I look back on these moments with pride. Dr Walker and I ran an emergency shelter to house nearly 200 migrants who showed up in our town on Halloween. Dignified, trauma informed, culturally appropriate housing and the control of diseases was our goal. Working on our book now.

SER meeting planning team SER, I know you already got this under control, but I would like to offer my assistance (if you would find it helpful) in planning a #Juneteenth recognition activity, especially since the meeting is in Texas. Let me know if I can be helpful.

We have lost a lot as a society when people firmly believe that an opinion carries the same weight as a fact.

Decades!
I wrote a paper about this in grad school.
I'm happy that this has finally changed. I am also overwhelmed with grief at the pain my people are continually forced to bear. And the amount of advocacy needed to change racist policies that kill us.

Things this public health scientist wants you to know

1- Vaccinations save lives
2- Non-pharmaceutical interventions work
3- Cleaning the air protects us against many diseases
4- Preventable diseases should be prevented

my kids have decided that if they eat carrots 3 times a day from yesterday until the eclipse, they can look at it straight on.

I'm not gonna tell them they are wrong until Monday.

#PushVeggiesByAnyMeansPossible