For the third year in a row, we held our Health Care Justice Leadership Annual Gala online, given the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The good news is that the pandemic’s spread and scope continues to wane, so with luck, for our next Gala we’ll finally all be able to gather back together in-person late next fall. (Just in time for to celebrate our 30th anniversary!)
In case you missed this celebratory and inspiring event, you can just click here to watch it online.
Our honorees this year included:
- Former New York State Health Committee Chair Richard Gottfried, for his lifetime and career achievements and leadership on SO many health care justice issues.
- AARP New York, New York State Alliance for Retired Americans, and New York Statewide Senior Action Council, for their leadership in mobilizing New Yorkers on Medicare (and their allies) to push landmark Rx drug reform legislation through Congress, and building support for it within our state’s congressional delegation.
- Committee of Interns and Residents, New York State Nurses Association, and 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, for their leadership in placing patient access and quality of care at the core of their successful organizing drives and contract negotiations.
- Campaign for Affordable Hospitals, Community Coalition for the Safety Net, Community Voices for Health System Accountability, End Medical Debt, and Montefiore Bronx Accountability Coalition, for their various efforts to improve hospitals as mission-driven institutions serving patients and local communities.
We also heard inspiring and powerful keynote remarks from Dr. Kamini Doobay, founder of the NYC Coalition to Dismantle Racism in the Health System.
We thank everyone who contributed to this year’s Gala and attended via zoom, and all those groups and unions who joined our Host Committee, including:
- AARP New York State
- Callen-Lorde Community Health Network
- Citizen Action of New York
- Committee of Interns and Residents, SEIU
- Community Health Care Association of New York State
- Community Healthcare Network
- Community Service Society of New York
- District Council 37 AFSCME
- Doctors Council, SEIU
- Housing Works
- New York City Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO
- New York Social Service Employees, Local 371, DC 37 AFSCME
- New York State Nurses Association
- New York Statewide Senior Action Council
- #NYDocs Coalition
- Open Door Family Medical Centers
- Organization of Staff Analysts
- Physicians for a National Health Program, NY Metro Chapter
- Professional Staff Congress CUNY, Local 2334 AFT
- Project Hospitality
- 1199 SEIU-GNYHA Healthcare Education Project
- 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East
- United University Professions, Local 2190 AFT
For those who didn’t have a chance yet to make a financial contribution, we still welcome your support! Just use these links below: