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Friend --
We hope this e-mail finds you as healthy as
possible.
This is a critical year for our democracy, with both the 2020
Census and Presidential Election, decisions we all make will impact
our community and country for generations to come. Yet with the
COVID-19 pandemic among us, we are adapting to how we carry out our
civic engagement work, and community members can too. (Suffice it to
say, COVID-19 has impacted everything.)
Join us on
#CensusDay, Wednesday, April
1st at
2PM EST/11AM PST for
a Community Call on Civic Engagement
in the Time of COVID-19, featuring Dr. Abdul
El-Sayed, physician,
epidemiologist, public health expert and progressive activist. This
community call will provide updates on COVID-19, the 2020 Census, and
upcoming elections.
RSVP here to receive call in
information.
Over the past two years, our Yalla, Count Me In campaign has been preparing for
#CensusDay to ensure all Arab Americans are fairly and accurately
counted. You can also follow the campaign on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram to share materials and messaging with
your network AND use the hashtag #YallaCountMeIn so we can repost your
work to Get out the Count.
Dr. Abdul
El-Sayed is a
physician, epidemiologist, public health expert, and progressive
activist. He is the Chair of Southpaw Michigan and a Political
Contributor at CNN. His forthcoming book, “Healing Politics” (Abrams
Press), diagnoses our country’s epidemic of insecurity and the empathy
politics we will need to treat it, and he is the host of “America
Dissected,” a podcast by Crooked Media, which goes beyond the
headlines to explore what really matters for our health. In 2018,
Abdul ran for Governor of Michigan on an unapologetically progressive
platform. Though he finished second of three earning over 340,000
votes in the Democratic primary, his bid was endorsed by Senator
Bernie Sanders, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,
and The
Nation. Prior,
he served the City of Detroit as Health Director, appointed to rebuild
Detroit's Health Department after it was privatized during the city's
bankruptcy. He was the youngest health official in a major American
city and was awarded “Public Official of the Year” by the Michigan
League of Conservation Voters and "40 under 40” by Crain’s Detroit
Business in view of his leadership. Prior to entering public service,
he was Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at Columbia University’s
Mailman School of Public Health where he led Columbia’s Systems
Science Program and Global Research Analytics for Population Health.
He has over 100 peer reviewed scientific publications that have been
cited over 1600 times.
Abdul earned a Doctorate in Public Health from Oxford
University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He also holds a Medical
Degree from Columbia University where he was an NIH-funded Medical
Scientist Training Program Fellow and Soros New Americans Fellow. He
graduated Phi Beta Kappa with Highest Distinction from the University
of Michigan, where he was chosen to deliver the student remarks
alongside President Bill Clinton. He is a native Michigander who was
born and raised in Metro Detroit, where he lives with his wife Sarah,
a psychiatrist, and daughter Emmalee. He is a proud member of UAW
Local 1981, AFT Local 477, and SEIU Local 500. He enjoys good people,
good coffee, good food, and University of Michigan
football.
http://www.aaiusa.org/
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