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Breaking Ground in Community Healthcare: Bread for the City and Virginia University of Integrative Medicine (VUIM) Acupuncture Services
Bread for the City proudly announces a new collaboration with the Virginia University of Integrative Medicine (VUIM) to provide free acupuncture services to our medical clinic patients! This partnership marks a significant step forward in delivering accessible, holistic, and culturally resonant healthcare for DC residents living on low incomes.
Our 23 Favorite Moments of 2023
As we bid farewell to another year, it’s time to reflect on the moments that have defined our journey at Bread for the City in 2023.
Nourishing Our Community: A Strategic Plan for Bread for the City
Guided by our values of dignity, respect, service, and justice, BFC has provided holistic, wrap-around service to empower Washington, DC, residents living with low income to determine their future and the future of their own communities since the 1970s. We are thrilled to share a pivotal milestone in our journey: unveiling our strategic plan for 2022-2027.
Incorporating Racial Equity into Trauma-Informed Care
Organizations like Bread for the City work with staff to ensure their understanding of the historical trauma experienced by Black communities at the hands of the health care system and what it means to be antiracist. Bread for the City requires all staff, including medical providers and board members, to attend an Undoing Racism Community Organizing Workshop hosted by the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond. Bread for the City patients who are interested in attending the training can do so free of charge.
Bread for the City opens medical center in Southeast
Starting next week, residents in Wards 7 and 8 will not need to come to the Northwest Center, which is located in Ward 6, for medical assistance. Bread for the City is opening its health care center in the newly named Michelle Obama Southeast Center of Bread for the City, 1700 Good Hope Road, SE on Monday, October 4, 2021. The new facility will bring BFC’s primary medical, dental, and vision care services east of the Anacostia River for the first time in the organization’s history.
A Day in the Life of a Nurse at Bread for the City
Before reading this blog post, I want you to stop and think about the word “Nurse.” Like most people, I’m sure a few images enter your subconscious thoughts. Bedpans, stiff white scrubs, or maybe you have seen a few too many episodes of Grey’s Anatomy and envision a steamy scene with Dr. McHottie. (Tempting for a mid-afternoon daydream!) But for me, nursing is much more of a phenomenon than that.
Promoting Equitable COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution in the Greater DC Region
Join George Jones and the Urban Institute and the Urban–Greater DC initiative for a virtual discussion on prioritizing equitable vaccine distribution to advance the health and safety of the public and protect vulnerable communities in Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia (DMV).
New Southeast Virtual Grand Opening Video
Bread for the City has completed construction on a new, 27,650 square foot comprehensive service center at 1700 Good Hope Road, SE, which began January 2019. Here’s a new video that captures all the special moments during the virtual grand opening.