Who We Are
Founded in Oakland, California, the mission of Roots Community Health Center is to uplift those impacted by systemic inequities and poverty. We accomplish this through medical and behavioral health care, health navigation, workforce enterprises, housing, outreach, and advocacy.
Cultivating health and hope through care and empowerment.
Oakland, September 3, 2020 – Roots Community Health Center is proud to announce it has been selected as a 2020 California Nonprofit of the Year by By Senator Nancy Skinner.
Roots Community Health Center is one of over a hundred other nonprofits that will be honored by their state senators and assemblymembers for their tremendous contributions to the communities they serve.
In the News: Our Mobile Care
STOMP; Our Street Team Outreach Medical Program (STOMP), which brings health care and resources to the homeless, was featured in the East Bay Times! STOMP goes to homeless encampments throughout Oakland on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.Full Article
In the News: Our Emancipators Initiative
Roots has a soap-making social enterprise, Clean360, that serves as a training ground for our workforce development initiative, Emancipators. This program was featured in the Oakland Tribune and the East Bay Times!Full Article
We’re Changing the Odds
Roots Community Health Center brings preventive and comprehensive primary care, wraparound services and empowerment programs to residents in and around the “B-Ville” zip code described in this video. We’re changing the odds – advancing health equity for all East OaklandersNews & Events
What’s New in Civic Tech: Grants Power Grassroots Digital Equity
October 7, 2021
Roots’ Very Own – Dr. Aisha Mays, selected to receive the Robert D Sparks Leadership Achievement Award for 2021
October 7, 2021