{"id":223,"date":"2023-05-25T19:54:57","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T19:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/?p=223"},"modified":"2023-06-08T19:55:53","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T19:55:53","slug":"op-ed-how-lupus-has-taught-me-to-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/2023\/05\/25\/op-ed-how-lupus-has-taught-me-to-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"Op-ed | How Lupus has taught me to Lead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/lifestyle\/health\/how-lupus-has-taught-me-to-lead\/\">AM NY<\/a> &#8211; I was 17 years old when I was diagnosed with Lupus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was the first time I was hospitalized as a teen, and it was the first time my family had to intimately navigate our City\u2019s healthcare system. We were uninsured and unfamiliar, a reality for so many working-class families and working New Yorkers in our City. Lupus forever changed the course of my life and that of my community\u2019s, paving the way for the woman and leader I\u2019ve become.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, I\u2019m sharing my story as the New York City Council passes\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/legistar.council.nyc.gov\/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=6165383&amp;GUID=5188A637-B8CE-4041-AFFB-2FB8A2750CF6&amp;Options=&amp;Search=\" target=\"_blank\">Resolution 550<\/a>\u00a0to designate May as Lupus Awareness Month and our City begins to lift up the all too-often silent voices of people with Lupus [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/lifestyle\/health\/how-lupus-has-taught-me-to-lead\/\">Read More<\/a>].\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/lifestyle\/health\/how-lupus-has-taught-me-to-lead\/\">AM NY<\/a> &#8211; I was 17 years old when I was diagnosed with Lupus.<\/p>\n<p>It was the first time I was hospitalized as a teen, and it was the first time my family had to intimately navigate our City\u2019s healthcare system. We were uninsured and unfamiliar, a reality for so many working-class families and working New Yorkers in our City.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/2023\/05\/25\/op-ed-how-lupus-has-taught-me-to-lead\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":288,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/288"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shahana-hanif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}