Dear Sacramento County and Sacramento City Leaders,
We are concerned healthcare professionals in Sacramento County who feel that systemic racism and police brutality have no place in our community. Change is needed NOW. We urge you to be national leaders in creating policies that truly invest in the development of our underserved communities of color, especially Black communities.
Below is an open letter that we sent to the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday, June 3rd, 2020. However, we have continued to collect signatures and comments in response to the ongoing crisis of systemic racism. We urge all of our Sacramento County and Sacramento City legislators to take concrete actions now to denounce and address systemic racism and police brutality in our community.
Sincerely,
Concerned healthcare professionals in Sacramento County
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Wednesday, June 3, 2020
Dear Sacramento County Board of Supervisors,
As a healthcare professional in Sacramento County, I am asking you to vote to denounce systemic racism and police brutality in our community.
We are appalled by the recent deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and many others by police violence. There is a long history of police violence against black and brown people and communities in the U.S., including the communities of the Sacramento region. As health care and public health professionals, we condemn these policies that perpetuate systemic racism. Racism is a public health issue and results in disparities in our patients’ mental and physical health.
Tomorrow, the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors will vote on whether to ratify the proclamation of the local state of emergency which will continue to deploy the use of militaristic tactics to suppress protests in our county. We stand in proud solidarity of our young people who are leading the effort to denounce systemic racism in our community.
Now is the time for you to take concrete actions to stop police violence in our communities. We call on the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors to:
- Name the underlying cause of the current community outcry and protest as systemic racism, and denounce systemic racism.
- Create an emergency meeting to address the underlying issues that have led our County to our current state -- a system based on RACISM. Not an emergency meeting that ratifies the use of further police violence against oppressed communities.
- Increase funding for community programs focused on physical and mental health, youth development, and community development. Reduce funding for law enforcement and invest in our communities.
- Ban the use of tear gas by police in our community, especially during the current COVID-19 pandemic. This will induce coughing by individuals at the scene, potentially accelerating the spread of COVID-19 in our community.
Again, we urge you to take action now to reduce further acts of police brutality and redirect your attention to addressing the disparities in our community caused by systemic racism.
Sincerely,
Concerned healthcare professionals in Sacramento County
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
June 4, 2020
June 4, 2020
The petition reached 100 signatures this morning. This count provides the necessary leverage to finalize the meeting requests currently being drafted for the Board of Supervisors.
Reached 100 supporters
June 4, 2020
97 Comments
Replace the police with specialized community safety departments. Most situations do not call for an armed officer. Use the savings to invest in the community.
Current medical writer, consultant and UCDSOM grad from 2005. Let’s lower the threshold to humanize black lives. If we need nicely dressed people in sepia-toned photographs and direct video evidence of their murders to care, then the battle is lost before it begins.
MS4 at UC Davis School of Medicine. I would like to add that stricter policies on the use of force in the Sacramento Police Department as well as increased transparency and accountability of law enforcement officers are crucial. Black lives matter.
Police funding must decrease. As a medical student I see a huge need for health-centered community Programs, mental health services and preventive care. The police harm our community physically and cause generational trauma. Police have little to no training in de-escalation or crisis intervention and it is time to invest in systems that do.
Protect our community members who are peacefully protesting during this important movement. Lack of proper training and restraint is leading to serious injuries to individuals in our Sacramento community. Please vote no on this agenda item. I am a Resident Physician at UC Davis.
Semper Fi
Racism is what killed George Floyd and so many others. The Board must focus on and commit to driving ongoing, meaningful anti-racism efforts in our County. Where is that resolution?
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Dear Sacramento County and Sacramento City Leaders,
We are concerned healthcare professionals in Sacramento County who feel that systemic racism and police brutality have no place in our community. Change is needed NOW. We urge you to be national leaders in creating policies that truly invest in the development of our underserved communities of color, especially Black communities.
Below is an open letter that we sent to the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday, June 3rd, 2020. However, we have continued to collect signatures and comments in response to the ongoing crisis of systemic racism. We urge all of our Sacramento County and Sacramento City legislators to take concrete actions now to denounce and address systemic racism and police brutality in our community.
Sincerely,
Concerned healthcare professionals in Sacramento County
********************************************************************************************
Wednesday, June 3, 2020
Dear Sacramento County Board of Supervisors,
As a healthcare professional in Sacramento County, I am asking you to vote to denounce systemic racism and police brutality in our community.
We are appalled by the recent deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and many others by police violence. There is a long history of police violence against black and brown people and communities in the U.S., including the communities of the Sacramento region. As health care and public health professionals, we condemn these policies that perpetuate systemic racism. Racism is a public health issue and results in disparities in our patients’ mental and physical health.
Tomorrow, the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors will vote on whether to ratify the proclamation of the local state of emergency which will continue to deploy the use of militaristic tactics to suppress protests in our county. We stand in proud solidarity of our young people who are leading the effort to denounce systemic racism in our community.
Now is the time for you to take concrete actions to stop police violence in our communities. We call on the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors to:
- Name the underlying cause of the current community outcry and protest as systemic racism, and denounce systemic racism.
- Create an emergency meeting to address the underlying issues that have led our County to our current state -- a system based on RACISM. Not an emergency meeting that ratifies the use of further police violence against oppressed communities.
- Increase funding for community programs focused on physical and mental health, youth development, and community development. Reduce funding for law enforcement and invest in our communities.
- Ban the use of tear gas by police in our community, especially during the current COVID-19 pandemic. This will induce coughing by individuals at the scene, potentially accelerating the spread of COVID-19 in our community.
Again, we urge you to take action now to reduce further acts of police brutality and redirect your attention to addressing the disparities in our community caused by systemic racism.
Sincerely,
Concerned healthcare professionals in Sacramento County
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
June 4, 2020
June 4, 2020
The petition reached 100 signatures this morning. This count provides the necessary leverage to finalize the meeting requests currently being drafted for the Board of Supervisors.
Reached 100 supporters
June 4, 2020
97 Comments
Assistant Professor, Department of Family & Community Medicine, UC Davis Health We ask you to fight for the community by making investments early instead of waiting for consequences that are then addressed violently and unfairly
Replace the police with specialized community safety departments. Most situations do not call for an armed officer. Use the savings to invest in the community.
Current medical writer, consultant and UCDSOM grad from 2005. Let’s lower the threshold to humanize black lives. If we need nicely dressed people in sepia-toned photographs and direct video evidence of their murders to care, then the battle is lost before it begins.
MS4 at UC Davis School of Medicine. I would like to add that stricter policies on the use of force in the Sacramento Police Department as well as increased transparency and accountability of law enforcement officers are crucial. Black lives matter.
Police funding must decrease. As a medical student I see a huge need for health-centered community Programs, mental health services and preventive care. The police harm our community physically and cause generational trauma. Police have little to no training in de-escalation or crisis intervention and it is time to invest in systems that do.
Protect our community members who are peacefully protesting during this important movement. Lack of proper training and restraint is leading to serious injuries to individuals in our Sacramento community. Please vote no on this agenda item. I am a Resident Physician at UC Davis.
Semper Fi
Racism is what killed George Floyd and so many others. The Board must focus on and commit to driving ongoing, meaningful anti-racism efforts in our County. Where is that resolution?
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Assistant Professor, Department of Family & Community Medicine, UC Davis Health We ask you to fight for the community by making investments early instead of waiting for consequences that are then addressed violently and unfairly