On Monday, July 20th, Oakland's Street Level Health Project held a community rally and press conference in response to the burglary and vandalism of the center that took place the night before. The perpetrators of the attack broke equipment, destroyed wall paintings and files, and stole three computers.The break-in took place while the security cameras were down due to repairs. This has forced SLHP to close down for a week and turn away people seeking health services.

The community rally on Monday brought together an amazing level of local support for Street Level Health Project / Proyecto de Salud para Todos. The staff, volunteers, board members, partner organizations and community members of Street Level gathered to speak out against the acts of vandalism and attack, and bring together the community. The rally focused on moving forward with strength, hope and unity to continue and expand Street Level's work in the community. As Jane Garcia, CEO of La Clinica de La Raza, stated, "in the long run this is a small thing, nothing more than a mosquito bite. The important thing is to move forward together." Laura Perez, director of SLHP, expressed during the rally that "when my staff began to trickle in one-by-one on the night of the attack, I felt like my family was coming back to our home, and something back inside me to have the strength to go onward." Everyone who spoke at the rally expressed their pleasure at seeing so many supporters from so many different communities and organizations, all coming together to build a stronger sense of community in the wake of this attack.

Street Level Health Project is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the health and well-being of under-served urban immigrant communities in the Bay Area. The organization is an entry point to the health care system for those most often overlooked and neglected, namely the uninsured, under-insured, and recently arrived. Read more

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