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You have to stop here when the light is red, but you don't have to see red. Take a deep breath and change your day.

Mahan & Capital Circle NE
Joined April 2013
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Indeed! 🚦⬇️
Over the long term, the future is decided by optimists.
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11/x That was some #realtalk during our #RemixingPublicHealth Fireside Chat. These quotes by @MrChuckD, @THEKINGDMC, @DaOnlySalt, @ashanti, @RealDougEFresh and Dr. Jide Williams just scratch the surface. #MentalHealth #Covid #Racism #HealthDisparities 💯
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10/x Our own Patrice Webb (@KindnessGangsta) & Soul are hosting a #RemixingPublicHealth Fireside Chat w/ a few of our closest friends: @RealDougEFresh @ashanti @MrChuckD @DaOnlySalt @THEKINGDMC & the #HipHopDoc, Dr. Jide Williams. #HealthEquity #HealthLiteracy #HealthDisparities
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9/x "When death shows up too early, and without peace, there is pain and grief. Chronic illness, gun violence and loneliness are notorious merchants of early death in our #HipHop community." -Dr. Jide Williams, Founder, @HHPHorg #RemixingPublicHealth #InMemoriam #RestinBeats
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7/x We'd like to take a moment to thank our #RemixingPublicHealth sponsors. We couldn't do this important work without your support. @BestBuy @Novavax @AmeriBev and so many others tagged in the image below. cc: @RealDougEFresh @lorirosebenson #HealthEquity #HealthLiteracy
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6/x Joni founded @heartsmilesmd in 2015 after the Freddie Gray riots in #Baltimore. She works closely with @JohnsHopkinsCAH at the @JohnsHopkinsSPH and @BloombergDotOrg. Congratulations Joni! Learn more: bit.ly/3bRI9d4
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5/x @MikeBloomberg couldn't join us in person at #RemixingPublicHealth, but he made it a point to send a congratulatory video for Joni. He has a great message, but didn't drop any bars.
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4/x We're thrilled to be honoring Joni Holifield, Founder of @heartsmilesmd youth organization in #Baltimore. Watch the first 2 min of her video and Learn more about her work: bit.ly/3bRI9d4 #RemixingPublicHealth
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Dillon can teleport at will. But displacing his body creates a powerful vacuum at the point of departure. Likewise, his arrival is preceded by an enormous shockwave. It sounds like an impractical superpower, but it’s not. Everyone’s always telling him there’s no reason to rush.
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3/x You can join us virtually and watch the #RemixingPublicHealth gala on Zoom. hhph-org.zoom.us/j/896709832…
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2/x @RealDougEFresh and our founder, Dr. Jide Williams, take the stage and recall their first project together, "Stroke Ain't No Joke." Watch it here: youtu.be/U5R0avYh1rA #RemixingPublicHealth #HealthEducation teapawt.net/YaleCDE/status/1126120…
Last year @YaleCDE hosted Dr Olajide Williams of @HHPH. Their innovative child-mediated health communications interventions are changing lives: "Stroke Ain't No Joke" Cartoon Clip youtu.be/U5R0avYh1rA via @YouTube #StrokeMonth
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1/x Let's get this #RemixingPublicHealth Gala started! Our host @RealDougEFresh is joined by #HipHop icons and special guests: @ashanti @MrChuckD @DaOnlySalt @THEKINGDMC @DJFlo @CKSwett @BriBlvck @MarcSM @JustYxia @IamQWorthy #healthequity #publichealth 📽️🎶
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1/2 #HappyDiwali to our #NYTReadalong family. We're not hosting a show Sun, Oct. 23. May the news (@nytimes or your local paper) continue to be a light in the ongoing battle against the darkness of ignorance. - @Sree, Paula (@BigGreenPen) & @neilparekh
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You can outlive yourself. Crawl out under the wreckage and survive who you used to be. Close your eyes, wrap yourself tight, and lay your bones in the clay. But don’t forget. Build a shrine to the memory of ancestor you. Thank them for the road ahead, your daily inheritance.
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Ooh. I know her …
Replying to @songsaladcast
Special mention to our dear listener @BigGreenPen who has to hear Shannon and Scott flub her shoutout and social handle like…8 times.
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Princess Esper wanted freedom. But first, she needed money. So she studied disguises. And the blade. And alchemy. After she was kidnapped by dragon, a brave knight won a huge reward for saving her. Now she roams the land, teaching others to be ladies. And knights. And dragons.
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Listen up for a fantastic #NYTReadalong #ProTip for journalists from @KenTingley re: effective interviewing: "Just shut up and wait. People hate silence. When you ask a tough question, don't be quick to move on to the next thing. Wait it out."
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Ep. 270 - Tröja Väder soundcloud.com/songsaladpodc… After a September hiatus, we're back with a #DoubleSaladBowl🥗 ep with a Swedish genre and a Sew-ish topic. Happy to be back in your ears, Vegetarins! 💚 #MusicMonday #MondayMotivation #Podcast #NewEpisode #PodernFamily
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