R2H Action [Right to Health]

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We are at a crossroads. Our communities are experiencing instability and isolation, both of which are exacerbated by lack of access to food, shelter, fair voting systems, healthcare, clean environment and a living wage. Unequal and unreliable access to healthcare and other basic rights is an injustice.

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the fragility of healthcare and public health in the United States and around the world. The crisis has demonstrated that everyone is vulnerable, especially those who were poor or sick already, as a result of globalization and systemic and environmental racism. Our leaders are in denial, and millions of people are excluded from access to life-saving vaccines, tests and therapeutics. We are now, in 2022, rushing to 'go back to normal' -- with billions still unvaccinated, new waves continually sweeping the globe, and without the critical changes put in place to stop new pandemics.

COVID-19 presents us with a historic opportunity to come together to create a more equitable and just reality for all of our futures. Get involved and our team will reach out to you to plug in! We started in the week of the first lockdown, and we've gone from zero to hundreds of thousands of supporters and state captains for all 50 states. We've sent hundreds of thousands of letters and postcards to Congress, organized 1,500+ health professionals to lobby the Biden Campaign for a bold Pandemic Prevention Plan, and set up and attended more than 2000+ meetings between grassroots leaders and their elected officials. We regularly hold "web-ins" with leaders and experts to teach us, and strategize together how to take action to win. 150,000 people and 450+ organizations have endorsed the People's Pandemic Prevention Plan.

Our group started as conversations between emerging, activists, scholars, and long time veterans, united in anger to be facing another pandemic perpetuated by irresponsible leaders as well as racist and inequitable policies. We crafted the idea of organizing a Pandemic Prevention Plan, taking action to stop COVID-19, build back better to a new normal, and stop the march of future pandemics. Over time, the horrific and unnecessary toll of COVID-19 has meant that our ranks now include huge numbers of COVID long-haulers and people who have lost loved ones, as well as health professionals who fight the pandemic from the front-lines.

We urgently need to learn from this pandemic, build relationships, engage with experts and  providers, and listen to people who have been most impacted. We are building a movement to sustainably advocate for healthcare as a human right for everyone, everywhere. Join the team!

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