TBH we're feeling confident as we #DefendTheVote4PH #CountEveryVote – bc the strategy for #HealthEquity's always been:
➡️organize, mobilize, build, organize,mobilize, build
vote
➡️organize, mobilize, build, organize, mobilize, build
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We turned out in record numbers—
despite a pandemic, an economic collapse, and so many attempts to stop us.
🗳️And now we’re going to make sure that EVERY VOTE COUNTS💚 #EveryVoteCounts #DefendTheVote4PH #DemocracyRising
This powerful recent piece from @RheaBoydMD, Camara Phyllis Jones, & Nancy Krieger resonates so clearly: this is why we must #DefendTheVote4PH and continue the movement for #HealthEquity—
In the 2020 US election, we can choose a just future3/6)
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🧵from our Co-Director @SolangeGould7 on the weight of this moment, as we continue to stand together to #DefendTheVote4PH: "We are voting for nothing short of collective care, beloved community, justice, love, joy, our beautiful planet, and a future well beyond survival..." (1/6)
🗳️THANK YOU to the thousands of people (we see all you #PublicHealth workers, organizers, and mobilizers!) working to GOTV, volunteering at the polls, & protecting election integrity to #DefendTheVote4PH. And we won't stop til #EveryVoteCounts - our health depends on it!
Jamie stepping out in her matching ballot+mask voting combo ✨ *outfit coordination not required to stand up 4 justice and #DefendTheVote4PH
Hey you beauties working for liberation—!
💫We see you working tirelessly to #GOTV2020.
💫We see you putting racial justice & collective health front & center
💫Now let's continue the movement for health equity– every vote must be counted!
#DefendTheVote4PH #EveryVoteCounts
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For Liberation & Love ❤️ A flip book montage of @SolangeGould7 dropping her ballot #CountEveryVote #DefendTheVote4PH
YUP! And protecting the right to vote is protecting #PublicHealth
If you're heading to the polls today, save these numbers in your phones y'all📲 #DefendTheVote4PH
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💚Take a deep breath
💚Send some love to your people
And 👏🏾GO VOTE👏🏾!
If you are able to vote, casting your ballot is an act of collective care. It means using your power & voice to shift the terrain our #PublicHealth depends on. We're with you, we got this! #DefendTheVote4PH
Today's the day, Election Day! Here's a sunny photo of @amberakemipiatt dropping off her ballot ✨ We are excited for today and are standing at the ready to #DefendTheVote4PH #WeArePublicHealth
It's get-out-the-vote-crunch time! Some HIP staff took selfies of their ballot drops ✨ Sari made sure to match her mask 2 her ballot 👩🏼🎤 #DefendTheVote4PH #WeArePublicHealth
From the watch party! George Lakey shares 4 key strategies to beat an election-related power grab:
🔑Widespread Mobilization
🔑Alliance Building
🔑Nonviolent Discipline
🔑Refusal to Recognize Illegitimate Authority
We're talking how to apply these strategies to #DefendTheVote4PH
Friends! We attended a recent @choosedemo training & we *immediately* wanted to discuss it with all of you! Join us next Monday, 11/2 from 12-2pm PT for a watch party & group discussion of "How to Beat an Election-Related Power Grab" #DefendTheVote4PH-
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Policing & punishment don’t protect public health — or the polls. To #DefendTheVote4PH, especially in Black and Brown communities, we need police-free election locations.
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Yes!!! This is what we need to #DefendTheVote4PH
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Q: How can folks get involved to #DefendTheVote4PH? #VIRTUALACTION2020
Our very own Sari Bilick, @PHAwakened on mobilizing to #DefendTheVote4PH: "We know that access to voting is critical to health equity and can fundamentally shift the terrain on which we can continue to organize and push to shift power" #VIRTUALACTION2020
⭐Every voice must be heard.
⭐Every vote must be counted.
How To Prepare for a Delayed and/or Contested Election➡
We're preparing for the possibility of a delayed/contested election, mobilizing to #DefendTheVote4PH, and offering ways to plug in -
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Join us on Monday at #APHA2020 for this Day of Action! We'll be talking about some of our election work to #DefendTheVote4PH and #SchoolsAndCommunitiesFirst #YesOn15. It's open to the public, you do not need to be registered for the conference.
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"The Republican Party’s campaign to take over the federal and state courts is quietly upending a long and deeply embedded tradition of upholding vital public health regulations.#PublicHealth is under attack – let's mobilize to #DefendTheVote4PH!
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Join us at #APHA2020 for this virtual day of action. We'll be talking about the @PHAwakened #DefendTheVote4PH campaign, CA's #YesOn15 , and other critical actions we can take. You don't need to be registered for APHA to join.
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⏰Starting in 30 minutes!⏰
📢Health workers, students, & all those mobilizing to #DefendTheVote4PH: don't miss this @PHAwakened community call to learn more about how you can engage in the 2020 election!
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Health workers & students – sign up to be a POLL WORKER (if you can go in person)!
✨ Help guarantee safe & fair voting
😷 Provide PPE & other safety protections
🗳 Monitor voter suppression
#DefendTheVote4PH
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Voting *matters* for public health!
⬆️ Support individual agency & voice
✊🏽 Show collective community power
💰Directly impact funding for #SDOH 🏘 🚌 🏥 🏞
💪🏾Help register your community!
#VoteHealth2020 #DefendTheVote4PH
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🗓️THIS WEEK– week of action to #DefendTheVote4PH!
Public Health: Use this beautiful toolkit from @PHAwakened to share key info about voter registration, resist voter suppression, and support safe, healthy voting + sign up to be a poll worker or monitor!
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