Message From Our CEO

On the Anniversary of George Floyd’s Death

“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” – James Baldwin

Yesterday marked a year since the murder of George Floyd under the knees of police brutality.

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.

As part of a national collective of community health centers, our mission is our community. At Share Our Selves we are committed to equality, systemic change, compassionate and empathetic leadership. Through these principles we will continue to work against inequality, systemic injustices, racism, and abuse of power.

We leave our imagination of a world without racism into living what that anti-racist world would be like. It begins with you, me, all of us. We must because of George Floyd and many others before and after him. Black Live Matter. Yesterday. Today. Tomorrow.

Sincerely,

Christy Ward

Chief Executive Officer