[Once upon a time there was a place where we learned to listen. The Other Front line_voices for social justice].

Abstract

Government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic generated a new wave of social inequalities for communities around the world living in unjust circumstances . Lockdowns and health measures overlooked housing conditions, transitions to virtual schooling, ignoring homes and families without the technological infrastructure and skills to access education, as well as overlooking the availability of an economic remainder. informal employment. The experiences of various communities around the world, from racialized/ethnic communities, homeless, migrants, elderly to young populations, were not reflected in the knowledge that guided the Government's responses; in fact, their experiences were involuntarily silenced . As a result of all this, it was necessary to create alliances with communities that lived in vulnerable conditions and that bore the great burden of the pandemic, to ensure that their voices were included in Public Health policies and practices.