Allyn Brooks-LaSure
@1mabl.bsky.social
Dad, husband, Frederick Douglass hype man, South Jersey native, comms person @ RWJF.
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I spoke with the @washingtonpost.com about why people - especially Black people - are dying prematurely at increasing rates. COVID factors into rising numbers, but this article points out that policy has a larger impact on our lifespans than you might think.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
More people are dying before they turn 65. Who it affects, and what it means.
A new study reveals an increase in premature deaths among 18-to-64-year-olds, with Black adults and certain states disproportionately affected.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I spoke with the @washingtonpost.com about why people - especially Black people - are dying prematurely at increasing rates. COVID factors into rising numbers, but this article points out that policy has a larger impact on our lifespans than you might think.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
"For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in..."
Clearly some elected officials, who profess to be people of faith, missed a few Sunday school lessons.
Clearly some elected officials, who profess to be people of faith, missed a few Sunday school lessons.
November 9, 2025 at 1:49 PM
"For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in..."
Clearly some elected officials, who profess to be people of faith, missed a few Sunday school lessons.
Clearly some elected officials, who profess to be people of faith, missed a few Sunday school lessons.
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“If and when public media outlets are forced to cut their signals for good, millions of Americans—including many who cast their ballots for this administration—will be left in the dark,” writes @1mabl.bsky.social in his latest.
Public media is starting to disappear. Health consequences will soon follow.
When the stations are gone, people will be in the dark without the important weather and safety updates these public bro
contrarian.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM
“If and when public media outlets are forced to cut their signals for good, millions of Americans—including many who cast their ballots for this administration—will be left in the dark,” writes @1mabl.bsky.social in his latest.
We hear lots of talk about values and morals. Want to test the values or measure the morality of a nation? Count the number of people it allows to stay sick and children it allows to go hungry. We have to do better for American communities.
www.rwjf.org/en/about-rwj...
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Statement From Richard Besser, MD, on the Expiration of SNAP, WIC, and ACA Benefits
In a statement, RWJF President and CEO Richard Besser urges the administration to immediately release its SNAP contingency reserves to help families in dire need of food support.
www.rwjf.org
October 31, 2025 at 3:45 PM
We hear lots of talk about values and morals. Want to test the values or measure the morality of a nation? Count the number of people it allows to stay sick and children it allows to go hungry. We have to do better for American communities.
www.rwjf.org/en/about-rwj...
www.rwjf.org/en/about-rwj...
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Best news of the week: Season 2 of #Squeezed is out now!
Host, @ynb.bsky.social explores the realities caregivers face today – from the joys, the impossible choices, and the reality of quite literally being squeezed. The lineup of guests is unmatched! 🔥
🎙️Listen here: lemonada.lnk.to/SqueezedTO
Host, @ynb.bsky.social explores the realities caregivers face today – from the joys, the impossible choices, and the reality of quite literally being squeezed. The lineup of guests is unmatched! 🔥
🎙️Listen here: lemonada.lnk.to/SqueezedTO
Squeezed with Yvette Nicole Brown
Every caregiving journey is unique, but the isolation, guilt, and exhaustion is universal. In Season 2 of Squeezed, Yvette Nicole Brown dives back into the everyday realities of caregivers today, from...
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October 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Best news of the week: Season 2 of #Squeezed is out now!
Host, @ynb.bsky.social explores the realities caregivers face today – from the joys, the impossible choices, and the reality of quite literally being squeezed. The lineup of guests is unmatched! 🔥
🎙️Listen here: lemonada.lnk.to/SqueezedTO
Host, @ynb.bsky.social explores the realities caregivers face today – from the joys, the impossible choices, and the reality of quite literally being squeezed. The lineup of guests is unmatched! 🔥
🎙️Listen here: lemonada.lnk.to/SqueezedTO
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The Census Bureau released the 2024 data on health coverage, poverty and income. This release will be a snap shot, the “before” picture to compare to after the coming cuts and changes take effect.
Check out the data for yourself: www.census.gov/newsroom/pre...
Check out the data for yourself: www.census.gov/newsroom/pre...
Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2024
The U.S. Census Bureau today announced that real median household income was $83,730 in 2024.
www.census.gov
September 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The Census Bureau released the 2024 data on health coverage, poverty and income. This release will be a snap shot, the “before” picture to compare to after the coming cuts and changes take effect.
