{"id":5450,"date":"2020-06-02T16:36:26","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T20:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.providecare.org\/?p=5450"},"modified":"2024-09-16T17:20:14","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T17:20:14","slug":"2020-has-not-been-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.providecare.org\/blog\/2020-has-not-been-easy\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 has not been easy."},"content":{"rendered":"

Right now, being Black in America still means increased fear of violence, an inherent lack of information for families to live healthy lives, lower wages, increased criminalization, and constant threats of death\u2014all because of the color of your skin. Living in a world that is not designed for you to thrive chips away at your humanity and dismantles your very being. And, in a short time, this year has put a spotlight on issues that long have affected those in marginalized communities\u2014specifically Black folks.<\/p>\n

COVID-19 has left millions of Americans without the ability to take care of themselves and their families. Marginalized folks, who already are doing the best that they can to survive, have been forced to rely on unemployment or a meager stimulus check, which throws them deeper into the margin that pushes them further away from living healthy lives. \u00a0In many situations, there is no choice to stay home and social distance while avoiding the risk of getting sick from COVID.<\/p>\n

Within these systemically underserved communities, people are less likely to have health insurance and more likely to have chronic health conditions. Access to affordable, quality healthcare is merely one barrier of many that Black folks face as they try to navigate through systems designed to work to the advantage of those in positions of privilege and power.<\/p>\n

The recent, tragic murders of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd have brought forward yet again a trend of police brutality against innocent Black folks that spans several generations.<\/p>\n

Today, our communities are in crisis and literally on fire. The threat of two viruses are in full effect right now: COVID-19 and racism. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

From the beginning, Provide has been committed to ensuring that we all have reproductive agency. We stand in solidarity with our folks across the country, and in our communities where innocent people have died because of racial injustice in recent years. We grieve the loss of lives and the many others who aren\u2019t listed, who the world doesn\u2019t know because their lives were taken by people who believed they didn\u2019t matter.<\/p>\n