Posts in Hangouts & Highlights
Global Interdependence Day

Sunday, July3rd•Celebrate all day!

If there is anything we’ve learned over the past year it is that we are unquestionably connected. There are millions of people across the globe who are taking action to prioritize the health and well-being of the entire global Human Family. Global Interdependence Day is a day to celebrate our togetherness, and to elevate the actions of everyone who is trying to create a better tomorrow.

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Wear If U Care

Saturday, August 7th•7pm EST on Instagram Live!
Part of the Hangouts & Highlights Series

Spreading the importance of mask wearing.

Wear If U Care is group of teenagers from North Carolina who have dedicated themselves to making a difference within our community during the difficult time of the Covid-19 pandemic. Their goal is to alleviate the effects of this pandemic by showing that we must wear masks if we care about this cause. So far they have been able to use social media as a way to further propel our campaign. They specialize in providing businesses in our community with posters regarding the importance of wearing a mask. They believe that we can all get through these hard times if we persevere and wear our masks!

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Bake it Till You Make it with Dayna Altman

Saturday, July 24th•7pm EST on Instagram Live!

Dayna Altman is a bold and authentic mental health entrepreneur, author and public health professional based in Boston MA. Dayna brings both professional experience and personal expertise into the work she does for her community. She has created several of her own organizations specializing in mental health advocacy. Her entrepreneurial adventures have helped her become a professional speaker, a documentary filmmaker, and an author of two books, using food to create a palatable and accessible way for all to approach mental health.

Bake it Till You Make it is a community based LLC dedicated to destigmatizing mental illness, normalizing mental health conversation and promoting authentic healing and recovery. We seek to connect people through food, making “difficult conversation” more palatable, natural and in turn, common place.

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Global Interdependence Day

Saturday, July3rd•Celebrate all day!

If there is anything we’ve learned over the past year it is that we are unquestionably connected. There are millions of people across the globe who are taking action to prioritize the health and well-being of the entire global Human Family. Global Interdependence Day is a day to celebrate our togetherness, and to elevate the actions of everyone who is trying to create a better tomorrow.

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Global Vaccine Equity

Saturday, June 26th•7pm EST on Zoom!
Part of the Hangouts & Highlights Series

Dr. Jeremy Rossman is the President of the non-profit organisation, Research-Aid Networks. It facilitates collaborative and evidence-based approaches for assessing need, delivering aid, evaluating effectiveness and achieving long-term sustainable community development, worldwide.

Dr. Rossman has a PhD in Emerging Infectious Diseases and is an Honorary Senior Lecturer in Virology at the University of Kent where he performs interdisciplinary research on: evidence-based humanitarian aid, sociology of trust relations in public health, machine learning prediction of viral outbreaks, and molecular biology of Ebola and influenza viruses.

Jeremy has co-ordinated local community outreach efforts within EndCoronavirus.org. He also leads the National Scientist Volunteer Database consulting service and works with the Zero COVID Alliance in promoting global vaccine equity.

Come attend to learn about and understand the idea of global vaccine equity, why it’s important, the current challenges our world faces, how to help make vaccination more fair for all, and get your vaccine questions answered! Everyone welcome.

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Anti-racism in Covid Advocacy Work

Saturday, June 12th•7pm EST on Zoom!

Bitsy Bentley (she/her) is the co-founder of Last Mile. Last Mile is an entirely volunteer run non-for-profit entity based in NYC whose mission is to support communities most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Bitsy will be speaking on Anti-Racism in Covid-Advocacy-Work. She will be presenting Last Mile's principles and ways of working that draw on Kenneth Jones and Tema Okun's Elements of White Supremacy Culture and Marshall Rosenberg's Nonviolent Communication frameworks.

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Long-hauler & Advocate Cynthia Adinig

Saturday, June 5th•7pm EST on Zoom!

Cynthia Adinig has a tremendous story as a Long-Covid Patient. She, at 35-years-old, has been to the hospital upwards of 20 times for debilitating symptoms related to long-haul Covid-19, ranging from heart palpitations to severe malnutrition. On some visits, Cynthia feared for her life. She was pushed out of the hospital before she felt ready to leave. With few answers from doctors, Cynthia turned to online support groups for connection and understanding. This is a story, not to miss.

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Stolen Goodbyes with Karen Rice

Saturday, May 29th•Noon EST on Zoom!

Karen Rice is a foreign affairs journalist and podcaster who has been documenting inspiring Covid-19 stories via her podcast Stolen Goodbyes. Each week inspiring wives, husbands, partners, children and newly weds intimately recount the shock and anguish of death without warning to Covid-19 while never having the chance to say goodbye.

If you get a chance, check out Stolen Goodbyes, available wherever you listen to podcasts. Get a few episodes in and join in on the discussion!

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Life After Covid with Dr. Marjorie Roberts

Saturday, May 22nd•7pm EST on Zoom!

Join us to learn about Dr. Marjorie’s story, and how she is helping others!

Dr. Marjorie Roberts is a Certified Life Coach and Speaker who coaches her clients how to create the life of their dreams even after this life-altering virus. She assists her clients in finding their deep inner happiness after pain, helping them define and achieve goals as they consistently live a more joyful life.

If you or someone you know is seeking guidance as to how to face the mental difficulties of living day-to day during and after having novel Coronavirus, Dr. Marjorie Roberts is here to help. As a survivor of this life-altering virus, she know exactly what a patient and their families go through.

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5 COVID Lessons from Australia with Chris Miller

Saturday, May 8th•7pm EST on Zoom!
Part of the Hangouts & Highlights Series

Chris Miller is a Consultant, Pandemic Business Recovery Specialist, and Emergency & Business Continuity Manager. She has a wealth of knowledge (and an abundance of inspiration) regarding global efforts to end the pandemic.

We will be learning about the 5 COVID Lessons from Australia, a country that has been successfully suppressing the spread of Covid.

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Long-Covid advocate Chimére L. Smith

Saturday, May 1st•7pm EST on Zoom!

Show up, listen up, and learn during this must attend session where Chimére L. Smith shares her experience, her advocacy and what everyone should be doing to ensure that the black Long-Covid experience is not only acknowledged, but heard and acted upon.

Chimére is a Baltimore-based, Long-Covid patient-led advocate, consultant, and educator, focusing on Long-Covid education, research, and treatment for black people in urban communities.

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