Check out the data for yourself: www.census.gov/newsroom/pre...
Check out the data for yourself: www.census.gov/newsroom/pre...
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State leaders are battening down the hatches to prepare for the storm that is about to hit our health system, namely major cuts to Medicaid. This is a helpful resource to understand where this storm will hit the hardest. Spread the word! 🔁
New @georgetownccf.bsky.social report using #Medicaid performance indicators to assess states' readiness to implement harmful work reporting requirements and other #Medicaid cuts included in the budget reconciliation law: ccf.georgetown.edu/2025/09/04/a...
Are States Ready to Implement HR 1 and Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements?
Key Findings State systems are unprepared for federal demands to implement a Medicaid work reporting requirement and other onerous changes. HR 1 (P.L. 119-21) requires states to implement complex w…
ccf.georgetown.edu
September 18, 2025 at 8:41 PM
State leaders are battening down the hatches to prepare for the storm that is about to hit our health system, namely major cuts to Medicaid. This is a helpful resource to understand where this storm will hit the hardest. Spread the word! 🔁
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Thanks for passing me this positivity chain, @1mabl.bsky.social!
What gives me hope are programs like Rx Kids that have delivered over $13M in cash support to more than 3K families. Parents say it helps them make ends meet! rxkids.org/rx-kids-part...
Passing to @mona-shah.bsky.social!
What gives me hope are programs like Rx Kids that have delivered over $13M in cash support to more than 3K families. Parents say it helps them make ends meet! rxkids.org/rx-kids-part...
Passing to @mona-shah.bsky.social!
September 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Thanks for passing me this positivity chain, @1mabl.bsky.social!
What gives me hope are programs like Rx Kids that have delivered over $13M in cash support to more than 3K families. Parents say it helps them make ends meet! rxkids.org/rx-kids-part...
Passing to @mona-shah.bsky.social!
What gives me hope are programs like Rx Kids that have delivered over $13M in cash support to more than 3K families. Parents say it helps them make ends meet! rxkids.org/rx-kids-part...
Passing to @mona-shah.bsky.social!
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The so-called Big Beautiful Bill passed this summer, but the damage will be felt for years. @rwjf.org created a chart to help explain what to expect.
Share this in your feed, pin it up in your community, email it to your local government. People must know how they’ll be affected by these policies.
Share this in your feed, pin it up in your community, email it to your local government. People must know how they’ll be affected by these policies.
September 4, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The so-called Big Beautiful Bill passed this summer, but the damage will be felt for years. @rwjf.org created a chart to help explain what to expect.
Share this in your feed, pin it up in your community, email it to your local government. People must know how they’ll be affected by these policies.
Share this in your feed, pin it up in your community, email it to your local government. People must know how they’ll be affected by these policies.
Thanks for starting the positivity chain, @draveneljoseph.bsky.social
RWJF grantees like @wordinblacknews.bsky.social give me hope because they are telling powerful health equity stories, when doing so isn’t popular or easy.
Passing to @jenniferngandu.bsky.social
RWJF grantees like @wordinblacknews.bsky.social give me hope because they are telling powerful health equity stories, when doing so isn’t popular or easy.
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In the interest of adding some motivation and proof that we can get through this to our feeds, I’m calling on @1mabl.bsky.social to kick off a positivity chain:
Allyn, share one thing that gives you hope in this health equity fight, and then pass it on.
I'll start:
Allyn, share one thing that gives you hope in this health equity fight, and then pass it on.
I'll start:
September 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Thanks for starting the positivity chain, @draveneljoseph.bsky.social
RWJF grantees like @wordinblacknews.bsky.social give me hope because they are telling powerful health equity stories, when doing so isn’t popular or easy.
Passing to @jenniferngandu.bsky.social
RWJF grantees like @wordinblacknews.bsky.social give me hope because they are telling powerful health equity stories, when doing so isn’t popular or easy.
