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
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 ππππ
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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 π«Άπ½βπ½ππ
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€οΈπ€πβπ½βπ½
#PoeticHealthJustice
#LOVEandRESISTANCE
New paper ππ₯ & call to actionπ’βπ½π«Άπ½π 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/...
Been great to be back home for #IAPHS in Pittsburghπ«Άπ½π€π¨π½βπ«π. Looking forward to folks coming thru to Portland next yearππ½βπ½πππ²πΉ
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"i did not become someone different
that i did not want to be, but..."
#ImNewHere
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvp8...
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, [ ], [ ] ...
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