The COVID-19 pandemic changed the way people protested, the issues faced by vulnerable communities, and how people communicated their concerns and needs. This past year, as the COVID-19 pandemic was in full force, we saw protests for Black Lives Matter, uprisings against police violence, and demands for medical attention by people living with long COVID. We saw the rise of new organizations, including Data for Black Lives, which demanded better race data in the pandemic, and we saw old movements reconfigure, including anti-domestic violence advocates, who had to respond to the needs of people trapped in their homes with their abusers, and abortion activists, who demanded access to medication abortion with new urgency. Despite a great deal of activism, very little writing focuses on the many intersections of public health and social movements. This symposium, which is guest edited by Aziza Ahmed, professor of law at University of California, Irvine School of Law, aims to provide a forum to begin this discussion.
