Crisis and Care

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Queer Activist Responses to a Global Pandemic

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Crisis and Care examines the intersection of political turmoil and the ensuing demand for compassionate governance. It delves into contemporary challenges, such as social inequalities and global crises, offering insights into how care-driven policies can redefine the political landscape. The authors explore how prioritising humanity and empathy in governance can lead to sustainable, inclusive futures.
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Crisis and Care

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Crisis and Care reveals what is possible when activists mobilise for radical change. Contributors provide a lens for future activists to make change, even or perhaps especially, during periods of crisis.

Crisis and Care presents compelling essays by activists who mobilised during the pandemic to fight for prison abolition, queer health data, sexual health, medicare for all, and more.

Shanker's first book, Bodies and Barriers, received critical acclaim from Library Journal, Book Riot, Philadelphia Gay News, and more.

Rea Carey, author of the foreword, is one of the LGBTQ movement's most respected activists and national leaders.

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Crisis and Care is praised for highlighting the critical and resilient responses of LGBTQ activists during the COVID-19 pandemic. Reviewers commend Adrian Shanker for conveying messages of urgency and drawing parallels to the community's experience with previous crises. This book is celebrated for its focus on how activists rallied together to offer mutual support, portraying a narrative of survival and determination amidst governmental shortcomings.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781629639352

Publisher: PM Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 September 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: PM Press

Contributors:

Foreword by Rea Carey

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 127.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 128

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Education & Reference Non-Fiction Politics & Current Affairs

About the Author

Adrian Shanker is editor of the critically acclaimed anthology Bodies and Barriers: Queer Activists on Health (PM Press) and the executive director of Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center in Allentown, PA. A specialist in LGBT health policy, he has developed leading-edge health promotion campaigns to advance health equity through behavioral, clinical, and policy changes. Adrian serves as Commissioner and health committee co-chair on the Pennsylvania Commission on LGBTQ Affairs. Rea Carey served as the National LGBTQ Task Force's executive director from 2008-2021 and has advanced a vision of freedom for LGBTQ people and their families that is broad, inclusive and progressive. She grounds her work solidly in racial, economic, gender and social justice. This approach to leadership has delivered results as diverse as: winning an LGBT-inclusive federal hate crimes prevention law; defeating multiple state anti-LGBT ballot measures; spotlighting discrimination against transgender people; winning marriage equality; positioning reproductive rights, health and justice solidly as an LGBTQ issue; building stronger support for immigration reform in the LGBTQ movement; and, successfully securing scores of changes in federal agencies to attend to the needs of the LGBTQ community. Carey is a Hunt Alternatives' Prime Movers Fellow and serves on the boards of directors for the Flamboyan Foundation and the Freeman Foundation.