ABOUT US
OUR MISSION
To improve safety, health outcomes and well-being in our environments by uplifting community members as leaders and working together to increase equitable access and use of free tools and resources by San Francisco community members.
OUR VISION
A world free from racism, where poor health outcomes or premature deaths due to oppressive systems no longer exist. A world where everyone has access to quality care.
OUR ORIGIN STORY
It's Fall 2020. A virus has disrupted the rhythm of the world completely. No longer in lockdown, San Francisco has done relatively well in battling COVID-19, but rosy numbers hide a growing chasm of inequity hastened by the pandemic: neighborhoods with majority families of color are disproportionately impacted by the virus. This reality is painfully evident when private schools reopen in August while public schools remain closed the entire school year.
Enter co-founders Mari Fraga, Saul Kato, Stacie Calad-Thomson and Tracey Briones, four local parents determined to help reduce the impacts of COVID-19 on families in their city. Countless conversations, research, and hustle lead to the formation of an organization to bring together the resources with the will to help stop the spread of COVID in vulnerable communities.
As we have grown, we’ve realized that we’re more than a scrappy COVID-19 testing nonprofit—we’ve become a trusted community partner and built a model of community care delivery. We increase community capacity by hiring from the communities we serve, and deliver co-created programs and resources to our network of partnerships nimbly and adaptively. We ensure that the impact of our programs is leveraged towards structural change.