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The Emancipators Initiative creates opportunity through workforce development and wraparound care. It remains a pillar of hope for those who have been disconnected from the workforce for an extended period of time, have experienced significant barriers to employment, and may not have basic job readiness skills. Members of the program are able to gain work…
Health disparities that stem from differences in socioeconomic status affect our immediate area in unprecedented numbers. For our clients, steps to meaningful employment, upward mobility and enhanced family life are attainable through economic resource assistance. We are able to address these conditions through our Empowerment Center. The Empowerment Center is an integral component of…
The Center’s for Disease Control (CDC) identifies health disparities as inequitable differences directly related to the distribution of political, economic, and environmental resources. An African-American child born into East Oakland is expected to live 15 fewer years than a white child born 3 miles away in the Oakland Hills. Unfortunately, data suggest that similar health…
The reentry population of East Oakland encounters barriers that other members of our community don’t often experience. Regrettably, legal barriers for formerly incarcerated men and women exist in the areas of employment, housing, and transportation. On December 18th and December 21st we offered a platform for our local communities diverse needs by partnering with the…
In 2014, Jessie was accepted to the Roots’ Emancipators Academy. Emancipators receive extensive workforce training through our social enterprise, Clean 360, invaluable mentorship and wrap-around support services. While Jessie was cultivating his skills at the factory, we also helped him navigate barriers he encountered by implementing components that would promote whole health. A year later,…
Cultural competence is defined today as the ability to communicate effectively with patients of different cultures, races and ethnic groups. Nowhere is the understanding of cultural competence more critical today than in the provision of medical care. Racially, ethnically and culturally diverse patients enter various healthcare settings as vulnerable individuals who experience unique circumstances that are not…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 27th, 2016 CONTACT Roots Community Health Y’Lonn Burris (510) 777-1177 Roots Community Health Delivers Smiles to Hundreds of Youth This Holiday Season Hundreds of East Oaklanders attended Roots’ Holiday Toy Giveaway on Saturday, December 24th. Roots Community Health delivered smiles to hundreds of children this holiday season by distributing over 300…
Roots Community Health is Giving 208 Dune Buggies to East Oakland’s Boys & Girls Oakland – Saturday, December 24th between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Roots Community Health will be giving 208 Care Bears and Spiderman Dune Buggies to the children in the community of East Oakland. “During this holiday season, Roots’ focus is on…
Today is Day 2 of Roots’ 10 Days of Whole Health! All year round, our services extend outside our walls with Oakland STOMP (Street Team Outreach Medical Program), Roots’ street medicine program that brings care to the people. We deliver medical care, outreach, benefits enrollment and linkage to services to homeless individuals throughout the city…
Today begins our 10 Days of Whole Health! Each day, we will highlight Roots’ solutions to the barriers facing our community. Our comprehensive whole health approach places care at the center, identifies empowerment as the foundation and empowers individuals to use their agency through navigation.
