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Our community gathered at Harbor-UCLA this evening to protest gun violence and police brutality against unarmed victims, most especially within the walls of our hospitals. As medical professionals of Los Angeles County, we are outraged by the recent shooting of a patient by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) at Harbor on October 6th, 2020. To continue this fight please sign the following petition calling for urgent measures to address these systemic issues in order to ensure the health and safety of our patients and staff: http://chng.it/V9HngKxVf2

Speakers included Dr. Darrell Harrington (Harbor UCLA), Dr. Alice To (UAPD), Dr. David Lyons (White Memorial), Mark Anthony (Front Line Wellness), Cynthia and Jessica Herrera (sisters of Ruben Herrera, another patient lost to police shooting at HUCLA), Dr. Hannah Janeway, Dr. Saba Malik, and LAC Supervisor Mark Ridley Thomas. Thank you to Dr. Lorenzo Gonzales and for your organization and leadership.

Everyday until the 2020 Census deadline on Wednesday, September 30th, DOCS 4 POC will be providing YOU with materials to support you in helping communities of color GET COUNTED in the 2020 Census. Each day our participating institutions will focus on the initiatives listed in our calendar above.

Our responses to the 2020 Census will determine how 1.5 TRILLION DOLLARS from the U.S. government is spent on community resources like education, infrastructure, and healthcare. Make sure to check your emails for daily updates for our Census campaign, and if you’re not yet receiving our emails subscribe/become a member using the link in our bio! Lastly, make sure to fill out at the census at my2020census.gov!

D4P members at yesterday’s Downtown LA protest organized by

SWIPE through to learn how you can get more involved BLM Day of Action follow-up initiatives!

On July 20th, we acted in solidarity with SEIU, alongside folks in over 300 cites and across 20 countries. We distributed thousands of voter registration buddy badges across the UCLA, LAC-USC, Harbor-UCLA, LAC-USC, and Drew campuses, in addition to Children’s Hospital LA, California Hospital, and Loma Linda. We drew hundreds of attendees to our virtual livestream, and made music for the movement led by Thrive Choir. We committed again to use our actions to show that Black Lives Matter. Make sure to watch our the full video from our BLM Day of Action!

A big thank you to ourD4P organizer Dr. Alina Kung for coordinating our BLM Day of Action!

July 20th, 2020 - Black Lives Day of Action On July 20th, hundreds of health care workers acted in solidarity with SEIU’s Strike for Black Lives (http://j20strikeforblacklives.org) to assert Black Live...

IT’S ACTION AND EDUCATION WEDNESDAY! Swipe through to learn more about some of the federally funded programs affected by allocation of spending through the census data 🩺📈💰

It’s ACTION AND EDUCATION WEDNESDAY! Swipe through to learn why it’s so important for you and your patients to complete the 2020 Census! Also note the NEW DEADLINE OF SEPTEMBER 30!

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D4P is excited to announce the launch of HEALTH MATTERS: a monthly event focused on Mental Health and Healthcare Disparities in the Los Angeles Area!

We have launched a GoFundMe (https://gf.me/u/yjix39) in order to provide services for our homeless population and protesters against racial inequity. Individuals are also welcome to join us via live-stream from the comfort of their home in support of Safer At Home directives.

Our events include the following FREE activities with social distancing:

• MENTAL HEALTH DISCUSSION SESSION
• HEALTH SCREENING (blood pressure, body mass index, cholesterol, blood sugar)
• HIV TESTING
• HIV PRE/POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS COUNSELING
• OPIOID OVERDOSE PREVENTION DEMO (Narcan spray available)
• BASIC WOUND CARE
• PHYSICAL ACTIVITY: Stretching
• PPE and More (food, hand sanitizer, face masks)
• PAPER HANDOUTS (Information on LA’s free shower programs, free needled exchange programs, emergency food services, outpatient clinics, and free HIV/STD testing centers)

Monetary donations received will be used to obtain face masks, hand sanitizer, snack kits, first aid supplies, and health screening supplies for our homeless population and protesters of racial inequity.

We are also accepting new face masks and hand sanitizer to be distributed to our homeless population. Please email [email protected] to coordinate pickup.

