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R.J. Petteway, DrPH, MPH

@rjpetteway.bsky.social

public health professor & poet @publichealthpdx | #SocialEpi #BlackEpi place & health | writer, poet, partner, parent, son, sibling, alum @UVA @umichsph @UCBerkeleySPH

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3 Poems - Freedom: A Journal of Research in Africana Studies β€” Dr. Ryan J. Petteway Freedom: A Journal of Research in Africana Studies (2025)

As we move into #BlackHistory month, excited to share 3 poems published in the latest volume of Freedom: Journal of Research in Africana Studies

www.rjpetteway.com/scholarship/...

From my "Upon the Body" collection: Black art/lit/history + public health

#PoetryIsNotALuxury
#StatsAndStanzas

01.02.2026 21:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Martheaus Perkins

Martheaus Perkins

We are holding a virtual vigil for Minneapolis, featuring poems and prose from writers in support of ICE Out of Minneapolis. @martheaus.bsky.social kicks it off with a poem inspired by similar circumstances in DC; watch here: youtu.be/KvuEC9w8tUw πŸ’›πŸ’œπŸ’›πŸ’œ

25.01.2026 00:23 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Health Affairs Journal

If you're looking for some #MLKday reading, skip the sanitized fluff & go straight to Birmingham.

"Dreams of a Beloved Public Health"

www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...Β Β 

#BelovedCommunityΒ &Β #HealthEquityΒ πŸ«ΆπŸ½βœŠπŸ½πŸ“œπŸ“•

19.01.2026 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Incredible evening & turnout for the #STATSandSTANZAS event we hosted @busboysandpoets.bsky.social as part of @apha.org 2025. It was clear that we/the people need #PoetryForThePublicsHealth now more than ever. For healing. For resistance. For refusal. β€οΈπŸ–€πŸ’šβœŠπŸ½βœŒπŸ½

#PoeticHealthJustice
#LOVEandRESISTANCE

09.11.2025 00:16 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New paper πŸ“˜πŸ”₯ & call to actionπŸ“’βœŠπŸ½πŸ«ΆπŸ½πŸ›  in @amjpublichealth.bsky.social w/ co-conspirators in the struggle towards health justice #HPOP. On power, community, & the future of academic public health. If this resonates, reach out to the author team & pull up.

ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/...

09.10.2025 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Been great to be back home for #IAPHS in PittsburghπŸ«ΆπŸ½πŸ€“πŸ‘¨πŸ½β€πŸ«πŸ“Š. Looking forward to folks coming thru to Portland next yearπŸ™ŒπŸ½βœŒπŸ½πŸ”πŸžπŸŒ²πŸŒΉ

10.09.2025 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Gil Scott-Heron, Makaya McCraven - I'm New Here
YouTube video by XL Recordings Gil Scott-Heron, Makaya McCraven - I'm New Here

"i did not become someone different
that i did not want to be, but..."

#ImNewHere

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvp8...

08.09.2025 19:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Finally made it over here... kinda like going to a grocery store you never been in, trying find smthn real quick, only to find that not everyone agrees where the bouillon, gouda, tomato paste, soy sauce, [ ], [ ] should be kept, & now you done missed kickoff, your bus/train, [ ], [ ] ...

08.09.2025 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0