African Americans are dying and suffering from preventable chronic diseases at alarming rates. Heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, adult and childhood obesity, gun violence, and economic apathy are all taking its toll on the health of Black people.
In 2001, Alameda County Public Health Department under the leadership of then Director Arnold Perkins, issued a call to the Black community to understand we must get involved to change the statistics his department was seeing. In response, the Bay Area Black United Fund convened what is now known as the Bay Area African American Health Initiative (BAAAHI). This community action plan includes:
