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A collective committed to fighting the structural causes of #tuberculosis (TB). TBFighters lead by following and act with compassion! #TimeFor5 TBFighters.org
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A recurring theme we see in The Black Angels is nurses, especially black nurses, not being allowed to speak their minds, even when it was in the best interest of their patients. #TBReaders
THE BLACK ANGELS: CHAPTER 6 Discussion Question. What role can empowered nurses play in a patient's care when they are allowed to share their expertise and observations? TBFIGHTERS.ORG/BOOK-CLUB
November 17, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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The #TBHillDay 2026 application has been open for less than a week, and already ONE HUNDRED people have signed up! Now's your chance to join @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social and a couple hundred of your closest #Tuberculosis fighting friends in Washington DC to fight worldsuck! tbfighters.org/hill-...
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November 15, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Chapter 4 of The Black Angels accounts how poverty and overcrowding led to higher rates of disease and death in the Black neighborhoods of Harlem. How are these the result of human choices and human-built systems? #TBReaders
"Soon she learned which diseases ran rampant...: pneumonia and heart disease, caused by poverty that led to poor nutrition; and venereal disease... which struck Harlemites at twice the rate they struck white people. Tuberculosis was everywhere... killing Black residents at almost triple the rate of whites." -The Black Angels, Maria Smilios
November 13, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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Thinking about attending #TBHillDay 2026? Join us this Sunday at 3 ET/12 PT for a kickoff stream! @PIH.org's Rosie Poling will explain what's going on in the advocacy world and why you should come to Hill Day. Plus, ask questions and get hyped with fellow TB haters! georgetown.zoom.us/j...
A cutout photo of Rosie Poling shaking someone's hand. The TB Hill Day logo is in the top corner. Text reads "TB HILL DAY 2026 KICKOFF STREAM! With PIH's Rosie Poling Sunday, Nov 16 @ 3 ET/12PT"
November 12, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Get ready TB Haters: the #TBHillDay 2026 application is open now! In 2025, over two hundred TB survivors, experts, and advocates traveled to Washington DC to advocate for #Tuberculosis funding. Join us March 2-3, 2026 to do it again: tbfighters.org/hill-day
A calendar with text "TB Hill Day 2026: Next year's application is open now!"
November 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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"Black nurses could work only in Black hospitals, and in the late 1920s, America registered 210 Black hospitals, compared with 6,807 white ones." With disparities this dramatic, it's no wonder many had doubts about hospitals, but dedicated advocates like Edna show how to meet people where they're at
The nation that drew lines around water fountains and waiting rooms, buses, schools, museums, bathrooms, and sidewalks had also extended them to hospital wards. -The Black Angels, Maria Smilios
November 7, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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The beginning of The Black Angels introduces us to the story and accomplishments of the African American nurses at Sea View Hospital on Staten Island. For decades, much of their story was preserved by word of mouth, not archived or written about. #TBReaders
THE BLACK ANGELS: INTRO. Discussion Question. How can we ensure heroic deeds accomplished by members of marginalized communities are remembered today? tbfighters.org/book-club/
November 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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The process of finding a TB treatment regimen that works can be a difficult ordeal. Masla's poem Letter From My Left Arm was a "way of accounting [her] efforts to death." Watch the whole #TBReaders livestream here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xx1...
#Tuberculosis #Poetry
November 2, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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#TBReaders Book Club had an amazing time reading The Underdream by Aiyana Masla. Want to be a part of our next read? Join our Book Club discord server here: tbfighter.link/tbrea...

Shoutout to AngienessNotFound for the picture!
A tiny skeleton with a bloody handkerchief in one hand climbing on top of Everything Is Tuberculosis. Text on the image reads "Everything? Still!?"
October 31, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Our next book club read is the most requested title since we started #TBReaders ! Get hyped for Maria Smilios' The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis. Order it now or request it at your local library: tbfighters.org/book-...
THE BLACK ANGELS By Maria Smilios "New York City, 1929. A sanatorium, a deadly disease, and a dire nursing shortage. This remarkable true story follows the Black southern nurses who risked their lives working under appalling conditions, helping find the cure for TB and playing a major role in desegregating the NYC hospital system. Learn the erased history of these extraordinary women and celebrate their legacy." Reading period from Nov 1st - Jan 31st
October 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Have a question for @pih.org's Dr. Carole Mitnick? Now's your chance to ask! She joins us tomorrow to talk about post-TB lung disease at our second ever TB Ed Talk. Learn more & submit questions: tbfighters.org/tb-ed...
#TBSky #MedSky
TB Ed Talks. LIBRE-Post TB: A Pilot Intervention to Address Post-TB Lung Disease with Dr. Carole Mitnick Of Harvard Medical School, Partners In Health, and Brigham & Women's Hospital. Live presentation on YouTube followed by a Q&A. Monday, October 27th 8pm ET/5pm PT. Pre-submit questions at the link in the description
October 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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You don't have to travel the globe to find economic injustice, "it is wherever we are." Luckily, so are the tools to fight injustice!

