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Coronavirus: How These Disabled Activists Are Taking Matters Into Their Own (Sanitized) Hands

Matthew Green
Mar 17, 2020
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Members of the Disability Justice Culture Club at Stacey Milbern’s house in East Oakland: Jay Salazar (pink shirt), Dana Garza (front), Patrice Strahan (black cap), Charley Bowden (tie dye), and Stacey Milbern (white shirt). (Courtesy of Stacey Milbern)

Stacey Milbern never imagined she’d be making large batches of hand sanitizer in her kitchen.

But over the last week, as the spread of the coronavirus has hit the Bay Area — and the world — Milbern and four other volunteers, all of whom identify as disabled, q**** people of color, have produced nearly 100 anti-coronavirus kits, and are distributing them to people living in Oakland homeless encampments.

Along with the hand sanitizer — which is 90% rubbing alcohol mixed with glycerine and aloe vera — the kits include disinfectant and an emergency vitamin mix, all made from scratch by members of the group in Milbern’s East Oakland home (in consultation with a nurse practitioner), as well as an N95 respirator mask and gloves.

‘Really, what it takes to flatten the curve is collective action and [...]

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