Resources.
A collection of sources and articles on topics I care about.
Health inequities
"Our nation’s founders wrote that all people are created equal with the right to ‘life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.’ Therefore, the principles of equality and equal opportunity are deeply rooted in our national values, and in the notion that everyone has a fair shot to succeed with hard work. However, our nation’s social and economic well-being depends in part on the well-being of its communities, and many are facing great and evolving challenges. Across the country there are communities with insufficient access to jobs, adequate transit, safe and affordable housing, parks and open space, healthy food options, or quality education— the necessary conditions and opportunities to fully thrive. This lack of opportunity is particularly evident in the disparities that exist in health status and health outcomes between different zip codes or census tracts.”
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Social Innovation
“We must recognize and nurture the creative parts of each other without always understanding what will be created.” —Audre Lorde
“Every truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.” —Arthur Schopenhauer
"Much of what we now take for granted in social life began as radical innovation. A century ago, few believed that ordinary people could not be trusted to drive cars at high speed, the idea of a national health service freely available was seen as absurdly utopian, the concept of “kindergarten” was still considered revolutionary, and only one country had given women the vote. Yet in the interim, these and many other social innovations have progressed from the margins to the mainstream.” Excerpt from: The Process of Social Innovation. (Chapter in Innovation. Published 2007).
Reading List.
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Let This Radicalize You
Kelly Hayes & Mariame Kaba
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On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service
Dr. Anthony Fauci
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Bad Mexicans
Kelly Lytle Hernandez
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Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice
Rupa Marya & Raj Patel