pandemic – Breakthrough U.S.

COVID-19 & the response to it shows how dangerously inaccessible safety nets are for people with disabilities

We were clearly not prepared for a pandemic, but the system in place has never made things easy for disabled people.

VIDEO: The Stress of the Pandemic is Gendered. Our Response Has to Be, Too

This is just to say that this pandemic has heightened forms of violence that have existed before, and have especially increased for many, especially women and GNC individuals.

A Black woman navigates outrage over continued anti-Black state violence alongside the pandemic’s mental health challenges

Ultimately, we rely on community care.

What might happen if we ignore our grief during quarantine?

The day edges on. Repeats. Cracks open. Falls apart. I try to ignore my grief. But it’s still there, underneath everything.

VIDEO: Connecting with my ancestors showed me that healing is possible, even in a pandemic

With the guidance and wisdom of my ancestors and that of a supportive group of friends, my mother, and sister, I feel and know I am a better person than before.

State institutions have never protected survivors. COVID-19 makes it clear community care is needed instead

During a time when survivors of color need these resources most, state institutions continue to tragically fail us.

VIDEO: This Earth Day, remember that colonialism is the virus, not people

Indigenous Peoples have been able to co-exist and have intentional relationships with the Earth that span over a millenia.

VIDEO: Black, Indigenous & POC are disproportionately suffering because of the U.S.’s slow response to COVID-19

All of this originates because of colonizing oppressive systems that continue to exploit resources from Black and Brown Indigenous Peoples within the US.

Protected: How Breakthrough is continuing to build community despite COVID-19

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