Passing to @jenniferngandu.bsky.social
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Join us at ComNet25 Denver for a Learning Lab from Unify America! Attendees will learn:
- Four ingredients of community building (impact, learning, purpose, & belonging)
- How comms drives those pillars to create & support community building
- The comms role in collaboration
- Four ingredients of community building (impact, learning, purpose, & belonging)
- How comms drives those pillars to create & support community building
- The comms role in collaboration
August 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Join us at ComNet25 Denver for a Learning Lab from Unify America! Attendees will learn:
- Four ingredients of community building (impact, learning, purpose, & belonging)
- How comms drives those pillars to create & support community building
- The comms role in collaboration
- Four ingredients of community building (impact, learning, purpose, & belonging)
- How comms drives those pillars to create & support community building
- The comms role in collaboration
Pushing Dr. Susan Monarez out from CDC will cost lives.
RWJF Statement on the Firing of CDC Director Susan Monarez
Richard Besser, MD makes an official public statement on the ousting of CDC Director Dr. Susan Monarez.
www.rwjf.org
August 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Pushing Dr. Susan Monarez out from CDC will cost lives.
Visited the National Museum of African American History and Culture this past weekend. And this is the first sign you see when starting the timeline of Blacks in America.
Dr. John Hope Franklin was right: "We've got to tell the unvarnished truth."
Dr. John Hope Franklin was right: "We've got to tell the unvarnished truth."
August 25, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Visited the National Museum of African American History and Culture this past weekend. And this is the first sign you see when starting the timeline of Blacks in America.
Dr. John Hope Franklin was right: "We've got to tell the unvarnished truth."
Dr. John Hope Franklin was right: "We've got to tell the unvarnished truth."
So now museums can’t talk about how “bad” slavery was? My thoughts on that.
August 20, 2025 at 8:32 PM
So now museums can’t talk about how “bad” slavery was? My thoughts on that.
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“They’re burning it all down, but they don’t realize they’re going to need the very things they’re burning down.”
Partisanship begets blind hubris. Allyn Brooks-LaSure warns that dismantling public services undermines America’s values, and capacity to address health and environmental challenges.
Partisanship begets blind hubris. Allyn Brooks-LaSure warns that dismantling public services undermines America’s values, and capacity to address health and environmental challenges.
What happened to American generosity?
YouTube video by The Contrarian
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August 11, 2025 at 8:24 PM
“They’re burning it all down, but they don’t realize they’re going to need the very things they’re burning down.”
Partisanship begets blind hubris. Allyn Brooks-LaSure warns that dismantling public services undermines America’s values, and capacity to address health and environmental challenges.
Partisanship begets blind hubris. Allyn Brooks-LaSure warns that dismantling public services undermines America’s values, and capacity to address health and environmental challenges.
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Don’t miss this year’s call for applications for the RWJF Health Policy Fellows program - applications are due November 3.
Share this with your feed and others you think should apply:
www.rwjf.org/en/grants/ac...
Share this with your feed and others you think should apply:
www.rwjf.org/en/grants/ac...
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows
The RWJF Health Policy Fellows program provides the nation’s most comprehensive learning experience at the intersection of health, science, and policy in Washington, D.C.
www.rwjf.org
August 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Don’t miss this year’s call for applications for the RWJF Health Policy Fellows program - applications are due November 3.
Share this with your feed and others you think should apply:
www.rwjf.org/en/grants/ac...
Share this with your feed and others you think should apply:
www.rwjf.org/en/grants/ac...
What is a “constructive description" of the Trail of Tears, Jim Crow, slavery, or the real cause of the Civil War? What is "unifying" language for Japanese internment camps, the KKK, and January 6th?
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White House announces more aggressive review of Smithsonian museums
In a letter to the Smithsonian’s leader, White House officials said they would review exhibition text, curation, exhibition planning and collections starting with eight museums.
wapo.st
August 14, 2025 at 12:34 AM
What is a “constructive description" of the Trail of Tears, Jim Crow, slavery, or the real cause of the Civil War? What is "unifying" language for Japanese internment camps, the KKK, and January 6th?
wapo.st/3UWNQtE
wapo.st/3UWNQtE
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If Venus Williams, a world-renowned athlete with an incredible career, is worried about health insurance, imagine how all the people struggling to make ends meet feel, especially after the administration gutted Medicaid.
www.newsweek.com/venus-willia...
www.newsweek.com/venus-willia...
August 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
If Venus Williams, a world-renowned athlete with an incredible career, is worried about health insurance, imagine how all the people struggling to make ends meet feel, especially after the administration gutted Medicaid.
www.newsweek.com/venus-willia...
www.newsweek.com/venus-willia...
