Save the Date of July 8th! Our 3rd annual Neighborhood Empowerment Day (#NED2017) will be held to celebrate, serve and unite our East Oakland community by offering free, empowering resources and services. The more we come together, the more power we have to make positive change- whether that’s at an individual level, within a family, or across our whole city! …
Roots In The News: “San Jose: New health care clinic for African-Americans opens Monday”
Roots Community Health Center, South Bay was featured in The Mercury News. Read the complete article here.
Roots In The News: San Jose New health care clinic for African-Americans opens Monday
The Roots Community Health Center located at 1898 The Alameda, will be the first primary care service provider in the South Bay aimed at improving the health and well-being of African-Americans. Read here.
Roots In The News: County Study Identifies Health Disparities, Leads to Funding for African American-Focused Clinic
Roots Community Health Center, South Bay, was featured on San Jose Inside in a piece by Tori Truscheit. Read here.
Call to Action: Measure HH
Have you heard about Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf’s new City Budget Proposal? It plans to divert Measure HH funding, the money accrued by the sugar-sweetened beverage tax, to cover gaps within the city’s budget. We are currently working on a project that seeks to educate and organize our community so they are empowered in making healthy beverage choices. Contact A …
Roots Awarded NVHR Grant
On May 1st we were awarded a booster mini-grant from The National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable in Washington, DC. Roots Community Health Center was identified as one of seven organizations that received the $10,000 award to implement a NVHR Hepatitis C (HCV) Project! With this mini-grant, we will build upon our screening and treatment of HCV in East Oakland by documenting …