Category: Activism

  • Trumpcare will kill us.

    Trumpcare will kill us.

    Hannah Facknitz gave these comments at the vigil for healthcare reform in front of the courthouse on June 28, 2017. The event was hosted by Brent Finnegan who is running for the House of Delegates in the 26th District. You can learn more about the vigil and hear Hannah and…

  • When the Care You Need is Illegal

    When the Care You Need is Illegal

    At the end of May, Buzzfeed Health shared this video about Kelsey’s search for and experience with medical marijuana for coping with her trigeminal neuralgia. I have a neuropathy condition similar to TN that is unresponsive to medication and requires monthly (and extremely painful) nerve blocks, and even those don’t…

  • The Coming Storm

    The Coming Storm

    The first thing I thought when I woke up on November 9th was that I may not survive his presidency. I wanted to tell myself I was overreacting or caught up in the emotion of this loss, but I couldn’t. I knew that Donald Trump may kill me, and very…