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Taking Responsibility The Four #Chicago Doctors Who Wrote the Cheque Instead of the ReportšŸ–¤šŸ”„šŸ¤ŽāœØ ā€œDon’t apply for inclusion in a broken house. Build your own — and plant it where it’s needed.ā€ Four Black doctors saw the gap. They didn’t write a report. They wrote a cheque. They didn’t apply for inclusion. They built their own clinic — and planted it where it was needed most. Stop waiting for someone else to fix it. You have the expertise. Close the gap. The Story: Four Black Doctors. One Gap. No Permission. Chicago. A neighbourhood bleeding. No clinic. No access. No one coming. Most people saw the gap and wrote a report. Four Black doctors saw the gap and wrote a cheque. They didn’t wait for a grant. Didn’t beg for ašŸ’ŗat someone else’s hospital board. Didn’t outsource the pain to ā€œthe system.ā€ They took responsibility. They pooled their money. Bought the building. Hired the staff. Opened the doors. Not just healthcare. Community ownership. They didn’t ask, ā€œWhen will they fix this?ā€ They asked, ā€œWhat if we fix this?ā€ The Attenborough Principle in Scrubs: Sir David spent 7 decades showing us the world. These doctors spentšŸ•°ļøhealing their corner of it. Same playbook. Different jungle. @AttenboroughFan What They Really Built: Not Inclusion — Ownership They didn’t apply to join someone else’s institution. They built their own from the ground up and planted it where it was needed most. Inclusion asks for a chair. Ownership builds the table. Not Charity — Capacity This wasn’t a pop-up clinic for photo ops. This was infrastructure. Payroll. Medical records. Sustained presence. Not Complaint — Competence They had the expertise. MD after their names. So they used it. The gap met their gift. They didn’t outsource responsibility because they were tired. They insourced it because they were qualified. Not Elsewhere — Here They didn’t build in the suburbs and bus people in. They built in the community that needed it most. The Microwave Lie They Killed: ā€œSomeone should do something.ā€ Microwave mentality waits for rescue. Oven mentality writes the cheque. Dangote didn’t wait for NigeriašŸ‡³šŸ‡¬to refine. He built a refinery. TCN didn’t wait for lightšŸ’”. They commissioned 82 transformers. These4ļøāƒ£doctors🄼didn’t wait for healthcare. They became it. @AlikoDangote @ Don’t die with your expertise unused. The gap is the invitation. Your gift is the answer. Will you write the report, or will you write the cheque? What gap exists in your neighbourhood right now that you have the expertise to close, if you stopped waiting for someone else to close it? šŸ„Healthcare? šŸ«Education? šŸ¦Finance? šŸ‘©šŸ¾ā€šŸ’¼Business? šŸ’”Energy? #NigeriaMagazine #TakingResponsibility #WriteTheCheque #CommunityOwnership #BlackExcellence #BuildDontBeg #TradeNotAid #GapClosers #OwnTheSolution #NoMoreReports #WeBuiltThis #BlackDoctors #CommunityHealth #OwnershipMatters #InstitutionBuilders #FromTheGroundUp #PlantedInCommunity #BlackProfessionals linkedin.com/posts/esosa-aih…
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Replying to @TheStarPhoenix
Devastating!! This is a life-saving space. #911 #emergencyfunding #writethecheque @SKGov
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Change the narrative and increase the percentage of women being Partners in VCs #WriteTheCheque @catmhernandez at @HowShe_Works
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Replying to @Pontaragrain
That’s what most boyup brook farmers would do. #sparechange #writethecheque
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Busy day but weaning is done for 2017. Calves came in at 655 after a 4% shrink which is nice on April 15th born calves. #writethecheque #Payday
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From today's meeting, calls to the powers that are sitting on their hands: #yousuck #doyourjob #writethecheque #signtheapproval #passthebill
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#writethecheque was probably our #whitealbum from back in the day. #gonnawriteaclassic
@BlueJays Well Done Kids! Thanks. #Bautista just tell the suits to #WriteTheCheque Get the Sharpie Out and add some zeros! #RogersSucks
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When Jose #Bautista sits down too negotiate his contract he should just sit there & say #WriteTheCheque Ted Jr. Don't waste my time bitch!
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Interested in signing up 2 take part in The Big Match & @TheBigMatchKidz 27th June @FarnboroughFC? #writethecheque
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