National Conference Call for State Health Care Justice Leaders
hosted by the
Universal Health Care Action Network (UHCAN)
December 15, 2020
Top fights right now
• The pandemic – Justin Mendoza, MPH, Advocacy Manager, U.S. Health Care, Partners in Health, @JustinDMendoza
Sign-on letter: Recommendations for the U.S. Response to Stop COVID-19
• The vaccine – Peter Maybarduk, Director, Access to Medicines & Knowledge Economy Group, Public Citizen, @maybarduk
Plan for the People’s Vaccine – Biden Can Use U.S.’s Political Leverage, Administrative Powers to Jumpstart Technology Sharing, Production (Public Citizen, 12/8/20)
Civil Rights Principles for COVID-19 Vaccine Development and Distribution (Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights)
• The Georgia election
What are some of the top fights as we head into 2021?
• Fighting systemic racism – LaTonya Goldsby, President, Black Lives Matter Cleveland, @BLM_216
• Housing crisis: Can we prevent a tsunami of evictions? – Regina Reed, Health Policy Manager, National Health Care for the Homeless, @NatlHCHCouncil
Research on Expiring Eviction Moratoriums and COVID-19 Incidence and Mortality
• Labor rights – Ryan Kekeris, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, @GoIUPAT
• Immigrant rights – #ShutDownIrwin – Cara Page, Kindred Southern Healing Justice Collective
• Reproductive justice – Jay Thibodeau, Communications Director, Abortion Care Network, @AbortionCare
Communities Need Clinics 2020: The Essential Role of Abortion Clinics in the United States
2021 Medicare for All Strategy Conference (Jan. 18-24) – Mark Dudzic, National Coordinator, Labor Campaign for Single Payer, @LaborforSPayer
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