Blue Shield of California Provides $300,000 to Support Youth Development, Social Justice, and Health Equity in Communities of Color
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OAKLAND, Calif., May 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Blue Shield of California today announced $300,000 in community investments to nonprofit organizations that advance the health and well-being of youth and communities of color. The funding supports initiatives focused on youth development, social justice, and health equity.
Twelve organizations – six in the San Francisco Bay Area and six in the Inland Empire region of Southern California – will each receive $25,000 for a range of initiatives, including art programs, mentorship, technology training, housing, and social justice activism.
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OAKLAND, Calif., April 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/
Blue Shield of California today announced that it has provided more than $114 million in direct financial support to
244 healthcare providers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The funds are part of a $200 million Provider Financial Support Program that Blue Shield announced last April.
A nurse from Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System educates agricultural workers about COVID-19 The program has been successful in accomplishing what we intended, said Sandra Clarke, chief financial officer and senior vice president for Blue Shield. It has primarily helped small to mid-sized practices and hospitals in our network to rise above the financial turmoil created by the pandemic and meet their cash-flow needs after most elective care was postponed during stay-at-home orders in early 2020. Our members rely on these organizations and independent healthcare providers to get the care they need, and I m happy Blue Shield
Gen Z Youth Say Climate Change is Adversely Affecting Their Physical and Mental Health in New National Survey by Blue Shield of California
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OAKLAND, Calif., April 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ More than eight out of 10 (83 %) Gen Z youth are concerned about the health of the planet according to the NextGen Climate Survey, released today by Blue Shield of California. A majority of respondents also say their environment affects their physical health (69%) and their mental health (75%).
The survey was conducted in March to help uncover young people s top environmental concerns, how climate change impacts their well-being, and their optimism for the future. The poll included 1,200 respondents, aged 14 to 24, from across the U.S.
“Tradition and culture are really at the core of who we are. It’s how we heal.”
by Claudia Boyd-Barrett
For much of his early adulthood, Mike Duncan, a member of the Round Valley Indian Tribes in Mendocino County, wrestled with unhealthy ideas about masculinity that devalued women and child-rearing. Among Duncan’s chief regrets from that time are how he behaved toward the mother of his oldest children, and the negative example he presented to his kids.
“I was … trying to be right, trying to be masculine, you know, ‘I’m the man, listen to me,’ type of mentality,” says Duncan, speaking during an online workshop on parenting he’s held regularly during the pandemic. “It was all just part of the sickness, the belief system that I grew up with.”
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To Counter Domestic Violence, Some Native Americans Embrace Tradition
Mike Duncan, founder of Native Dads Network, a nonprofit focused on promoting healthy parenting and relationships for Native Americans, is photographed at the Cache Creek Conservancy in Woodland, California. The conservancy is within the ancestral territory of Duncan’s Wintun forebears.
Photos by Martin do Nascimento / Resolve Magazine
“Tradition and culture are really at the core of who we are… It’s how we heal.”
Apr 7, 2021
For much of his early adulthood, Mike Duncan, a member of the Round Valley Indian Tribes in Mendocino County, Sacramento, wrestled with unhealthy ideas about masculinity that devalued women and child-rearing. Among Duncan’s chief regrets from that time are how he behaved toward the mother of his older children, and the negative example he pre