What We Do


Clinical Practice
- Develop new Community connections to food resources. Create a new and easier referral process
- Develop an innovative Newborn Clinic with improved access to lactation, WIC and maternal health screening
- Promote bilingual certification for health care providers
- Park POWER: Expand the Juntos initiative to all of primary care pediatrics: JUNTOS Park Prescription Initiative (youtube.com)
- All Bodies are Good Bodies
Community Advocacy
- Successfully advocated to change the building name from VHC Bascom to VHC San Jose; the Bascom family had come to the area in 1849 and had an association with slave ownership. Read about it here
- Annual Collaboration with Breakthrough Silicon Valley: Breakthrough Silicon Valley (breakthroughsv.org)
- Black Breastfeeding Week collaboration with the Roots clinic https://www.facebook.com/reel/1315697746074744
Patient Education
- Promote voter registration through Vot-ER, a non-profit, non-partisan national organization
- Developed Book POWER Summer kits to help alleviate summer slide in addition to summer activities in the area
- Developed weekly Facebook posts about pediatric health topics
- Developed custom artwork for patient stickers and clinic posters to encourage vaccination as well as videos about vaccination

- Book lists to celebrate Black History Month
Research
- First department wide survey of pediatric healthcare providers about anti-racism and health equity related topics in 2022, and a follow up survey in 2024.
Staff Education
- Book club for SCVH staff that meets every other month
- Newsletter for SCVH staff: October 2022
- Emails about topical health concerns and how they are related to racial and health equity, such as gun violence prevention, access to treatment for COVID infection, and access to comprehensive reproductive care
- Collaboration with SVCH Medical Library to highlight important articles and scholarly work about race and medicine
- Host speakers for Pediatrics Grand Rounds on topics related to anti-racism and medicine
- Teaching sessions for medical students and pediatric residents that focus on anti-racism in medicine
- Celebration of Black Maternal Health Week in April with the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- First department wide CME educational conference with an anti-racism focus, May 2022 and March 2025
Workforce Development
- Staff education and support around the Academic Affiliation program at Stanford
- Focus on recruiting, hiring, mentoring, and retaining diverse staff members
- Advocate for transparency when recruiting staff for workplace opportunities
- Developed first mentoring program for physicians within Santa Clara Valley Health