On Wednesday, June 3, 2020, the BCH community came together to reflect on a country where Black lives mean so little that violent killing after violent killing is a norm and where African Americans are disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. For African Americans this moment is only a convergence of all of the racial violence, police brutality, health disparities, wealth gap and lack of access to education that has been the very fabric of the U.S. for 400 years.
Dealing with these public health issues requires faculty, staff and trainees here at BCH to go within and see that we have to do better on an individual level at the same time as we are trying to address health care disparities on an institutional level. The BCH Leadership is working with the DEI Committee to create a roadmap to bring our institution to the place where everyone has equal opportunity to advance, where the faces of our employees at every level reflect the diversity of the communities that we serve and where every employee has the tools and feels the safety to deal with micro aggressions as they come up.
The BCH community must come together to make this moment different, to make this a moment when we take decisive action to end injustices.
- Marsha Treadwell, DEI Co-Chair Oakland
- Kim Murphy, interim DEI Co-Chair San Francisco
Agenda and Videos
Oakland Agenda
3:00 PM Overhead announcement inviting employees to join in a moment of solidarity in the hospital courtyard at 3:30pm. For those not able to come outside, they will be invited to take a moment of silence or a kneel at their work station at 3:30pm.
3:30 PM As people enter the courtyard, they have the opportunity to write their thoughts and feelings down on a post-it note and post it on a poster board and pick up a sign. For those inside the building, an overhead announcement will remind them to take a moment of silence or a kneel.
3:35 PM
Welcome Remarks Marsha Treadwell, MD, BCH DEI Committee Co-Chair
Mindfulness Moment Will Hocker & Gillian Murphy-Stephens, Chaplains
Remarks from Senior Leadership Jamie Phillips, Chief Operating Officer
Remarks from
- BCH Oakland Faculty & Staff Malik Ali
- DEI Champion Alvin Hendrix, BCH DEI Committee, Patient Care Task Force Team Co-Lead
- Alexis Fogel, MD, Resident
- Michael Bell, MD, Emergency Department
Honoring African Americans Who Died By Racial Violence Stephanie Brown, BCH DEI Committee, Workforce Taskforce Team Co-Lead
Closing Remarks – Invitation To Take A Knee in Solidarity Marsha Treadwell, MD, BCH DEI Committee Co-Chair
4:00 PM Moment of Solidarity Closes
Click on highlighted names above to see their videos
Mission Bay Agenda
3:00 PM Voalte message inviting employees to join in a Moment of Solidarity at the 4th Street Plaza at 3:30pm or if they cannot leave their positions to take a moment of silence or a kneel at 3:30pm
3:30 PM Employees gather at 4th Street Plaza Employees within the building welcome to take a moment of silence or a kneel at this time
3:35 PM
Hanmin Lee, MD, BCH DEI Committee Co-Chair to open the program as MC
BCH Leadership Remarks George Weiss, Vice President Children’s Ambulatory Services & Executive Sponsor, BCH DEI Committee
Mindfulness Moment Jun Caole, Chaplain
Remarks from UCSF Health Faculty & Staff Jonnique Bell, Assistant Unit Director & Lactation Consultant, Birth Center Shay Strachan, Vice President Strategic Partnerships
Honoring African Americans Who Died By Racial Violence Alleysha Mullen, BCH DEI Committee
Closing Remarks – Invitation To Take A Knee in Solidarity Hanmin Lee, MD, BCH DEI Committee Co-Chair
4:00 PM Moment of Solidarity Closes
Honoring African Americans Who Died By Racial Violence
This list of African Americans, who have died through racial violence, was read aloud during the Moments of Solidarity Gathering:
George Floyd, 46 years old (2020)
Anhmaud Arbery, 25 years old (2020)
Breonna Taylor, 26 years old (2020)
Tony McDade, 38 years old (2020)
Atatiana Jefferson, 28 years old (2019)
Botham Jean, 26 years old (2019)
Stephon Clark, 22 years old (2018)
Philando Castile, 32 years old (2016)
Alton Sterling, 37 years old (2016)
Freddie Gray, 25 years old (2015)
Walter Scott, 50 years old (2015)
Jamar Clark, 25 years old (2015)
Eric Garner, 43 years old (2014)
Michael Brown, Jr., 18 years old (2014)
Tamir Rice, 12 years old (2014)
Trayvon Martin, 17 years old (2012)
Oscar Grant III, 22 years old (2009)
And countless others...
Black people are so tired. So Very Tired.
We can’t go jogging (#AmaudArbery).
We can’t relax in the comfort of our own homes (#BothemSean and #AtatianaJefferson).
We can't ask for help after being in a car crash (#JonathanFerrell and #RenishaMcBride).
We can't have a cellphone (#StephonClark).
We can't leave a party to get to safety (#JordanEdwards).
We can't play loud music (#JordanDavis).
We can’t sell CD's (#AltonSterling).
We can’t sleep (#AiyanaJones)
We can’t walk from the corner store (#MikeBrown).
We can’t play cops and robbers (#TamirRice).
We can’t go to church (#Charleston9).
We can’t walk home with Skittles (#TrayvonMartin).
We can’t hold a hair brush while leaving our own bachelor party (#SeanBell).
We can’t party on New Years (#OscarGrant).
We can’t get a normal traffic ticket (#SandraBland).
We can’t lawfully carry a weapon (#PhilandoCastile).
We can't break down on a public road with car problems (#CoreyJones).
We can’t shop at Walmart (#JohnCrawford) .
We can’t have a disabled vehicle (#TerrenceCrutcher).
We can’t read a book in our own car (#KeithScott).
We can’t be a 10yr old walking with our grandfather (#CliffordGlover).
We can’t decorate for a party (#ClaudeReese).
We can’t ask a cop a question (#RandyEvans).
We can’t cash our check in peace (#YvonneSmallwood).
We can’t take out our wallet (#AmadouDiallo).
We can’t run (#WalterScott).
We can’t breathe (#EricGarner).
We can’t live (#FreddieGray).
We’re tired.
Tired of making hashtags.
Tired of trying to convince you that our #BlackLivesMatter too.
Tired of dying.
Tired.
Tired.
Tired.
So very tired.
(Credit: Anonymous, but feel free to share!)