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Category: Health Equity

Posted inHealth Equity

Community workers fan out to persuade immigrant seniors to get covered by Medi-Cal

by Claudia Boyd-Barret February 27, 2023February 28, 2023

California has enrolled into Medi-Cal more than 300,000 older immigrant adults lacking legal residency since May, but the state doesn’t know how many more might be eligible. Community workers are now searching for them.

Posted inMi Historia

‘Everything piled up’: surviving COVID-19 and violence in East Oakland

by Francisca Sánchez February 21, 2023February 27, 2023

Francisca Sánchez emigrated to California so that her daughter could fulfill the dream of going to university. But the pandemic and the escalating violence got in their way.

Posted inHealth Equity

How one Oakland school is investing in mental health support

by Julia McEvoy September 2, 2022February 24, 2023

California is investing billions in student mental health. Here’s how one school is supporting the needs of Maya Mam students.

Posted inEconomics

Oakland’s undocumented community struggles to keep up with rent and bills

by Hector Arzate February 6, 2021February 14, 2023

As the pandemic drags on, many undocumented Latino immigrants—barred from receiving government benefits—are feeling the strain.

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More Oaklanders left sick and in the dark as COVID surges and county says it can’t keep up

by Jacob Simas and Madeleine Bair January 12, 2021March 22, 2023

After Maria González got sick, she expected a follow-up call from county health workers. Why didn’t it come?

Posted inMi Historia

We were happy. But when the illness appeared, things got complicated.

by José Martín Aguilar June 18, 2020February 14, 2023

One member of East Oakland’s immigrant Mam community shares his story about surviving during the pandemic.

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