Month: June 2020

“As part of the the Council of Young Physicians, we are worried about the public health being endangered every day due to the “public charge” perception that has been hitting our community. We need to be united in these hard moments to improve health outcomes with commonsense policies that would benefit public health.”

Read more from Class of 2019’s Ricardo Correa Marquez and his fellow physicians via Newswire: https://www.newswire.com/news/ending-the-pandemic-threat-the-implications-of-public-charge-21166657

During this COVID-19 pandemic, systemic racism has been brought to the forefront in many aspects of society. Recently, Class of 2019’s Dr. Tracey Henry wrote for the Atlanta Journal Constitution on this topic. Read more: https://www.ajc.com/news/opinion/opinion-learn-from-pandemics-covid-and-racism/C9CcZGKVROVHxVtNmHNFNO/

“Survivors and their children will long carry the scars of this pandemic, of quarantine, and of the disparities it has highlighted.  It’s up to all of us to help them.” – Class of 2017’s Lucy Lang.

Read more from Lucy via AMNY: https://www.amny.com/opinion/op-ed-trapped-a-surge-in-domestic-violence-amid-covid-19-exposes-dangerous-gaps-in-justice-system/?fbclid=IwAR30KmAKmJ-yylJWSxa5-ryDd6vCtZas6dBlwklreFi_C3a7zvgquCFXtVA

Recently, Dallas Doing Good spotlighted Class of 2019’s Jamila Thomas. Read more: https://www.dallasdoinggood.com/doing-good/jamila-thomas-the-impact-of-history-education-and-mentoring?fbclid=IwAR2pAkHs_nwDxeO6U7R5aVZ93zAv5wlU-5j1FT8XyLxBwXs6xhDiZNkiYwI

Born of fire, America burns again. But America has always burned; survival requires a clear reflection. Read more from Class of 2018’s Chequan Lews in the Dallas Morning News: https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2020/06/07/we-ask-if-people-are-for-or-against-the-riots-while-suffocating-the-real-question-why-are-we-burning/?fbclid=IwAR2JidZJ0dO-37zbKHIO2zRb8k-kRKPDfvACINcTfTcWbaC3omPNzKtQurk

“Putting this weekend in perspective, we see violence in every juncture of major social change. What will we do with what that tells us?”

Read more from Class of 2019’s Byron Sanders in D Magazine: https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2020/06/dallas-and-americas-history-of-violence/

Class of 2018’s Asha Varghese recently spoke to Women to Watch with Sue Rocco about her role as President of the Caterpillar Foundation and how PLS helped her become the leader she wanted to be.

Listen now: https://women2watch.net/asha-varghese/

For so many young people, real barriers exist, ones neither of their creation nor justified in a land of presupposed opportunity. Read more from Class of 2019’s Byron Sanders in the Dallas Morning News.

https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2019/12/13/dallas-cannot-achieve-equity-until-we-face-the-truth/