When I was in college digital clocks were still pretty new. We thought 11:11 was a cool time. So, we used it as an excuse to leave our desks and take a quick loud study break. It was a fun stress reliever with sudden loud music and dancing in the hall–accented with a lot of laughter. It went on for only 5 minutes and then we went back to our desks. Over the years of working on Hope & A Future’s business plan and studying the many roadblocks we needed to overcome, I often noticed I was pushing save...
Karin Krause reflects on current issues of racism and ageism and how they tie into her vision for a new model in healthcare. Systemic Racism is real. If you are white and grew up in the United States like I did, learning about the policies that were designed to keep people of color poor was not part of our education. But the policies were real and they affected generations of people of color and their effects are still with us today. If you are not an American Indian by heritage, at some point your ancestors came to this country as immigrants. ...