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Tiffany N. Ford, Ph.D., MPH

RESEARCH ANALYST FUTURE OF THE MIDDLE CLASS INITIATIVE, BROOKINGS INSTITUTION

Katrina, a 47-year-old Black woman participating in a December 2019 focus group of Black middle-class women in Wichita, summed up her feelings about the violence and inequality that Black people face in the U.S.

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Dr. Lisa A. Cooper

Founder & Director Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity; Director, Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute

Dr. Rachel J. Thornton

Associate Director, Clinical Services Executive Director Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute; Johns Hopkins Medicine Office of Population Health

Chioma Onuoha

Research Assistant Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity

Despite the wide-ranging devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly within communities of color, we feel a sense of optimism that we have not felt in over a year.

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Van Jones

CEO REFORM ALLIANCE; CNN HOST & POLITICAL COMMENTATOR

The most dangerous place to be during a pandemic is inside a prison. Today, even a minor arrest could cost more than your liberty; it could cost you your life.

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