updated at 1 p.m. on 3/31/21 with recordings. Play, so important to all of us, but especially those aged 0-5, is a challenge in many parts of DC and in other places — even without the complications of a pandemic. Play & Thrive DC was founded to tackle play inequity in our nation’s capitol. Demetria …
