"For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in..." Clearly some elected officials, who profess to be people of faith, missed a few Sunday school lessons.

“If and when public media outlets are forced to cut their signals for good, millions of Americans—including many who cast their ballots for this administration—will be left in the dark,” writes @1mabl.bsky.social in his latest.

We hear lots of talk about values and morals. Want to test the values or measure the morality of a nation? Count the number of people it allows to stay sick and children it allows to go hungry. We have to do better for American communities. www.rwjf.org/en/about-rwj...

Best news of the week: Season 2 of #Squeezed is out now! Host, @ynb.bsky.social explores the realities caregivers face today – from the joys, the impossible choices, and the reality of quite literally being squeezed. The lineup of guests is unmatched! 🔥 🎙️Listen here: lemonada.lnk.to/SqueezedTO

The Census Bureau released the 2024 data on health coverage, poverty and income. This release will be a snap shot, the “before” picture to compare to after the coming cuts and changes take effect. Check out the data for yourself: www.census.gov/newsroom/pre...

State leaders are battening down the hatches to prepare for the storm that is about to hit our health system, namely major cuts to Medicaid. This is a helpful resource to understand where this storm will hit the hardest. Spread the word! 🔁

Thanks for passing me this positivity chain, @1mabl.bsky.social! What gives me hope are programs like Rx Kids that have delivered over $13M in cash support to more than 3K families. Parents say it helps them make ends meet! rxkids.org/rx-kids-part... Passing to @mona-shah.bsky.social!

The so-called Big Beautiful Bill passed this summer, but the damage will be felt for years. @rwjf.org created a chart to help explain what to expect. Share this in your feed, pin it up in your community, email it to your local government. People must know how they’ll be affected by these policies.

Thanks for starting the positivity chain, @draveneljoseph.bsky.social RWJF grantees like @wordinblacknews.bsky.social give me hope because they are telling powerful health equity stories, when doing so isn’t popular or easy. Passing to @jenniferngandu.bsky.social

Join us at ComNet25 Denver for a Learning Lab from Unify America! Attendees will learn: - Four ingredients of community building (impact, learning, purpose, & belonging) - How comms drives those pillars to create & support community building - The comms role in collaboration

Pushing Dr. Susan Monarez out from CDC will cost lives.

Visited the National Museum of African American History and Culture this past weekend. And this is the first sign you see when starting the timeline of Blacks in America. Dr. John Hope Franklin was right: "We've got to tell the unvarnished truth."

So now museums can’t talk about how “bad” slavery was? My thoughts on that.

“They’re burning it all down, but they don’t realize they’re going to need the very things they’re burning down.” Partisanship begets blind hubris. Allyn Brooks-LaSure warns that dismantling public services undermines America’s values, and capacity to address health and environmental challenges.

Don’t miss this year’s call for applications for the RWJF Health Policy Fellows program - applications are due November 3. Share this with your feed and others you think should apply: www.rwjf.org/en/grants/ac...

What is a “constructive description" of the Trail of Tears, Jim Crow, slavery, or the real cause of the Civil War? What is "unifying" language for Japanese internment camps, the KKK, and January 6th? wapo.st/3UWNQtE

If Venus Williams, a world-renowned athlete with an incredible career, is worried about health insurance, imagine how all the people struggling to make ends meet feel, especially after the administration gutted Medicaid. www.newsweek.com/venus-willia...

Congress and the Trump administration have once again abandoned the American people. Their decision to slash CPB’s funding will leave American communities less informed, less engaged, less connected, and less safe. It definitely won’t make us great. www.npr.org/2025/08/01/n...

Data on the dire state of maternal health in the U.S. is not enough. People need solutions. Thankfully, in Our Own Voice put together a policy agenda for Black Reproductive Justice that points to a path forward. Please share this with your circle. blackrj.org/blackrjpolic...

This is a fascinating look into how far SNAP dollars get people depending on where they live in the U.S. Spoiler alert - they don’t get people far enough, and this gap will only get worse with the looming SNAP cuts.

Americans are hitting our limit watching profit be prioritized over people. Our health system hasn’t worked well for a long time, and now we’ve watched it be stripped for parts to pad the one percent’s pockets. Healthcare is not a luxury; it should be a right. Our system needs to recognize that.

My take on Public Media and Public Health. @contrariannews.org

Thank you to The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State for your support that enabled two of us from The Jersey Vindicator team to attend the annual Investigative Reporters and Editors conference in New Orleans. We learned so much this week!

Less than half the public has confidence in federal health agencies to carry out some of their core functions, such as ensuring the safety of drugs and vaccines and responding to infectious disease outbreaks. Our new poll has the details: on.kff.org/3Z2MaRG

Thank you to @kcnmi.bsky.social, Communications Officer at LOR Foundation, for helping guide the program and making ComNet25 Denver extra special! We are grateful for your partnership and collaboration. Learn more and register for #ComNet25 here: www.comnet25.org/what-to-expe... #Philanthropy

There is no salvation in silence, no honor in hiding, no redemption in running, and no nobility in numbing ourselves to the pain all around us. To institutions that are keeping a “low profile” to see how the “dust settles,” do not wait too long to be outraged by what you see….

In just 100 days, government officials and their allies have redeemed the trope of meritocracy, removed the stories of Black history and achievement, and resurrected the mythology of confederate valor.

"My part has been to tell the story of the slave. The story of the master never wanted for narrators.” - Frederick Douglass wapo.st/4jdXL8m

Communities across the nation will feel the cascading effects of the cruelty and chaos unleashed today. www.rwjf.org/en/about-rwj...

Measles is surging, and so is misinformation on vaccines. Join our free town hall on Tuesday, April 1, to dig into vaccine science & policy. Open to all — bring your questions! www.apha.org/events-and-m...

We say "people are losing trust" as though trust just evaporates into thin air for no reason. We must reckon with the fact that our institutions, groups, and leaders have been less trustworthy, which drives the loss of trust. We must become worthy of the public's trust. We need to change, not them.

The story of every transformational leader includes chapters where: + people doubted them + they doubted themselves + despite those doubts, they decided to lead anyway The world needs more transformational leaders right now. Which chapter are you in?

Is today the last day of the last Black History Month? Possibly so, considering the forces who are actively stripping our achievements from history - trying to erase us. We cannot stand by. Read more here… www.linkedin.com/posts/activi...

If speaking truth to power feels easy, one of two things is happening: 1. You are not speaking to power, or... 2. You are not speaking the truth.

On Feb. 14th I try always to give honor to one of the greatest contributors to American democracy in our nation’s history, Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery, Douglass never knew his actual birthdate, and adopted Feb. 14th as the day. His penetrating insights about our country inspire me daily.

We’re talking a lot about eroding trust in America. And rightfully so. But people won’t trust someone they don’t understand. Our convoluted jargon has got to go. We have to make it plain. youtu.be/lEJX5gKrMCc

Maybe you don't cause injustice... But do you quietly benefit from it? On the 69th anniversary of Mrs. Rosa Parks's fateful stand, we must all ask whether we are prepared to play the Rosa Role. youtu.be/G9gDrVdV-as

Throwback Post: For Liberty and Justice for All? Drop the Confederacy! www.linkedin.com/pulse/libert... (Linked in account required)

Today is the day when people who would have sicced dogs on Dr. King try to sanitize and co-opt his legacy and message.