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE 🙏🏽

STARTING SOON! Make sure you’re registered at tinyurl.com/ucla4blm

• 12 - 12:30pm: Join us online for opening remarks, music led by Thrive Choir, and closing remarks. George Floyd spent 8 min and 46 sec unable to breathe before he died. We still have our voices and commit to raising them in strength, protest, and song. If gathering with others, please take COVID precautions: groups of no more than 10, masks on, 6 ft apart, ideally outdoors and spread throughout your workplace. With participant consent, take photos and video, and share on social media to show our strength in numbers (use and your site-specific hashtag if applicable).
• 12:30pm: Hear stories from SEIU about the importance of this movement for worker solidarity, and how our justice movements are intertwined.

Don’t forget to register for the BLM Workplace Day of Action tomorrow!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ucla-health-care-workers-black-lives-day-of-action-tickets-113054565248

UCLA Health Care Workers - Black Lives Day of Action UCLA Health Care Workers - Black Lives Day of Action

Our D4P Protest Medic team at the Politics In the Park protest organized by Black Women Lead. The protest served as a food drive for The Midnight Mission, a comprehensive homeless shelter and homeless services provider. It was also an opportunity to meet Nithya Raman (running for 4th District councilwoman) who shared her views on homelessness, police brutality, alternatives to continued police funding, and more.

TOMORROW NIGHT! We invite you and your loved ones to join us at 5 PM PST/8 PM EST for a Netflix Watch Party of ’s 13th! Make sure to go to www.netflixparty.com to download the Google chrome extension beforehand. We look forward to watching and learning with you!! 🎥 🍿

IT’S ACTION AND EDUCATION WEDNESDAY! Click through to learn more about our action initiatives and ways to get involved! On Friday, July 17, share with us how YOU took action by using the hashtags provided!

CALLING ALL ARTISTS:

DOCS4POC T-Shirt/Tote Design Contest!

Theme: “Injustice Anywhere is a Threat to Justice Everywhere” - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Send us YOUR artistic expression of what this means to you - for a chance to have your work featured on DOCS4POC E-Store.

To Enter:
1. Like & Follow on Instagram and Facebook.
2. Send your submission (Photo or Drawing) via DM.
3. C&P “I agree to have my submission featured on the D4P Instagram account” into your submission.

It’s Action & Education Wednesday! This week, DOCS4POC is providing you with a list of action items and resources to ensure patients and colleagues fill out their census. Be sure to spread the word: deadline is October 31st!

Special thanks to Dr. Kara Percival for compiling this list of resources!

IT’S ACTION & EDUCATION WEDNESDAY! So here’s your weekly reminder to fill out the 2020 census, and to remind your patients and colleagues to do so as well! Scroll through to learn more about how the census affects health care spending and the federal health programs that affect so many of our patients... and remember, YOU COUNT!

Source:https://censuscounts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Census-Health-Care-Factsheet.pdf

Beginning this Wednesday, July 1st, D4P will be launching our “Action and Education Wednesdays”! We will be providing weekly updates for ways you can stay informed and active.

First up is our YOU COUNT! campaign. The 2020 Census deadline is rapidly approaching. The census is crucial to the allocation of resources and funding to the health care sector, most especially to Federal Health Programs that affect so many of our patients. So spread the word, and make sure YOU get counted! Be on the look out for more each Wednesday, and don't forget to visit 2020census.gov!

Day 2 of our Juneteenth weekend: EDUCATE! Check out our Google Drive for suggested readings, movies, show, and more. Feel free to add your suggestions as well!

https://drive.google.com/drive/u/3/folders/1TvIVjrCCe8aiZMD6fEjaIpQMpCA5Msh6

DOCS 4 POC Resources - Google Drive

Celebrate Juneteenth weekend with us!

Sign this petition TODAY to demand these initiatives from our institutions, including our hospitals, our medical schools, and our training programs:

https://docs4poc.squarespace.com/initiatives

About 1 — DOCS 4 POC We, DOCS 4 POC, demand the following actions of our institutions, including our hospitals, our medical schools, and our training programs:Establish Diversity, Equity, and Inclusions (DEI) Committees within each department and require that each committee report to an institutional DEI Task Force by D...

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Demonstrations organized by the following hospitals:
- LAC+USC Medical Center (Los Angeles, CA)
- Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (Los Angeles, CA)
- Charles Drew University/Martin Luther King, Jr Outpatient Center (Los Angeles, CA)
- UCI Medical Center (Irvine, CA)
- Jackson Memorial Hospital (Miami, FL)
- University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM)

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