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Dani

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
854 total appearances

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Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 171

Yeah, I think the organizing side has been challenging but also hugely rewarding, right? It became really obvious really early on that both from the federal government's perspective as well as from our organization's perspective that the uncertainty was where they wanted us all to live and die. That was the place that served them and their goals the most.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 171

Yeah, I think the organizing side has been challenging but also hugely rewarding, right? It became really obvious really early on that both from the federal government's perspective as well as from our organization's perspective that the uncertainty was where they wanted us all to live and die. That was the place that served them and their goals the most.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 171

And so how does uncertainty sort of foster? Well, people don't talk to one another, right? Like this is true kind of in organizational senses across the board, right? If you're in a union, you don't talk about your salary. It doesn't benefit you. It benefits the boss.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 171

And so how does uncertainty sort of foster? Well, people don't talk to one another, right? Like this is true kind of in organizational senses across the board, right? If you're in a union, you don't talk about your salary. It doesn't benefit you. It benefits the boss.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 171

And so how does uncertainty sort of foster? Well, people don't talk to one another, right? Like this is true kind of in organizational senses across the board, right? If you're in a union, you don't talk about your salary. It doesn't benefit you. It benefits the boss.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 171

And so if we're not talking to one another about where our lines are, who we're going to treat, whether we're going to keep doing it or listen to them, what we're being told or not being told, that we're consulting lawyers, all these other kind of things, then we're all just alone in the dark kind of, you know, trying not to scream and cry about the horrors that are happening around us.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 171

And so if we're not talking to one another about where our lines are, who we're going to treat, whether we're going to keep doing it or listen to them, what we're being told or not being told, that we're consulting lawyers, all these other kind of things, then we're all just alone in the dark kind of, you know, trying not to scream and cry about the horrors that are happening around us.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 171

And so if we're not talking to one another about where our lines are, who we're going to treat, whether we're going to keep doing it or listen to them, what we're being told or not being told, that we're consulting lawyers, all these other kind of things, then we're all just alone in the dark kind of, you know, trying not to scream and cry about the horrors that are happening around us.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 171

So we pulled together folks with conversation here, conversation there, folks who before anything was going on internally, you know, made really bold statements about what they would and would not do around this kind of stuff. And now all of a sudden there's an internal network that's looking at, well,

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 171

So we pulled together folks with conversation here, conversation there, folks who before anything was going on internally, you know, made really bold statements about what they would and would not do around this kind of stuff. And now all of a sudden there's an internal network that's looking at, well,

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 171

So we pulled together folks with conversation here, conversation there, folks who before anything was going on internally, you know, made really bold statements about what they would and would not do around this kind of stuff. And now all of a sudden there's an internal network that's looking at, well,

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 171

okay so individually we can keep doing this care because it's the right thing to do but as a group if they start coming after us we have a lot more power there's a lot more that we can do and i suspect and you know haley's getting at this point that like there are probably a network of us across the entire country in these kind of settings that are not talking amongst ourselves at our workplace but are really not talking about it amongst ourselves on a national level

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 171

okay so individually we can keep doing this care because it's the right thing to do but as a group if they start coming after us we have a lot more power there's a lot more that we can do and i suspect and you know haley's getting at this point that like there are probably a network of us across the entire country in these kind of settings that are not talking amongst ourselves at our workplace but are really not talking about it amongst ourselves on a national level

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 171

okay so individually we can keep doing this care because it's the right thing to do but as a group if they start coming after us we have a lot more power there's a lot more that we can do and i suspect and you know haley's getting at this point that like there are probably a network of us across the entire country in these kind of settings that are not talking amongst ourselves at our workplace but are really not talking about it amongst ourselves on a national level

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 171

And I think we have some power that could be used there to really make a difference in all of this. And I am optimistic that if we talk about this, we get this out there, we make sure everyone's communicating openly about it, that there's a real possibility that we can work together to prevent this from being the first of many dominoes to fall.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 171

And I think we have some power that could be used there to really make a difference in all of this. And I am optimistic that if we talk about this, we get this out there, we make sure everyone's communicating openly about it, that there's a real possibility that we can work together to prevent this from being the first of many dominoes to fall.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 171

And I think we have some power that could be used there to really make a difference in all of this. And I am optimistic that if we talk about this, we get this out there, we make sure everyone's communicating openly about it, that there's a real possibility that we can work together to prevent this from being the first of many dominoes to fall.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 171

We sat down on a call and talked about, you know, what are we going to do? And I made mention that like, oh, through my other organizing work, I've got a DIY connection for estradiol. So that's a huge thing that will help us if we can't prescribe this anymore, if Medicaid stops covering it, yada, yada, yada. I was like, but I don't have a, you know, a DIY solution for tea.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 171

We sat down on a call and talked about, you know, what are we going to do? And I made mention that like, oh, through my other organizing work, I've got a DIY connection for estradiol. So that's a huge thing that will help us if we can't prescribe this anymore, if Medicaid stops covering it, yada, yada, yada. I was like, but I don't have a, you know, a DIY solution for tea.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 171

We sat down on a call and talked about, you know, what are we going to do? And I made mention that like, oh, through my other organizing work, I've got a DIY connection for estradiol. So that's a huge thing that will help us if we can't prescribe this anymore, if Medicaid stops covering it, yada, yada, yada. I was like, but I don't have a, you know, a DIY solution for tea.