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The recent passage of health reform legislation has brought with it the promise of unprecedented change in the delivery of care in our country. According to a recent PEW report, once online people can tap into an ever-widening pool of information including blogs, podcasts, doctor-rating sites and social network sites. The internet does not replace health professionals, but provides a way for people to gather and share information in a rapid-learning system that can best be described as "participatory medicine."

Massive cuts to staff and services in this year’s budget -- estimated at $26.5 million -- could put low-income seniors and others on the brink of homelessness and hunger.

“It’s absolutely devastating,” said Tessie Guillermo, President and CEO of ZeroDivide, a city nonprofit focused on economic inequality and technology. Guillermo noted the cuts are almost entirely to “services, which disproportionately serve poor, immigrants and working uninsured.”

Congratulations to Francisco (Frank) Armenta, REACH LA’s own Ovahness Leader, who received the 2009 Courage Award by the Colin Higgins Foundation.