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Dear Friend,
As we think about the November elections, we are also worrying about voters: Why will so many voters support candidates with policy positions that only end up hurting them in the long-run? And we are worrying about the coronavirus (COVID-19) as well: From testing kit shortages to the fumbled national public health response, what is going on with that?
Dr. Jonathan M. Metzl is a public health expert and author of the bestseller, "Dying of Whiteness." I'm so excited to tell you that Dr. Metzl will be joining our KeepMarching online meeting on Tuesday, March 24, 8pm ET/ 5pm PT, to talk about "Dying of Whiteness" and also about the COVID-19 outbreak. (This meeting was rescheduled from March 10.)
Will you join, too? RSVP to participate in our next KeepMarching online meeting, Tuesday, March 10, 8 pm ET/5 pm PT, with Dying of Whiteness author and public health expert Dr. Jonathan Metzl.
Esquire and the Boston Globe named Dying of Whiteness one of the most anticipated books of 2019, and for good reason. In these divisive times, it’s often a struggle for people to look across the political divide and really see and feel compassion for each other as neighbors, as humans, and as Americans. Jonathan Metzl has done the work to help us achieve some understanding, looking at:
Here’s the publisher’s description of Dying of Whiteness:
“In the era of Donald Trump, many lower- and middle-class white Americans are drawn to politicians who pledge to make their lives great again. But as Dying of Whiteness shows, the policies that result actually place white Americans at ever-greater risk of sickness and death.
Physician Jonathan M. Metzl’s quest to understand the health implications of “backlash governance” leads him across America’s heartland. Interviewing a range of everyday Americans, he examines how racial resentment has fueled pro-gun laws in Missouri, resistance to the Affordable Care Act in Tennessee, and cuts to schools and social services in Kansas. And he shows these policies’ costs: increasing deaths by gun suicide, falling life expectancies, and rising dropout rates. White Americans, Metzl argues, must reject the racial hierarchies that promise to aid them but in fact lead our nation to demise.”
RSVP now for this powerful and illuminating conversation with Dying of Whiteness author Jonathan Metzl, Tuesday, March 10, 8 pm ET/5 pm PT.
Felicia Burnett from MomsRising’s healthcare team and Beatriz Beckford from MomsRising’s campaign to break the school-to-prison pipeline will be at the meeting, too, to help guide the conversation.
And this will be your first opportunity to meet the newest member of MomsRising’s team, Joy Ikekhua, who will be working with me to support the KeepMarching community!
#KeepMarching online meetings are designed to give you the inside scoop on what’s happening on issues and politics, give you direct access to MomsRising staff and leading experts, and fill you in on MomsRising's hot campaigns. We use Zoom online conference rooms, so you can participate via video conference or call in over the phone (though video is best so you don't miss visuals and because we love seeing everyone’s faces!).
Please help MomsRising keep up our team-building work in 2020 - join us for our March 24 KeepMarching Zoom meeting at 8pm ET/5pm PT! RSVP NOW ⇒ https://action.momsrising.org/survey/km_webmeeting_Mar24/?t=9&akid=13554%2E2840598%2EeAjul8
Looking forward to connecting with you over video or phone on Tuesday, March 24!
Together, we'll #KeepMarching and never stop fighting for the change our families and communities need.
-- Gloria
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