Doing my graduate studies at NIH has made me realize the value and importance of sustaining an environment in which bold risks can be taken to advance our basic understanding of life and that knowledge can be translated to patient care. Our current administration has burdened this effort both with the repeated layoffs of capable […]
Before starting at the EPA, I was an environmental quality analyst for the State of Michigan’s Dept of Environmental Quality, which later became the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy, for 8 years. I worked directly with drinking water concerns regarding Lead, PFAS, and many other contaminants. I thought working for the EPA was […]
Sarah Boim is a seasoned and passionate health communications expert who was illegally fired just one year after accepting her dream job at the CDC’s National Center for Environmental Health. In response, she co-founded Fired But Fighting, which has since evolved into the National Public Health Coalition, a public health advocacy powerhouse dedicated to fighting […]
My mom has worked for FEMA since 2009, so growing up, the agency always felt like family. My mom’s coworkers let my brother and I literally drag them through the mud as kids, and they took me dress shopping for high school dances when my mom was deployed. I never thought I’d want to work […]
My interest in public service comes from my cerebral palsy. My mother went into labor at 26 weeks, and the main reason I am healthy is because of NIH-funded therapies that prolonged my gestation and allowed my lungs to fully develop. As an adult, I have been fortunate to be able to give back to […]
For all of the pain and destruction inflicted on public services this year, I have been blown away watching everyday people – federal workers, parents, kids, journalists, people from all walks of life – refuse to accept state sponsored cruelty. We are showing this administration they cannot take away our freedom.
I’m Anna a Bethesda declaration signer, illegally fired probationary employee, cofounder and director of 27 uNIHted, and I am a person living with a rare life threatening disease. We started 27 United so folks experiencing RIFs could have a safe landing space. We also knew we had to try to take this opportunity to think […]
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