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Graphic with a black background in the center is a photo of two people, facing to the left of the camera, are holding a black sign with white writing that says “Keep masks in healthcare”. In front of them is a crowd of people also faced to the left of the camera, at the corner of San Francisco's column enshrined City Hall.

Masking in healthcare is basic infection control. Why must vulnerable San Franciscans keep begging providers to take life-saving protections?

Masking in healthcare is basic infection control. Why must vulnerable San Franciscans keep begging providers to take life-saving protections? Jillian Crochet and Britta Shoot We all know it … Continue Reading Masking in healthcare is basic infection control. Why must vulnerable San Franciscans keep begging providers to take life-saving protections?

Posted 2 months ago DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Keep Masks in Health Care

I gave a short speech on April 16, 2024 in front of the San Francisco Department of Public at a protest organized by Senior and Disability Action. We called … Continue Reading Keep Masks in Health Care

A photo of Raina, a smiling white woman with short curly brown hair. She is wearing sunglasses and a black jacket and is in front of a flowering lilac tree.

Posted November 19, 2023 Guest Blog Posts

When Public Health Doesn’t Listen to Its Own Lessons, How Can Students?

When Public Health Doesn’t Listen to Its Own Lessons, How Can Students? Raina Levin Before I started my graduate program this fall, I was on a first name … Continue Reading When Public Health Doesn’t Listen to Its Own Lessons, How Can Students?

An image of an Oregon park looking over a river, with forested hills on the opposite side of the river and industrial buildings on both sides. In the very center of the image is a large, shadowed tree, with the tree’s limbs and leaves extending up and out to the top corners of the image and the roots and shadow of the tree curving to the bottom corners of the image.

Posted November 5, 2023 Guest Blog Posts

“These Communities May Reduce but Not Eliminate Their Risk”: Oregon’s Discriminatory COVID Policies

“These Communities May Reduce but Not Eliminate Their Risk”: Oregon’s Discriminatory COVID Policies A. Smith It seems that Oregon has largely gotten out of the COVID-19 business. Throughout … Continue Reading “These Communities May Reduce but Not Eliminate Their Risk”: Oregon’s Discriminatory COVID Policies

Photo of Alice Wong, an Asian American disabled woman in a power chair. She is wearing an orange and black tiger-striped sweater, black pants, a bold red lip color and a trach at her neck. In the background is a gray cement wall with greenery. Photo credit: Eddie Hernandez Photography.

Posted September 14, 2023 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Adventures in Public Speaking

Today, September 14, 2023, I gave a virtual talk at Boston University’s School of Public Health about my anthology Disability Visibility since the school selected my book as their 2023 … Continue Reading Adventures in Public Speaking

A double exposure photograph, wherein two images are faded onto one another in a single image, of Jane sitting at her desk on a black office chair. Jane is a light skin East Asian person, with her eyes closed, wearing brown and black glasses and short black hair that slightly flares at the end with rounded bangs like a bowl. In one exposure Jane’s face is larger and closer to the camera; there are lights directly behind her. In the other, she is sitting on a black office chair and holding a sliced open half of a pomegranate. Behind her is a round, moon-like light. The desk behind her is a medium orange-brown and contains a head shelf, with books ordered in red, black, white, and the rest of the rainbow ordered on the top of the table. There’s a small brown monkey plushie near the left end of the desk. There’s a black and white ink illustration above the orange to blue books on top of the desk where there’s an open space.

Posted May 21, 2022 Guest Blog Posts

What Will Never Be Again

What Will Never Be Again Jane Shi Content notes: suicide, genocide, deaths in long-term care, serophobia, medical abuse, labour exploitation, overdose deaths Dionne Brand’s piercing article “On … Continue Reading What Will Never Be Again

Graphic with a teal background featuring a photo is of Anna, a white nonbinary person with shoulder-length blond hair, standing in front of a beige wall. They wear a muted orange shirt.

Posted April 10, 2022 Guest Blog Posts

Two years into the pandemic, I’m not sure if I can trust nondisabled people anymore

Two years into the pandemic, I’m not sure if I can trust nondisabled people anymore: It feels like I am seeing a guy stick his head into an alligator’s mouth … Continue Reading Two years into the pandemic, I’m not sure if I can trust nondisabled people anymore

Graphic with a dark red background and in the center a photo of a white woman, smiling and standing with her hands on her hips and head slightly tilted to the left, in front of a gray granite wall. She has short brown hair in an asymmetrical haircut, longer on her left side and shorter on her right side. She is wearing dangling silver earrings and a gray t-shirt that reads "Kaepernick 7" in red, underneath a black blazer.

Posted March 7, 2022 Guest Blog Posts

Disabled People Are Tired: Public Health and Ableism

Disabled People Are Tired: Public Health and Ableism Christine Mitchell I’m tired. We’re all tired, collectively. It has been a long two years of heightened anxiety and isolation … Continue Reading Disabled People Are Tired: Public Health and Ableism

Graphic with a black background and a photo of Emily Ackerman, a white woman in a black power wheelchair is holding up her COVID vaccine card. She’s wearing a black sweater and boots with grey checked pants, a yellow beanie, and a blue medical mask.

Posted March 10, 2021 Guest Blog Posts

My Year of Nothing but Everything

My Year of Nothing but Everything: Living in Pennsylvania During COVID-19 Emily Ackerman Approaching the one-year anniversary of my COVID-19 isolation, I recently described that I feel as … Continue Reading My Year of Nothing but Everything

Graphic with a pink background and a A standing picture of Tory Cross, a white woman with red hair and black glasses, smiling and wearing green shorts a blue shirt that says “Hey Ya’ll Means All” with hey y’all means in white font and All in stripes of blue, pink and white. There is a sidewalk and greenery behind her.

Posted February 21, 2021 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Q&A with Tory Cross

Social media can be trash but it’s not *all* trash. I learn so much from people I follow on Twitter such as Tory Cross. Here is an interview with Tory … Continue Reading Q&A with Tory Cross

Posted February 12, 2021 DVP Blog Posts and Essays

Q&A with Sabrina Epstein

This has been a weird start to 2021, speaking for myself at least. As if surviving during a pandemic wasn’t challenging enough, high-risk people all over the US and globally … Continue Reading Q&A with Sabrina Epstein