We know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that medical racism has a negative (& in some cases, deadly) impact on the well-being of Black patients. Today’s ruling on affirmative action and its subsequent effect on efforts to diversify med schools will have generational consequences. 👇🏼

“Untitled (One Day This Kid)” by David Wojnarowicz, who passed away on this day in 1992.

I have such tremendous gratitude for the hotline operators at Never Use Alone. To be present with someone just in case, to consistently meet people with the kindness and dignity they deserve. These are the acts that make the next day possible.

The Stellantis plant in Toledo was one of the first three plants called to stand up in UAW’s Stand Up strike. Fair wages & safe working conditions are essential to worker well-being and economic mobility. A strike is a demand for a life well-lived, for our generation & the next.

Today marks Corita Day, a remembrance of artist & activist Sr. Corita Kent. Corita’s teachings were anti-war, anti-racist, & community-centric. When male church leaders sought to suppress her work, she left the church & forged ahead outside of the system. “The only rule is work.”

While many of us are enjoying the company of loved ones this week & next, hundreds of people from our community are being held pretrial. A generous donor is matching donations to the Bail Project’s work in Cuyahoga County. Help bring someone home to their loved ones by donating.

Listening to Grace Heffernan of Northeast Ohio Worker Center absolutely crush it on Sound of Ideas. “It’s not incidental that women, Black, & LGBTQ+ workers are paid less. It’s US policy.”

It was such a pleasure to see these women completely captivate a room of health funders from all over the US! Cleveland Foundation is proud to partner with you and to see you shine ✨