Myrellis and Ashley-Michelle shared an article on a controversial community-led movement against sexual violence in Puerto Rico, highlighting the sexual violence crisis with which Puerto Ricans are grappling: ¿Has Visto la Lista? An Instagram account called Yo Te Creo started naming alleged abusers in Puerto Rico. Did it go too far?

Alma forwarded on the CDC’s announcement of a new resource to help assess health literacy in  your community: the Community Health Literacy Assessment

Have you seen Amal? Del shared the news that the 12-foot-tall puppet of a Syrian refugee that has been walked from Turkey to England: Four Months, 5,000 Miles: A Refugee Puppet Looks for Home
Kaethe added this video: Little Amal arrives at the Royal Opera House as part of The Walk

Kaethe also offered up an article highlighting housing insecurity, featuring one strawberry picker who spends 80% of her income on rent: California Farmworkers Struggle to Find Affordable Housing

Weekly Win: Robert sent along the Wednesday article with the good news for the week: The White House Estimates Almost a Million Children Ages 5 to 11 Have Gotten COVID Vaccine Shots So Far.

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