COVID-19’s resurgence is both tragic and disheartening, especially having recently come off a period of steadily declining cases. We’re deep into pandemic fatigue, and with all the news about emerging variants, it’s hard toimagine a time when we will return to normal. But science tells us that normal— or something close to it — is within…
It’s Juneteenth, a celebration of the day in 1865 — more than two years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation — when enslaved people in Texas finally received word that they were free. We have much to celebrate. Finally, our nation is beginning to wake up and acknowledge the historical crimes against the African…
We at Unity Care denounce the attacks against Americans of Asian descent and stand together in full support of our Asian brothers and sisters. The attacks on the Asian community are agonizing. The attacks on older Asians are cowardly and pain me to my core. Racism and discrimination hurt all of us, not just the…
April 22, 2021 Dear George Floyd: Ten months ago, I wrote to you in the midst of our communities’ grief, anger, and hopelessness, praying that your soul would be at rest as the world came to your defense, finally joining together to say, “enough is enough.” Today, there are new words ringing in my ears:…
Here’s what keeps me up at night In March, when the COVID-19 pandemic was still somewhat new, I woke up at 4 a.m. with the realization that we needed to do something to engage and empower the African ancestry community to fight this disease. It seemed like every news outlet in America was talking about…
June 8, 2020 Dear George Floyd: Words cannot express the deep pain in my bones as my heart aches with sorrow for what happened to you at the hands of those who took an oath to protect and serve. I can only pray that your soul is at rest as you sit at the…
In mid-May, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors voted to give a small number of youths transitioning out of foster care a basic income. Under the pilot program, the County will provide approximately 72 eligible current and former foster youths $1,000 per month for one year beginning in June. I am grateful that Santa…
How can we build the future that we want and a community that works for us all if we don’t know each other, our history, and what we are going through today? I believe that we can’t; that’s why I am committed to hearing others’ experiences and sharing my own. In that spirit, I recently…
As we’ve long known, people of color are much more likely to experience homelessness than their White neighbors, and at rates that are disproportionate to their makeup of the general population. Now, a new report on Race & Homelessness by Destination: Home and SPARC (Supporting Partnerships for Anti-Racist Communities) looks at the causes and potential…
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. would have been 91 this month. Today, more than 50 years after King was assassinated, his words — like this thought from his “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” — still ring with truth: “… we must see the need of having nonviolent gadflies to create the kind of tension in…
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