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Portrait of Carolyn Wang Kong

Two Years into Our Journey: Lessons in listening and humility

What started out two years ago as a simple “strategic plan refresh” quickly became a completely new direction for Blue Shield of California Foundation in our journey to make California the healthiest...

Carolyn Wang Kong

How a Census Undercount Could Affect the Health of Californians

This article originally appereared in Blue Shield of California's News Center : In tiny Planada, a hamlet just outside of Merced, the California Rural Legal Assistance held its first focus group with...

Blue Shield of California News Center

We Are All Connected

Every October we rededicate ourselves to ending domestic violence in partnership with you: survivors, service providers, healthcare providers, faith communities, and the many others working to end DV in our lifetime.

Blue Shield of California Foundation Staff

Movement leader Dolores Huerta with megaphone

Will the Movement Doctors please stand up?

I grew up in Grand Blanc, a small town just outside of Flint, epicenter of the Flint Water Crisis and birthplace of Michael Moore. My family members were the only Hispanics we knew and we shared our...

Jacqueline del Castillo

Lucia Corral Pena and friends

It's all connected, and so are we: a life course perspective

I get together with a small group of close friends from law school every year. We’ve been friends since before we had babies, husbands, and careers — and before we knew about diva-camping trips. We...

A child walks in front of a mural

A New JEDI Force: Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

This article previously appeared in Grantmakers in Health, Views from the Field, September 2019. One can hardly deny America’s abundant prosperity and rise as a global superpower; yet, upon closer...

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$17.8 million awarded
70 grants made
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