Principle #13: Stop punishing other health care providers and staff, public health workers, and researchers by calling police on them, reporting them for disciplinary action, or terminating their employment for their refusal to participate in systems of harm

SUBSECTIONS

Why

Invitation / Action

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Reflection Questions

Reflect

Research

Practice

Imagine

Return to 13 Principles

Why

  1. We recognize that people working in the public health or medical infrastructure, including health care providers and staff, who attempt to act on these principles and refuse to participate in criminalization may face professional risks. 

Invitation / Action

  1. Organize together - refusal to participate in criminalization becomes less risky when done in community

  2. Work to change hospital policies and laws around criminalization that punish staff for refusing to participate in systems of harm

  3. Fundraise and develop defense campaigns for colleagues that are being punished for refusing criminalization

Reflection Questions

Reflect 

  • How do you address conflict with your colleagues? What practices, structures and policies support you in this?

Research

  • Learn about Asmara’s strike against Policing in San Francisco General Hospital?

    • How did she advocate for her patient?

    • What were the consequences?

  • Read a short article on the arrest of nurse Alex Wubbles for resisting criminalization (CW embedded video: Police Rough Handling of Nurse) 

    • How did she advocate for her patient? 

    • What were the consequences?

Practice

  • Attend one of the upcoming BDNH provider workshops around implementing the BDNH principles

  • Connect with other BDNH Signatories as part of the network and discuss how you would support each other if you were criminalized for interrupting criminalization

Imagine