A huge win!
For over a year now, I’ve been part of Free the Vaccine for COVID-19, which works to ensure that COVID-19 testing, treatments, and vaccines are safe, affordable, and available to all. It’s a creative activism campaign co-run by my fave nonprofit (and fave employer) the Center for Artistic Activism.
Recently we’ve been trying to get intellectual property agreements for COVID vaccines waived so that more countries can develop them—and last week, the Biden administration came out in support! And then many, many other countries did, too.
I was in DC when the announcement came, along with beloved members of Free the Vaccine (who I got to meet in person for the first time!). We were at a rally pushing the Biden administration to make such an announcement. And because we’re a creative campaign, the rally was filled with lots of creative things. Like Care Bears.
Why? Because we wanted pharma corporations to share their vaccines with the world—because sharing is caring—and that’s a classic idea from the Care Bears. So why not dress up as Care Bears, hold a huge banner, and dance around on the National Mall? I was the blue one (evidently Bedtime Bear, but there was very little sleep that day…).
It all made for an image that was impossible to look away from. And the press agreed.
It was an incredible day, mixing my art and activism passions to get exactly what we wanted—which will help the world end the pandemic and save countless lives!
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