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Part XXVI of “Cancer/Meducak Moonshot Series
Remember Part VII of this series that was published on February 11, 2026? It described “ReVOTElution” as the process of achieving evolutionary change for the better through the peaceful, orderly practice of suffrage. To read again the said article that was entitled, “Perhaps Cancer Groups May Stage a ReVOTElution?” at this link,
It means that voters in various Facebook Cancer (or other Medical) Support Groups, their kin and friends, and supporters may be able to compel many candidates to sign a “Covenant with the People”. Yes, candidates from all political parties running for the U.S. Congress, state governorships, and other local elective positions may be pressured to sign a covenant. A formal, notarized pledge to join a bipartisan effort to enact funding for back-to-basics medical reforms.
It is heartwarming to note that one aspirant for governor of California is focused on universal healthcare (“CalCare”), affordable housing, and aggressive climate action, among other socioeconomic platforms. He is Xavier Becerra, who served as the 25th U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) under President Joe Biden from 2021 to 2025.
It is also worth noting that in 2023, this columnist started a series on saving the 155-year-old Holy Names University (HNU) in Oakland, California. It closed its doors for good on May 15, 2023. The HNU primarily offered courses in nursing and related medical fields. He appealed to the city officials of Oakland, Alameda County, and the state officials of California, including the Office of then-Vice President Kamala Harris (who was raised in the City of Oakland). But his appeals were ignored. They did not act on his suggestion to turn HNU into a cooperative, and they held that saving it as a Public-Private Partnership of a co-op would not violate the separation-of-church-and-state doctrine.
The HNU alumni (many of whom took up nursing and related medical courses there), the faculty members, university workers, kin, and in-laws probably compose a million or more voters in California — after 155 years of operation as an educational institution.
As this column has repeatedly noted, the World Health Organization has predicted a global shortage of 13 million nurses by 2030. Perhaps all candidates for governor of California must include in a requested “Covenant with the People” a pledge to help revive the HNU, preferably as a cooperative. And to aid distressed nursing colleges, especially those that have become landmarks like the HNU, so they can continue to educate American and foreign nursing students.