Join us Monday, Oct 27 for our next TB Ed Talk with @pih.org's Carole Mitnick about post-TB lung disease: tbfighters.org/tb-ed-talks

#EconomicJustice #LungDisease
October 25, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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True or false: Completing TB treatment is the end of a patient's journey?
For up to 60% of people, the answer is false! Next week, join us for our second TB Ed Talk with @PIH.org's Dr. Carole Mitnick to learn about post-TB lung disease! Learn more & submit questions: tbfighters.org/tb-ed...
#TBSky
A introduction to Dr. Mitnick's TB Ed Talk and her headshot. "TB Ed Talks LIBRE-Post TB: A Pilot Intervention to Address Post-TB Lung Disease. with Dr. Carole Mitnick Of Harvard Medical School, Partners In Health, and Brigham & Women's Hospital. Live presentation on YouTube followed by a Q&A. Monday, October 27th 8pm ET/5pm PT. Pre-submit questions at the link in the description"
October 21, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Our live Q&A with Aiyana Masla is almost here! Join us Tuesday at 4 pm ET/1 pm PT to get YOUR questions about The Underdream answered by the poet herself! Don't forget to vote for your favorite questions in the #TBReaders discord!
Learn more here: tbfighters.org/book-...

#TBSky #Poetry
Author Aiyana Masla next to her book of poetry The Underdream. "TBREADERS Q&A WITH AIYANA MASLA OCTOBER 21ST, 4PM ET/1PM PT"
October 19, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Poems like “Greywater” describe difficult parts of illness, but end with a sense of gratitude. How do you try to nurture gratitude without denying difficult emotions? #TBReaders
Greywater (excerpt) is it strange to thank this sickness? Repatterned, returned, renewed & therefore, a life. -The Underdream, Aiyana Masla
October 15, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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Private philanthropy isn't the way to fix the global health crisis. We need to address the root causes of the problem, including #EconomicInjustice, that allow TB and diseases like it to spread!

Join us for our next TB Ed Talk with Dr. Carole Mitnick in two weeks! tbfighters.org/tb-ed-talks
October 13, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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In two weeks, #TBReaders will host a live Q&A with author, artist, and TB survivor Aiyana Masla about The Underdream. Her poetry collection expertly paints the despair of chronic illness with a tiny thread of joy woven through.
Learn more here: tbfighters.org/book-...

#TBSky #Poetry
Author Aiyana Masla next to her book of poetry The Underdream. "TBREADERS Q&A WITH AIYANA MASLA OCTOBER 21ST, 4PM ET/1PM PT"
October 10, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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Everyone can do their part in the fight to #EndTB ! Regularly contacting your government about the importance of #Tuberculosis and TB funding can go a long way

US: act.pih.org/pepfar-a...
Canada: pihcanada.org/LeadOn...
UK: results.org.uk/news/...
Australia: www.results.org.au/w...
In the style of the "Keep Calm and Carry On" poster but Pizza John's face is at the top. "Keep Calm and Carry On Defending Global Health"
October 7, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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In poems like "Clinic", Masla gives readers a sensory description of her experience in medical offices. What thoughts or feelings does The Underdream evoke putting the reader in her shoes? #TBReaders
"Clinic (excerpt) Hushed careful voices, the metal sound of the scale, whisper - mutter (the way people talk when they only half-want you not to hear), voices clip board stiff, & tense, she's still too thin -- while outside, June. Robust, pulsing. -The Underdream, Aiyana Masla"
October 4, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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One week ago, TB advocates from across Canada gathered at the Centennial Flame on Parliament Hill with one message: yes we can #EndTB! You can still tell your MP Canada needs to #LeadOnTB at this link: pihcanada.org/LeadOnTB-on-...
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October 2, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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For up to 60% of people cured of TB, treatment isn't the end of the journey. That's why we're thrilled to have @PIH.org's Dr. Carole Mitnick join us for a TB Ed Talk about post-TB lung disease and the pilot intervention she's part of! Learn more and submit questions here: tbfighters.org/tb-ed...
A introduction to Dr. Mitnick's TB Ed Talk and her headshot. "TB Ed Talks LIBRE-Post TB: A Pilot Intervention to Address Post-TB Lung Disease. with Dr. Carole Mitnick Of Harvard Medical School, Partners In Health, and Brigham & Women's Hospital. Live presentation on YouTube followed by a Q&A. Monday, October 27th 8pm ET/5pm PT. Pre-submit questions at the link in the description"
October 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Happy #Pizzamas ! During this celebration of pizza and charitable e-commerce, let's make sure that global aid is getting its fair share of the funding pie. Take action below:

US: act.pih.org/pepfar-a...
Canada: pihcanada.org/LeadOn...
UK: results.org.uk/news/...
Australia: www.results.org.au/w...
A large image of Pizza John and the text "PIZZA JOHN WANTS YOU TO RESCUE GLOBAL HEALTH FUNDS"
September 30, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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It's a rainy day on Parliament Hill but that isn't stopping our TB advocates in the fight for Canada to #LeadOnTB ! Nearly one hundred advocates are meeting with MPs and Senators today, and you can support the fight to #EndTB too by sending a message to your MP now! pihcanada.org/tell-c...
A TB advocate explaining the significance of the design on a fan to an MP A group of TB advocates and Honorable Senator Dr. Mohamed- Iqbal Ravalia posing for a picture in front of large wooden doors A TB advocate standing in the rain with a blazer over her head, looming very wet but smiling
September 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Welcome to Ottawa, TB haters! In person training for #LeadOnTB Hill Day is happening now, and we're so excited to bring our advocacy to Parliament Hill tomorrow!
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September 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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We're just one week away from our very first TB Ed Talk! Submit your questions for Chloe here: tbfighters.org/tb-ed...

#TBSky #MedSky #HealthJustice
An announcement for TB Ed Talks with an image of the first speaker. "TB Ed Talks. Ending TB with Economic Justice with Chloe Dahleen. Economic Justice Advocacy Specialist at Partners in Health. Live presentation on YouTube followed by a Q&A. Tuesday, September 30th 8pm ET/5pm PT. Pre-submit questions at the link in the description."
September 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM