“Detroit was hit hard by COVID, but we hit back hard.” Thanks you for your leadership, Health Officer Denise Fair! #mphi #detroithealth #mahp #publichealth

Being assured of all the things that are eternally DECIDED gives me a great measure of hope and stability ...about all the things on earth that aren’t. 🙏🏽

Fangirling while listening to Renee Branch Canady. Thank you for the reminder to #publichealth leaders to embrace risk-taking and that speaking and standing up to oppression is in all of our job descriptions. #OpenForum18

MPHI CEO Renee Branch Canady brings her experience as a Black woman to break down oppressive disparities as a member of the MI Coronavirus Task Force on Racial Disparities which is pushing systems and challenging situations. bit.ly/3jn28z8 #DataForEquity

Why leaders hesitate to #TakeRisks? Renee Branch Canady: We OVERESTIMATE the probability something will go wrong. EXAGGERATE consequences of something going wrong. UNDERESTIMATE our ability to handle what goes wrong. DISCOUNT consequences of inaction. #HealthLeadershipEquity

Michigan officials wrestle with how to ethically distribute COVID-19 vaccines. Renee Branch Canady heads MPHI and teaches in MSU's MPH program. She compares public health professionals to firefighters — they run into the fire — wherever that fire may be. buff.ly/3ccvRsg

I don’t have to respond whenever provoked. No one does. Steward your energy well. We have justice work to do. And strategy to outline. And self-care to prioritize. And love to live. It’s okay to let provocateurs leave empty handed.

Plenty of time to debate policy. Right now, I’m thinking about my Facebook friend who had post he was safe, letting us know that he escaped from a gunman in nearby classroom.

Think deeply, act differently! Amen, Deadric T. Williams

“Come, let us reason together” (the book of Isaiah). There is much to sort out in this season & society. Dialogue is a tool we must master to that end!

“Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression...” Isaiah 58:1 KJV. bell hooks did that. Selah!

It’s a tough conversation but someone has to have it! That someone is YOU! Join us…

Our tests become our testimonies & can even set the trajectory for our careers. Thank you WKAR our PBS station & Nova for eloquently underscoring the lived experience of black women. MPHI @PizzosPages #blackhistory #BlackHERStory nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%…

Agreed-Absolutely amazing!

So very excited for my MPHI board member & MSU PPH colleague & leader Dr Debra Furr-Holden. She was born for this! MPHI MSU Public Health Dr. Debra Furr-Holden

Celebrating the 110 year history of the Detroit NAACP with my colleague Dr Caira Boggs (Dir of the Ctr for Health Equity Practice & Detroit Health Innovations @ MPHI). Rep Anthony was an honoree Sarah Anthony MPHI “Freedom is expensive but Tyranny is unaffordable”

Deep appreciation to NNPHI & my team at MPHI. Together we are walking the talk!

“Stop telling us to measure undoing your racism” - Abigail Echo Hawk is speaking truth to power in our opening plenary session! #nnphiac2022

#PublicHealth Job Alert: MPHI is hiring for multiple positions. We offer exceptional benefits and competitive wages in an anti-oppressive culture with opportunities for professional growth. For further information please click on: loom.ly/4lwcFVo

The first step in doing better is assuming responsibility! Discussing ways to engage families from underserved populations in our work to improve #access to genetic services with Molly Martzke from National Family Center at National Coordinating Center for the RGNs #PDM2022