努力筹集比赛：Covid-19和医疗保健不公平

秋季2020多米尼加杂志

教师和校友正在危机时代的社会不公平，多米尼加大学是全国各地的26个高等教育机构之一，由美国学院和大学协会参加真相，种族治疗和转型（TRHT）项目，全面，基于社区的进程，致力于解决系统性种族主义的历史和当代效果，以及推进变革和可持续变革。

努力筹集比赛：Covid-19和医疗保健不公平

塔玛拉平淡，麦克尼尔护理学院的代理执行主任和在“主动公民转型的教育网络”计划中，加入了Neil Ehmig '16，BSN，在橡树草坪倡导基督医疗中心的创伤护士，Nancy Rivera'13，世卫组织赢得了营养和饮食学位，是芝加哥南侧的WIC（女性，婴儿和儿童）的课程经理。

Bland, a former home health care nurse on Chicago’s west side who has done extensive research on health care disparities, provided some insight as to why communities of color are disproportionately impacted by COVID-19, explaining that “race is not the determinant of health care inequities—racism is the cause.” Adding COVID-19 to Black and Brown communities, already vulnerable due to high rates of heart disease, stroke and diabetes, as well as the negative effects of gun violence and police brutality, has caused mortality rates to skyrocket. “We have to get to the root of racism in order to have a positive effect in our Black and Brown communities. We have to improve the health of the community itself. When you look at zip codes from downtown to the west side, it shaves 10 to 15 years off a person’s life. That is heartbreaking. Now is the time to work harder to level the playing field.”

Rivera指出，她工作的南芝加地区被认为是食物沙漠，居民无法获得新鲜水果和蔬菜。她已经与高风险的人口合作，今年夏天的抢劫留下了较少的资源。“我有莫德被摧毁，无法在常规分销日期内完成。”WIC计划通过提供额外资源，包括返校材料。“帮助社区治愈的巨大部分让人们知道你正在听他们的倾听。”

艾米格讨论了他对大流行的前线的经历。“进入四月，我们真的不知道我们进入了什么。”叙述医院如何从询问一些护士与covid案件志愿者志愿者，将整个部门转换为一个covid单位，他说：“这与你认为的那么糟糕。它在很短的时间内从零点到100。“Ehmig赢得多米尼加，以灌输给予同情服务的使命。“我进入护理，因为我想帮助人们变得更好。这就是每天帮助我上班的原因。“