Plum Health Office Vandalized, but we will continue to serve
Plum Health Office Vandalized
Saturday, our medical office was vandalized by a man with a can of spray paint.
This is an unfortunate event, but it doesn’t define who we are. We are a family medicine practice and we believe that health care should be affordable and accessible. We exist to actively lower the cost of healthcare for our neighbors in Detroit and beyond. We are successful because we’ve met an unmet need in the community and we’ve been embraced by people in the community.
In response to seeing the vandalism on Twitter, I replied in a tweet: “While we respect your right to protest, and we agree with the reasons why you’re protesting, please don’t vandalize the office where we lower the cost of healthcare for Detroit residents #PlumHealth.”
On Sunday, we’ll wash off the graffiti and on Monday we’ll continue to see our patients and continue to serve our community. Paint washes off easily, but the journey to justice in our country and the healing of racial injustices will take more intentionality and sustained effort.
Thanks for reading, and have a wonderful day.
-Paul Thomas, MD
P.S. Some people have reached out and asked how they can help. Here’s a few ways:
work towards making our community better, safer, and kinder. There are so many Detroit-based non-profits and groups that you can volunteer with or donate to, and many of them have been devastated by the Coronavirus. Here’s a few of my favorites:
Grace in Action - a network of youth-run collectives and worker-owned cooperatives rooted in Southwest Detroit
the Downtown Boxing Gym - providing Detroit youth with educational and physical activities (I volunteered with them as a ring-side Doctor)
the Detroit Historical Society (they did a fantastic exhibition on Detriot ‘67)
Eii (equitable Internet Initiaitve of Southwest Detroit address digital justice), a smaller initiative, is working hyper locally to address the gap in access to information
join the protests and ensure that they remain non-violent and non-destructive.
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