The Color of Care ACTION LIST FOR ACTIVIST The Color of Care ACTION LIST FOR ACTIVIST The Color of Care ACTION LIST FOR ACTIVIST The Color of Care ACTION LIST FOR ACTIVIST The Color of Care ACTION LIST FOR ACTIVIST The Color of Care ACTION LIST FOR ACTIVIST The Color of Care ACTION LIST FOR ACTIVIST The Color of Care ACTION LIST FOR ACTIVIST The Color of Care ACTION LIST FOR ACTIVIST
The Color of Care Action list for activist The Color of Care Action list for activist The Color of Care Action list for activist
SHOWING ACTIONS FOR
ACTIVIST
- Share the work you are doing, or the work your organization is doing, to help address and eliminate racial inequities in U.S. healthcare on social with #TheColorOfCare
- Add your name in support of Caring Across Generations, part of the American Jobs Plan by the Biden Administration that includes an ask for $400 billion for Home and Community-Based Services. The program was created to combat insufficient care programs created with people of color–and particularly women of color–in mind.
- BLKHLTH is an organization that engages the public and health professionals on the impact of racism on Black health—then equips them to do something about it. They offer content, workshops, and events that create space for education and action. See how you can get involved.
- Connect with national and localized policymakers to create legislation addressing racial disparities in healthcare. For instance, the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act (2020), backed by Vice President Kamala Harris.
- White Coats For Black Lives seeks to dismantle racism and accompanying systems of oppression in health, while simultaneously cultivating means for collective liberation that center the needs, priorities, and self-determination of Black people and other people of color. See if your local healthcare clinic or hospital has a chapter that you can support.
- Take the Racial Equity Pledge to ensure that you and your business are accountable for their role in promoting equality.
- Spread the word about Health In Her Hue – a digital platform connecting Black women and women of color to culturally competent healthcare providers, health content, and community.
- Dr. Amanda Calhoun seeks to expose and eradicate racism in the medical system using a direct and heartfelt approach. Her anti-racism work spans writing anti-racism curriculum, standing up for her patients in real-time, public speaking, research, and writing. She believes that all doctors should be activists, and that social justice should be integrated with medical education. Read and share Dr. Amanda Calhoun’s publications.
- The U.S. government has made free at-home COVID-19 tests available for every household. Request your tests and find more info here.
- The Neighborhood Resilience Project is a framework that establishes and promotes resilient healing and healthy communities so that people can be healthy enough to sustain opportunity and realize their potential. Learn how to get involved or start a chapter in your community here.
- Read and share this article on Confronting Racism in Healthcare by the Commonwealth Fund.
- Read and share this article by The Atlantic about 5 Ways the Health-Care System Can Stop Amplifying Racism