WEAP in the Press
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2008
"Now is the Time for Health Care as a Human Right," by Ethel Long-Scott from WEAP, Minority Education & Employment Newspaper (MEENA), February 2008
*Please see page 3 for the WEAP article.
2007
“Health Care in America: The Horror and the Hope,” by Helen Redmond, CounterPunch, November 28, 2007.
2006
Citizens’ Hearing and Truth Commission on the Healthcare Crisis- WEAP successfully broke the media blackout in California on the numerous citizen-run healthcare hearings. Coverage included The San Francisco Bay View, The Oakland Tribune, California Voice, Metro Reporter, KPOO, PCBS, KTVU, and was disseminated by the California Nurses Association to their affiliates nation-wide:
“Oakland Forum Focuses on Crisis in Health Care,” by Josh Richman, Oakland Tribune, March 26, 2006
“The Shame of the Nation: Why We Need Better Health Care and How to Get It,” by Ethel Long-Scott, San Francisco Bay View, March 22, 2006
"We, the poor, jobless, downsized, uninsured victims of welfare reform and others abused by the institutions of domination are no longer silent. We are moving forward with the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Fannie Lou Hamer and so many freedom fighters to improve the lives of Americans."
-Portia Anderson, WEAP
Upcoming Events
| 05/15/08 | Truth Commission- Health Care: A Human Right - Oakland, CA |
| 06/18/08 | Teach-In & Dialogue- Health Care: A Human Right - Oakland, CA |
| 10/10/08 | Town Meeting - Health Care: A Human Right - Oakland, CA |