If we think of the body as a miracle of interconnected organs and tissues and cells, all distinctly different yet communicating and cooperating with one another, then we have to acknowledge and support the whole, with equal attention and nourishment to each of the parts. If we favor the heart but neglect and abuse the liver, for example, the body is doomed to collapse altogether, heart included. The various parts of the body, individually so very different from one another, nonetheless depend upon and contribute to the health of all the other parts.
This weekend, as we revisit the question of independence and interdependence in US history, a couple of things to share:
James Earl Jones reads Frederick Douglass:
https://www.democracynow.org/2020/7/3/what_to_the_slave_is_4th
And the following petition, in response to the abusive neglect during the Covid 19 pandemic of the residents of Coler Rehabilitation and Nursing Facility on Roosevelt Island. The NYC H&H administration at first ignored and then repeatedly denied the increasingly desperate testimony of the residents and staff. The predominantly black and brown residents require advanced care but were otherwise healthy until NYC decided to house an overflow of Covid patients, with inadequate PPE and staff to safely care for everyone. Please sign:
https://www.voicesofcoler.com/