Amen!

41% of babies’ births are covered by Medicaid.
49% of children are covered by Medicaid or CHIP.
62% of long-term care residents in nursing homes are covered by Medicaid.
35% of people with disabilities are covered by Medicaid.

HANDS OFF. NO CUTS TO MEDICAID.

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MAY 4: SOLIDARITY: AWARENESS IN ACTION. Free.
With Roshi Joan.
upaya.org/program/awareness-in-action-with-roshi-joan-halifax-may-2025/

Others need to join Sen Booker and hold the floor.

YouTube video by ProPublica Before a Breath: America’s Stillbirth Crisis | FULL DOCUMENTARY

Watch the full documentary here:

NC Legal Community: ‘Tens of Thousands of Voters Will Lose Their Voice’ If GOP’s Supreme Court Lawsuit Succeeds Read more here.

NEW: A coalition of over 200 North Carolina jurists, attorneys, government officials and more sign a letter urging Jefferson Griffin (R) to cease his efforts to overturn the result of the state Supreme Court election he lost.

Ways to show up for our libraries:

-Get a library card
-Regularly visit your library
-Use library services
-Donate books
-Attend library events
-Become a library “friend”
-Purchase their merch or from their book sales
-Volunteer

Who needs weather reports anyway? How layoffs at NOAA reveal a flaw in the government’s hiring system, briefly explained.

The government has ousted 880 earth scientists, meteorologists, computer modelers, and space weather forecasters across NOAA, about 7 percent of the workforce.

The gutting of NOAA should make you very angry — and worried.

@vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4020...

Pete is laser focused and effective - great idea! Please, Pete!

map of the Gulf of Mexico

Fun act of resistance

1. Google Gulf of Mexico

2. Click the three little dots to the right of “Gulf of America”

3. Select "Send Feedback"

4. Click on "Gulf Of America" text

5. Select "Inaccurate content"

6. Select "Incorrect" and type whatever else you want

Let's flood Google on this!

Tomorrow bring an axe and remove the door.

So naturally, you know what to do…👇

Enjoy. 😎✨

If a 19-year-old Canadian who calls himself Big Balls marches into your federal agency and demands access to your system, telling him to fuck right off should be the mildest reaction you have.

Black history month starts today and this administration would like us to forget it,

Guide for immigrant patient safety in health care settings.

Feb 2 AWARENESS IN ACTION: Climate
Christiana Figueres, climate diplomat, architect of the Paris Climate Accord. A voice we need to hear now!
Join, free, online: upaya.org/program/engaged-buddhism-online-february-2025/

I have been thinking about how to work with this concern. It is a HIPAA violation for hospitals to disclose immigration status/ documentation. Interested in any resources you find or develop.

everydayliturgy.com/questionnair...

Merrick Garland will delay.

Karen Goble on Substack Planning a Stop Shopping month except for essentials that are locally grown or made. Will gladly join a no-spending shutdown January 20-27.

substack.com/@karengoble/...
Let’s help this take wings!

Upaya Zen Center: Vows for the Coming Year May all beings, all living things, all creatures, all species, all individuals, all those in unhappy states, including ourselves, may all be free from…

You, our cherished sangha, have provided much inspiration as we meet the world today. We wish you peace this New Year.

Please enjoy our latest blog on "Vows for the Coming Year", with a special note from Roshi Joan. 🙏
www.upaya.org/2024/12/upay... @joanhalifax.bsky.social

YouTube video by CarolAnn Barrows Ishq Allah Ma'bud Lillah by CarolAnn Barrows

youtu.be/7ov8spkd6lA.
For all beloved gone beyond and all who remember: all I ask of you is forever to remember me loving you.

Registered and ready for this resource.

Seeing this increase across the country as resources for elder care and housing decline.

YouTube video by Choir! Choir! Choir! Choir! Choir! Choir! & Patti Smith sing "PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER" in NYC with Stewart Copeland

“Use your voice!” Patti Smith to close the day.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Wz...

Federal rollbacks on environmental protections are disheartening to envision.
But @burke_professor reflects on the past to give hope for local action in a recent @JohnsHopkinsSPH podcast.
Here’s to climate-forward hotbeds rising in 2025! #MomsFactCheck #MomDetective

Florida workers died in the heat. Their deaths were kept from authorities A Times investigation found twice as many workers have died across the state from heat than officials know.

DeSantis blocked heat protection for workers. Florida workers died in the heat. Their deaths were kept from authorities.

www.tampabay.com/investigatio...

From the US to Uganda, how climate activism has been criminalised in 2024 In this week’s Down To Earth newsletter: The global crackdown against climate activists and groups is clearly part of the fossil fuel industry’s strategy to crush dissent and keep burning the planet• ...

When non-violent protest in defense of human and planetary health is criminalized, everyone loses. We must fight this perverse disregard of human life . www.theguardian.com/environment/... @fossilfueltreaty.bsky.social @gchalliance.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.social