SEIU Launches the Healthcare Equality Project

On March 24, 2009, CIR leaders joined labor groups, community organizations, health advocates, civil rights groups, social justice advocates, and faith networks at an event in Washington, D.C. to launch the Health Care Equality Project. The Project is a national partnership between nationwide and community-based organizations, faith networks, students, parents and individuals working to achieve comprehensive health care reform that will eliminate  healthcare disparities once and for all.

CIR President Dr. Toni Lewis and Executive Vice President Dr. Nailah Thompson were joined by Reps. Donna Christianson and Eleanor Norton Holmes, Dr.Warren Jones of the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease,Dr.Meredith Josephs of La Clinica del Pueblo, as well as other prominent voices across the spectrum of reform.

The goal of the project is to end the systemic health care inequalities that affect African Americans, Latinos, Asian and Pacific Islanders and Native Americans. Even among the insured, glaring disparities exist between these communities and their white counterparts in the access to and quality of care for many chronic diseases and preventable illnesses.

To learn more about the Healthcare Equality Project and to see a video of the kick-off event, visit this site.