While the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and American Public Health Association recognize racism as a public health issue, racism continues to have a negative impact on our global community. We are at a point that our country can no longer shy away from the generational inequities that plague Black Americans and are now the inspiration for nationwide demonstrations and protests. Adding to all of this are the greater numbers of deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Black and Brown communities. This timing is no coincidence. Living conditions, lower wage jobs, and access to care exacerbating pre-existing health conditions that contribute to higher death rates – these are real-time reflections of the effects of institutional racism. The pain is hurtful for Health Plan of San Joaquin, as a nonprofit, public benefit health plan. For more than 20 years, Health Plan of San Joaquin has continued to work on behalf of low-income children, their families, and the most vulnerable citizens of our community. Many of them have families from the communities being affected by today’s events and pandemic. At HPSJ, we live by seven values that drive each of us every day: 問責制； 敬業； 正直; 管理； 團隊合作; 社區協作； 同樣，多樣性，“尊重個人的獨特性、他們的想法、想法和需求。”我們的價值觀構成了維持我們使命的精神“通過社區夥伴關係提供醫療保健價值並促進健康。”HPSJ 始終致力於為我們的會員服務，包括努力擴大從多元化供應商網絡獲得優質護理的選擇。 我們承諾在 HPSJ 以開放、協作、尊重和誠實的態度努力互相照顧。 我們承諾將繼續傾聽我們所服務的社區並與之合作。 雖然我們為我們在社區中獲得的獨特領導地位感到自豪，但在 HPSJ，我們明白榮譽伴隨著責任和問責制。 在我們探索和努力理解這些異常困難和混亂的時代時，HPSJ 將重新致力於我們的創始願景，以不斷改善我們社區的健康。 然而，我們很清楚，為了實現這一願景，種族主義必須在我們的生活中沒有立足之地。