Annie Kennedy, EveryLife Foundation for Rare Diseases
Elisabeth Oehrlein, National Health Council
Marissa Penrod, Founder and CEO, Team Joseph, mother of a young man with Duchenne
Esther Krofah, Milken Institute, Faster Cures (moderator)
About the Rare Disease Congressional Caucus
The Rare Disease Congressional Caucus, a bipartisan, bicameral caucus, provides a platform to educate and engage Members of Congress on policy issues impacting the rare disease community and gives rare disease patients a voice on Capitol Hill. The caucus is led by the co-chairs, Representatives G.K. Butterfield (NC) and Gus Bilirakis (FL) and Senators Roger Wicker (MS) and Amy Klobuchar (MN).
PIH calls for release of incarcerated people, reduction in arrests
Posted on Jan 26, 2021 Incarcerated people inside Cook County Jail post messages in the window and signal to protestors outside in April 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Across the United States, COVID-19 is running rampant in prisons, jails, and detention centers, putting millions of incarcerated people, families, and communities at risk.
The COVID-19 crisis in America’s prisons disproportionately affects Black, Indigenous, and Latinx communities due to decades of mass incarceration a systemic injustice that is directly linked to the genocide, slavery, and structural racism that has marked the U.S. for centuries.