Giving Day: Roots Community Health South Bay Regional Director Alma Burrell discusses how they’re helping the community amid the COVID-19 pandemic. [button href=”https://www.ktvu.com/video/693391” title=”Title” target=”blank” shape= block=”true” info=”popover, tooltip” info_place=”top, right, bottom, left” info_trigger=”hover, click, focus” info_content=”This content will only show up if you have decided to show a popover.”] View Broadcast [/button]
For the Giving Day Drive this week, KTVU is highlighting the work of Roots Community Health, which provides services to those impacted by systemic poverty in the East Bay. CEO Dr. Noha Aboelata joins Mornings on 2 to discuss the organization. [button href=”https://www.ktvu.com/video/693391″ title=”Title” target=”blank” shape= block=”true” info=”popover, tooltip” info_place=”top, right, bottom, left” info_trigger=”hover, click,…
I’ve got a reasonable threshold for pain. Been to funerals and left with dry eyes. But last week I cracked and shed my first few tears of this COVD-19 pandemic. I was reading this article on the science website Elemental about the disproportionate number of African Americans being impacted by the coronavirus, and I just…
Roots Community Health will be opening a new site in East Oakland in Fall 2018. Construction has begun on our ninth site located at 7272 MacArthur Blvd. We are so excited to be expanding our “roots” in East Oakland to provide continually improved service to our community. If you would like to support the…
On Wednesday, May 23rd, Roots Community Health hosted Women’s Health Day in partnership with Sutter Health, Lifesaving Images, Breast Cancer Partner, and Lava Mae to offer lifesaving screenings to our community members. This event was an extension of Roots’ ongoing “Welcome Wednesday” events with a focus on female-centered services. Women were provided with free showers,…
Thank you to everyone who attended Roots’ very first fundraiser, Significant Strides on March 15th! With your help, we raised nearly $10,000 to support new and innovative programs to uplift the East Oakland community. The evening began with drinks and appetizers while attendees mingled and listened to live jazz. After dinner, Roots Navigators and Program…
Roots Community Health is humbled by the outpouring of support we received for our Oakland Homecoming project! Roots launched the Homecoming campaign last November to transform the lives of community members who would otherwise go unrecognized – Oakland’s homeless and unsheltered. Thus far, we have raised $9,195. These funds helped Roots to purchase supplies, and renovate our Oakland Homecoming…
Written by: Kendra Chaikind Roots Community Health is giving formerly incarcerated Californians a fresh start — at home, in the workplace, and for their health. Recognizing that unemployment is extremely harmful to both physical and mental health, Roots launched a social enterprise aimed at providing training and employment opportunities for those who have been disconnected from the workforce….
Roots’ past year’s accomplishments have helped to stabilize our community. Celebrate with us! Enjoy dinner, drinks, and live jazz, as well as an interactive panel of Roots Navigators and Emancipators graduates. Hear their stories, their struggles, and their successes. Listen to firsthand accounts of the work that happens on the ground at Roots. We will…
The first drenching rains of the season, an atmospheric river that came ashore this week, flooded roadways and snarled traffic in the San Francisco Bay Area on Thursday. For one group of residents, the region’s homeless, the rains were more than just an inconvenience. Damp and cold conditions bring influenza and infections to the crowded…
