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On the recordJuly 10, 2019
We can't do them alone and so we have to be in partnership with those in our communities and it has to be community driven how these inequities play out.
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Pressley calls for community partnerships to address health inequities effectively.

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