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Don't Call The Police! What Will People Say? | Best Indian American Magazine | San Jose CA


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In traditional South Asian families, women trapped in abusive situations don’t leave for fear of  societal scorn.
“What will people say?”
Our social structure, based on arranged marriages and multi-generational households, regard family as sacrosanct – staying intact is prioritized over individual wellbeing.
“Culturally in the AAPI community, …victims may be encouraged to stay in their situations for their families, for their communities, for the larger family,” said Monica Khant, at an April 23  EMS briefing on domestic violence (DV).
Khant worked for years with DV clients as an immigration lawyer before joining Asian Pacific Institute of Gender-based Violence (
API-GBV) as its Executive Director. ....

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Alabama House Bill 108 aimed at creating advisory board for Jefferson Co. Health Department


Updated: 9:43 AM CST Mar 4, 2021
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RIGHT NOW. The Reporter: HOUSE BILL 108 SAYS SPONSOR DAVID WHEELER WOULD CREATE A NINE-MEMBER DIVERSE CITIZENS BOARD TO ADVISE DR. MARK WILSON OR WHOEVER IS AT THE HELM. THE INTENT IT SO OFFER PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE THE COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER ISSUES, ORDERS OR DIRECTS. The Reporter: WHEELER SAYS HE S NOT HAPPY WITH UNILATERAL DECISION THAT IS WERE MADE DURING THE PANDEMIC, BY THE JEFFCO HELD DEPARTMENT. THESE PEOPLE DON T WANT ANY OVERSIGHT, YOU NOW, THEY WANT TO RUN THINGS AS AUTHORITARIAN AS THEY CAN. THE REPORTER: MR. WHEELER HAS GENERALLY PRAISED DR. WILSON FOR HIS EFFORTS DURING THE PANDEMIC. THIS IS NOT A PERSONAL THING BETWEEN HE AND I. I VE GOT CONSTITUENTS THOUGH, THAT HAVE LOST THEIR BUSINESSES, OR HAD THEIR BUSINESSES SIGNIFICANTLY HARMED BY THESE HEALTH ORDERS. The Reporter: FORMER VESTAVIA BOARD OF EDUCATION PRESIDENT DAVID POWELL SUPPORTS THE ADVISORY BOARD. I THI ....

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Opioid crisis a high concern during Coronavirus pandemic as overdose deaths rise


Updated: 2:17 PM CST Feb 25, 2021
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ALABAMA HEALTH EMERGENCY EVEN WORSE. JEFF: REMEMBER THE OPIOID CRISIS? IT’S STILL HERE AND HAS ACTUALLY DEEPENED SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN. IN JEFFERSON COUNTY THERE WAS A MEANINGFUL AND SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF DRUG OVERDOSE DEATHS IN 2020 COMPARED TO 2019. JEFF: DR. STEFAN KERTESZ, A UAB SPECIALIST WHO’S SPENT HIS LIFE TRYING TO PREVENT THESE TRAGEDIES, SAYS ACROSS ALABAMA AND THE NATION THE OVERDOSE DEATHS HAVE RISEN. JEFF: IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, A JUMP OF NEARLY 30%, FROM 236 IN 2019 TO 291 IN 2020. THE DEATHS FROM OPIOIDS ARE COMING LESS FROM PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AND MORE AND MORE FROM ILLICIT FENTANYL SMUGGLED IN FROM PLACES LIKE CHINA DURING THE PANDEMIC. THAT LED TO US HAVING MUCH DANGEROUS DRUGS OUT THERE IN OUR LOCAL MARKET. THERE’S A CHEAPER AND MORE LETHAL PRODUCT AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE THROES OF ADDICTION. JEFF: AND WITH SO MANY PLACES S ....

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