Our team is in the process of creating a safe dispersal plan for the inventory we receive in dedicated locations that maintain our low-COVID environment protocols. We are excited to share with you that SOS is working with the Orange County Health Care Agency (OCHCA) on securing COVID-19 vaccine inventory and best plans for the administration of the vaccine. While the pandemic continues to affect all of us, there is light at the end of the tunnel. We fiercely and publicly stand against racism in all forms and are committed to fostering diversity, equity and inclusion in our organization and the communities we are a part of and serve.īecause our collective silence will protect no one.īy Imelda Buncab JanuBlog 0 comments SOS COVID-19 Vaccine Planning To dismantle racist systems, we must learn, unlearn, and lift up and live in communities of equity and love. SOS has a mission that includes being an advocate for systemic change. We are a galvanized collective of community health centers, partners, and people refusing to be silent. We do not tolerate racist and xenophobic language and actions that hurt and harm our targeted community members. These hate crimes exacerbated by anti-Asian rhetoric, blaming Asian people for the pandemic.Īt Share Our Selves Community Health Center (SOS) we are disturbed and saddened by these recent events and prevalence of racist hate against the AAPI community. The most frequently reported hate crimes in Orange County were motivated by the race, ethnicity, and /or national origin of those targeted. In our own Orange County community, 66 hate incidents have been documented in the last year and many more that are unreported. The Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities has tragically seen an increase in targeted hate crimes and racist attacks, most recently are the six victims of Asian ethnicity, murdered in Atlanta. Tomorrow.īy Imelda Buncab MaBlog 0 comments We Stand with the Asian American and Pacific Islander Community We must because of George Floyd and many others before and after him. We leave our imagination of a world without racism into living what that anti-racist world would be like. Through these principles we will continue to work against inequality, systemic injustices, racism, and abuse of power. At Share Our Selves we are committed to equality, systemic change, compassionate and empathetic leadership. His death brought on a reckoning and imperative to practice critical and crucial conversations on the historical and continued racist harm experienced by the black community and an intense examination of our current systems, norms, and bias that perpetuate racism and inequities.Īs part of a national collective of community health centers, our mission is our community. Yesterday marked a year since the murder of George Floyd under the knees of police brutality. “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” – James Baldwin
On the Anniversary of George Floyd’s Death By Imelda Buncab Blog 0 comments Message From Our CEO