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Frontline health workers, racial-justice organizers among TIME’s 2020 Guardians of the Year

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Frontline health workers are risking their lives to help save ours.<br/><br/>“Doctors, nurses, housekeeping, the clerks, we are the closest to your family right now. And we’re going to take care of them&quot; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TIMEPOY?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TIMEPOY</a>&quot; <a href="https://t.co/RdVHIhP88O">pic.twitter.com/RdVHIhP88O</a></p>— TIME (@TIME) <a href="https://twitter.com/TIME/status/1337232691457044486?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2020</a></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script>MANILA — Frontline health workers and racial-justice organizers are among TIME’s 2020 Guardians of the Year, the magazine announced Friday.</p><p>In a tweet, TIME said that the health workers are at forefront of the battle against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) risking their lives.</p><p>“Frontline health workers are risking their lives to help save ours,” it said.</p><p>Together with racial-justice activists, Porche Bennett-Bey and Assa Traoré, were also hailed as TIME&#x27;s Guardians of the Year. </p><p>Bennett-Bey rallied to the streets of the United States calling for justice for the death of Jason Blake, a victim of police shootings in the country.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/08/28/20/un-jacob-blake-shooting-highlights-need-to-eradicate-racism-policing-links">UN: Jacob Blake shooting highlights need to eradicate racism-policing links</a></li></ul><p>Traoré, on the other hand, is an activist from Paris with the same cause. In an article by <a href="https://time.com/guardians-of-the-year-2020-racial-justice-organizers/">TIME</a>, she said that the death of George Floyd “felt like a chilling repeat of history.”</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/10/09/20/sacked-police-officer-charged-with-george-floyd-murder-released-on-bail">Sacked police officer charged with George Floyd murder released on bail</a></li></ul><p>Despite the pandemic, the Black Lives Matter movement has been active in calling for the end of racial discrimination after the said killings.</p><p>Meanwhile, Dr. Anthony Fauci was also named as TIME’s Guardian of the Year as he “led not only the battle against COVID-19 but also the fight for truth—clear, consistent messaging being fundamental to public health” in the United States. </p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CCRZV2Fj6r8?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>Frontline health workers and racial-justice organizers are among TIME’s 2020 Guardians of the Year, the magazine announced Friday.</p>

Frontline health workers and racial-justice organizers are among TIME’s 2020 Guardians of the Year, the magazine announced Friday.