A wonderful rendering of the phrase “solidarity not charity.” Glad you brought in love/compassion at the end. It expands the heart. So necessary for carrying out our duty to promote public health.
This is a great article and offers a fantastic argument for communicating the value of public health. However, this only works in the context of a democratic regime. It does not work in the context of authoritarian regimes where public health policy operates very differently. To the extent that the current administration takes the country in an authoritarian direction, the article seems to be a strategy for the last battle, not the current one.
Nevertheless, I agree wholeheartedly that communicating public health in the context of ethics and morality, as a social duty, does point a way forward. It also takes us back to the roots of public health, which stretches back to the progressive era that sought to address social conditions during the first Gilded Age.
Additionally, it is important to communicate a better vision of the world, a vision of a good society that drives a passion to commit to a social duty. MLK's concept of the beloved community gets close to this vision. However, new leadership needs to arise to communicate and disseminate a vision updated to the 21st century using modern communication messaging and technology.
Powerful framing of a central challenge. I met you when you visited the Colorado School of Public Health in 2019, read your book "Well" and bought lots of copies for friends. Thank you for your continuing leadership.
Compellingly written! Hopefully this will ideally find its way to a place in the Overton Window among those who have lost hope and trust in traditional voices.
A wonderful rendering of the phrase “solidarity not charity.” Glad you brought in love/compassion at the end. It expands the heart. So necessary for carrying out our duty to promote public health.
This is a great article and offers a fantastic argument for communicating the value of public health. However, this only works in the context of a democratic regime. It does not work in the context of authoritarian regimes where public health policy operates very differently. To the extent that the current administration takes the country in an authoritarian direction, the article seems to be a strategy for the last battle, not the current one.
Nevertheless, I agree wholeheartedly that communicating public health in the context of ethics and morality, as a social duty, does point a way forward. It also takes us back to the roots of public health, which stretches back to the progressive era that sought to address social conditions during the first Gilded Age.
Additionally, it is important to communicate a better vision of the world, a vision of a good society that drives a passion to commit to a social duty. MLK's concept of the beloved community gets close to this vision. However, new leadership needs to arise to communicate and disseminate a vision updated to the 21st century using modern communication messaging and technology.
Powerful framing of a central challenge. I met you when you visited the Colorado School of Public Health in 2019, read your book "Well" and bought lots of copies for friends. Thank you for your continuing leadership.
Compellingly written! Hopefully this will ideally find its way to a place in the Overton Window among those who have lost hope and trust in traditional voices.