Author: Krystal

On the Navajo Nation, COVID-19 death toll is higher than any US state. Here’s how you can support community relief.

USA Today. October 24, 2020. Wyatte Grantham-Philips. Caitlynn Mayhew filled the cardboard box with supplies. Clorox wipes. Protein bars. Handmade masks. Toothpaste. “Basic needs that most people take for granted, we desperately need on the reservation,” she said. “I’m trying to send as much as possible.” Mayhew is originally from the Cove community on the Navajo…… Continue reading On the Navajo Nation, COVID-19 death toll is higher than any US state. Here’s how you can support community relief.

‘Still killing us’: The federal government underfunded health care for Indigenous people for centuries. Now they’re dying of COVID-19

USA Today. October 20, 2020. Dennis Wagner and Wyatte Grantham-Philips In reservation areas of New Mexico, health care is underfunded. In this six-part series, USA TODAY investigates links between racism and COVID-19. Melvina Musket stared at her dying father through the cellphone screen. His mouth hung open, his eyes were clamped shut and a beard covered his chin.…… Continue reading ‘Still killing us’: The federal government underfunded health care for Indigenous people for centuries. Now they’re dying of COVID-19

Mutual aid groups rushed to the rescue during COVID-19

New Mexico In-Depth. September 28, 2020. Elizabeth Miller. Just enough to get people through — not a gallon of bleach, but a 4-ounce mason jar of it, half a dozen diapers, a few cups of beans, a bag of potatoes, some vegetables, a pound of hamburger meat. Almost every day, Albuquerque Mutual Aid volunteers sanitize…… Continue reading Mutual aid groups rushed to the rescue during COVID-19

CORE Expands Covid-19 Testing and Support Services for The Navajo Nation and White Mountain Apache Tribe with Support from The Rockefeller Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation. June 18, 2020. Six new test sites, contact tracing, and support to quarantining families will be expanded in partnership with Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health. Wraparound services include distributing hygiene kits to more than 5,000 households and building 30 transitional shelters for elders. Today, CORE (Community Organized Relief Effort), the…… Continue reading CORE Expands Covid-19 Testing and Support Services for The Navajo Nation and White Mountain Apache Tribe with Support from The Rockefeller Foundation

Navajo Volunteers Race with Water and Food, as Governments Fail During the Pandemic

Censored News. June 18, 2020. By Brenda Norrell. When a young Dine’ man asked if anyone needed water and supplies, there were more than 100 responses. They are the blind, those without water, and those in hogans without phones. They are the young people living in tents in quarantine, they are the families living in…… Continue reading Navajo Volunteers Race with Water and Food, as Governments Fail During the Pandemic

Called to a New Mission: Local Veterans, Nonprofits Lead Local Relief Efforts for Elders & Families in Need.

UNM-Gallup News. May 27, 2020. Local veterans join the community relief frontlines, supporting area nonprofit efforts to distribute food and supplies to those in need. For local veterans—many of whom are UNM-Gallup students or alumni—the recent COVID-19 pandemic has brought an unwelcomed sense of isolation that has persisted over the past several months due to…… Continue reading Called to a New Mission: Local Veterans, Nonprofits Lead Local Relief Efforts for Elders & Families in Need.

Earth Day, Ecofeminism and Racial Injustice in the Year of the Plague, COVID-19

Ms. Magazine. April 22nd, 2020. By Heidi Hutner This has to be the strangest Earth Day week, ever. I live in New York. Here, in the center of the pandemic, life is far from normal.  As an ecofeminist writer, filmmaker and professor, this is usually a “peak week” for me and my students.  Under normal circumstances, we…… Continue reading Earth Day, Ecofeminism and Racial Injustice in the Year of the Plague, COVID-19