EPISODE · Nov 4, 2020 · 36 MIN
Two Part Series: Diane Jones and Roma Guy, A Century of Health and Social Change Activism.
from HealthCare UnTold · host Gerado Sandoval, Roma Guy, Diane Jones, Vanessa White, Barbara Ann Garcia
Diane and Roma have committed their lives to improving health and justice for our communities.In the first part of this two part series, Diane Jones shares a research project with the University of California San Francisco after Physicians identified that the majority of the transmissions of Covid-19 was within the Latino/Latinx communities. Diane reached out to and worked closely with the Latino/ Latinx leadership in San Francisco to involve them in the research project to identify who was being infected and how best to respond. Diane was pivotal in this research because she was able to build bridges with Latino/Latinx communities.Roma Guy discusses her work fighting a new proposed jail that would cost the city millions of dollars. She talks about the community organizing that was done to block this jail and to focus on the needs of those incarcerated including bail reform, health care, mental health, and substance abuse treatment.This episode continues next week.....
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Diane Jones and Roma Guy are married with children and grandchildren and have been community activists and health leaders throughout their their lives and careers. Diane has been a nurse for four decades, and was an early responder to the AIDS Pandemic; she is an International HIV/AIDS leader. Today she continues her health activism in response to the HIV/AIDS and Covid-19 Pandemic working closely with the Latino/a/Latinx communities who have been greatly impacted by Covid-19. Roma Guy was a Peace Corp Volunteer and is a thought leader, Educator and Health Leader in the San Francisco Bay Area. Roma's policy activism includes: Women's Rights, Justice Reform, Universal Health Care, and LGBTQI Rights. Roma's theme for her leadership is "Listen to the People!"
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