Results To Date
Impact on the Community (as of March 31, 2023)
Success measured by community engagement, testing and vaccination events, and those tested and/or vaccinated
Key Milestone: Addressing Health Equity in the Black Community
Recent Highlights
Choose Healthy Life Mourns the Passing of New Jersey Lt. Governor Sheila Oliver
Choose Healthy Life mourns the passing of New Jersey Lt. Governor Sheila Oliver who died earlier this week after a sudden illness. The Lt. Governor was a strong advocate for [...]
“Why Are We Leaving Black Women’s Health Behind?”
An op-ed entitled “Why Are We Leaving Black Women’s Health Behind?” co-authored by Debra Fraser-Howze, Dr. Donna Christensen and Shavon Arline-Bradley, Pres and CEO of the National Council for Negro Women was [...]
What Covid-19 Vaccination Efforts Taught Philanthropy About How to Close the Racial Health Gap
The Chronicle of Philanthropy posted an article co-authored by the Siemens Foundation leadership. In their piece, "What Covid-19 Vaccination Efforts Taught Philanthropy About How to Close the Racial Health Gap," they [...]
Impact on the Community – CHL Conclave – Nov. 2021
“Your model of establishing in each church a full-time public health navigator … trained and charged with providing access to COVID-19 testing and vaccinations in the immediate short-term while addressing other health disparities in the long term … is a sustainable, scalable, and transferable approach to address public health disparities and inequities in the Black community … it will serve us well far beyond the pandemic.”
– Dr. Rochelle Walensky, CDC Director, remarks at the Choose Healthy Life Conclave on Nov. 19, 2021
