Patients can’t manage diabetes or anemia without access to healthy food. That’s why cutting SNAP hurts health outcomes.

People who reside in lower-income neighborhoods face a higher risk of contracting these foodborne infections compared to those in more affluent areas, with the residents in these neighborhoods being at a 60% higher risk of the infection. https://bit.ly/4hrrdYK

Doulas are being seen as an important piece to the maternal health puzzle, particularly for Black women, who have higher maternal mortality rates. In Florida, they are also being trained to better prepare patients for the climate crisis. Enter the climate doula: 19thnews.org/2025/10/doul...

Domestic violence nonprofits are winning against Trump administration in court 19thnews.org/2025/10/dome... via @19thnews.org cred. @jazzmyth.bsky.social et al. ft. @democracyforward.org @nwlc.org @pcadvorg.bsky.social @lambdalegal.org @forgeforwardtrans.bsky.social @newyorkstateag.bsky.social

And we’re back. Again. Now we have experienced directly what hundreds have reported ecosystem-wide about BlueSky’s deactivation behavior. These actions do not effectively protect people and do not reflect modern best practices around manual or automated moderation.

On that note: #WeAreNotWaiting #NotWaiting cc: @projectex.me 🌱 #DVAM #DVAM2025

You might notice some changes online and in #SistahVegan groups and digital sessions. For more details, see below:

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October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month ( #DVAM ) 💜 Sistah Vegan Foundation has joined others in the @nnedv.bsky.social #GiveForDV 2025 campaign. Get involved as a donor or fundraiser to help reach our impact goals: 🌱 👇🏾 givefordv.nnedv.org/organization...