Congress and the Trump administration have once again abandoned the American people. Their decision to slash CPB’s funding will leave American communities less informed, less engaged, less connected, and less safe. It definitely won’t make us great.
www.npr.org/2025/08/01/n...
www.npr.org/2025/08/01/n...
Corporation for Public Broadcasting says it's shutting down
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funnels federal money to public media stations, says it's winding down operations after President Trump signed a law rescinding all funding.
www.npr.org
August 1, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Congress and the Trump administration have once again abandoned the American people. Their decision to slash CPB’s funding will leave American communities less informed, less engaged, less connected, and less safe. It definitely won’t make us great.
www.npr.org/2025/08/01/n...
www.npr.org/2025/08/01/n...
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Data on the dire state of maternal health in the U.S. is not enough. People need solutions.
Thankfully, in Our Own Voice put together a policy agenda for Black Reproductive Justice that points to a path forward.
Please share this with your circle.
blackrj.org/blackrjpolic...
Thankfully, in Our Own Voice put together a policy agenda for Black Reproductive Justice that points to a path forward.
Please share this with your circle.
blackrj.org/blackrjpolic...
Black Reproductive Justice Policy Agenda - In Our Own Voice
blackrj.org
July 31, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Data on the dire state of maternal health in the U.S. is not enough. People need solutions.
Thankfully, in Our Own Voice put together a policy agenda for Black Reproductive Justice that points to a path forward.
Please share this with your circle.
blackrj.org/blackrjpolic...
Thankfully, in Our Own Voice put together a policy agenda for Black Reproductive Justice that points to a path forward.
Please share this with your circle.
blackrj.org/blackrjpolic...
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This is a fascinating look into how far SNAP dollars get people depending on where they live in the U.S.
Spoiler alert - they don’t get people far enough, and this gap will only get worse with the looming SNAP cuts.
Spoiler alert - they don’t get people far enough, and this gap will only get worse with the looming SNAP cuts.
Thread: New #research confirms that #SNAP benefits did not cover the cost of a modestly priced meal in 99% of US counties last year.
Using #data from 2024, Urban’s updated map allows users to explore the gap between the maximum SNAP benefit and the cost of a meal in their county.
Using #data from 2024, Urban’s updated map allows users to explore the gap between the maximum SNAP benefit and the cost of a meal in their county.
Does SNAP Cover the Cost of a Meal in Your County?
Amid inflation, SNAP benefits did not cover the cost of a meal in 99 percent of counties in 2022. Adjustments to SNAP narrowed—but didn’t close—that gap.
www.urban.org
July 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This is a fascinating look into how far SNAP dollars get people depending on where they live in the U.S.
Spoiler alert - they don’t get people far enough, and this gap will only get worse with the looming SNAP cuts.
Spoiler alert - they don’t get people far enough, and this gap will only get worse with the looming SNAP cuts.
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Americans are hitting our limit watching profit be prioritized over people. Our health system hasn’t worked well for a long time, and now we’ve watched it be stripped for parts to pad the one percent’s pockets.
Healthcare is not a luxury; it should be a right. Our system needs to recognize that.
Healthcare is not a luxury; it should be a right. Our system needs to recognize that.
July 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Americans are hitting our limit watching profit be prioritized over people. Our health system hasn’t worked well for a long time, and now we’ve watched it be stripped for parts to pad the one percent’s pockets.
Healthcare is not a luxury; it should be a right. Our system needs to recognize that.
Healthcare is not a luxury; it should be a right. Our system needs to recognize that.
My take on Public Media and Public Health. @contrariannews.org
Public radio has saved lives during floods, fires, and disasters. Allyn Brooks-LaSure explains why cutting its funding in the name of politics endangers communities in times of crisis.
Abandoning Public Media Is a Threat to Public Health
Defunding the Corporation for Public Broadcasting endangers every American community
contrarian.substack.com
July 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
My take on Public Media and Public Health. @contrariannews.org
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Thank you to The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State for your support that enabled two of us from The Jersey Vindicator team to attend the annual Investigative Reporters and Editors conference in New Orleans. We learned so much this week!
June 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Thank you to The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State for your support that enabled two of us from The Jersey Vindicator team to attend the annual Investigative Reporters and Editors conference in New Orleans. We learned so much this week!