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The laws and the way society is structured all had to change. I asked these children, who lived in a rural area and were experiencing poverty, to reflect on the world around them and then started designing interventions that would address some of the issues they were identifying.…Whether People want change to happen. “We
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Similarly, the Healthcare Anchor Network , a collaborative of 75 health systems, is working to transform the economic drivers of health disparities in the United States. Take the Center for Law and Social Policy , a nonprofit committed to reducing poverty and increasing economic opportunity.
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12 Its demands include freedom for all imprisoned and detained people; resistance to surveillance, policing, and militarized responses to COVID-19; access to quality healthcare now and in the future; access to housing, food, and economic security; and international efforts to end US imperialism and militarism.
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And rich people who could afford to isolate, not have to go into an office, could afford healthcare, got richer. These new laws channeled philanthropic assets into municipal bonds and community development loan funds, which stabilized local municipalities.
These were “ safety partnerships ” of residents, local community development organizations, and community-minded law enforcement staff (with financing support from the Local Initiatives Support Corporation), who were effectively collaborating to brainstorm and carry out strategies to reduce the crime rate.
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1 Our economic system leaves many if not most of us no choice but to borrow for healthcare, housing, education, and other basic needs. 1 Our economic system leaves many if not most of us no choice but to borrow for healthcare, housing, education, and other basic needs. Like employers, creditors have enormous power over people’s lives.
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