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    Two in three Americans disapproved of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the Roe v. Wade decision (aka the Dobbs case), the latest Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll found. While inflation tops voters’ priorities, abortion access resonates for key voting blocs. KFF conducted this survey among 1,847 U.S. adults 18 and over between July 7 and 17, 2022.             KFF published the…

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    • Learning from #Kansas women's voter turnout #Healthcare #inflation & #civilrights inspiring #womenshealth votes at polls @KFF July-22 #health tracking poll, @pewresearch & @Gallup focus on #women & health https://t.co/Y7asFlm9Q4 #RoeVWade #healthpolitics #healthaccess #women https://t.co/xUVW4Vb8DI

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    BY ERIC PERAKSLIS ON BEHALF OF THE LIGHT COLLECTIVE Recently, despite decades of experience in cybersecurity, privacy, and data science, I got sent back to school.   As a member of the Council of the Wise at the Light Collective, a patient advocacy group with a focus on healthcare technology and privacy, I attended a town…

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    • In what way is collecting #health data a #CivilRights issue? @eperakslis explains in his article on @THCBstaff! Check it out! https://t.co/luzaoRnCKS

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    WASHINGTON — The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, along with 46 civil rights and education organizations, today released Civil Rights Principles for Early Care and Education. The principles outline how decision makers at all levels can ensure an education system that offers meaningful equal opportunity and success for all children, especially those who have been historically…

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    • READ: The #civilrights community urges decisionmakers at all levels to create and maintain an equitable early care and education system by incorporating these 10 principles – which we cosigned – into all relevant policies. https://t.co/58I87BtGbH #demandingchildcarechange https://t.co/ULcTdPV152

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    Major league baseball opens today, and few are likely to give race a thought. When Jackie Robinson integrated MLB in 1947, it was a far different story. Did racism lead to Robinson’s early death?

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    In this episode of Future Proof, Denny Chan, senior staff attorney at Justice in Aging, addresses civil rights for older adults and how the heterogeneity of this population means paying attention to the intersection between age and other protected identities. Chan and Kaldes also discuss how COVID-19 has exposed disparities in our racist healthcare system, LGBTQ protections and underreporting in…

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    Announcing Season Two of Future Proof: Equity and Justice Premiering July 16 | Episodes drop on Thursdays at 10 am PT ASA believes work on racial justice can no longer remain at the margins for those of us who work to improve the lives of older people in this country. We plan on weaving it into the fabric of everything we do at ASA, including this new slate of…

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    • Starting Soon! #FutureProof with @PeterKaldes and Denny Chan of @justiceinaging discussing #civilrights and #olderadults. Join us for free: https://t.co/yD5XEXiogF https://t.co/hof7dv7Yw1

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    Announcing Season Two of Future Proof: Equity and Justice Premiering July 16 | Episodes drop on Thursdays at 10 am PT ASA believes work on racial justice can no longer remain at the margins for those of us who work to improve the lives of older people in this country. We plan on weaving it into the fabric of everything we do at ASA, including this new slate of…

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    • **Don't miss #FutureProof this Thursday at 10 am PT** @PeterKaldes will be talking with Denny Chan of @justiceinaging about civil rights for older adults. https://t.co/Ggc7UjJoQP #civilrights #olderadults #olderAmericans #LGBTQ #discrimination #COVID19 #racism #healthdisparities https://t.co/XV1ZeHDQeq

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    The bridge became a flash point on March 7, 1965, as protesters, led by Mr. Lewis and other civil rights leaders, were stopped and beaten by state troopers as they marched to Alabama’s capital.

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    • Rename the #EdmundPettus bridge for #JohnLewis. Better an icon who had his skull fractured there in the pursuit of equality and peace than the confederate KKK member it’s named after now. #civilrights #racism ⁦@PreetBharara⁩ ⁦⁦@RepShalala⁩ https://t.co/pOu5mJ2wjA