Advocacy

HHS Sec. Xavier Becerra praises MLKCH’s maternity program.

For a second year in a row, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services gave its top quality score – five stars – to MLK Community Healthcare.

MLKCH strengthens their workforce and South LA’s health with more than half a million dollars in grants from Bank of America.  

Over MLK Day weekend, students at Heschel Day School marched through the San Fernando valley to support our fight for healthcare equity in South LA. Their advocacy is a powerful testament to the school’s founder, civil rights activist Rabbi Heschel, and a reminder of the healing power of solidarity. 

Lactation Educator Lydia Boyd dedicates herself to educating the mothers of South LA to ensure no one else faces breastfeeding challenges alone.

As her mother declined, Dr. Elaine Batchlor experienced firsthand the structural racism that underlies the American medical system.

Dr. Batchlor published a personal story in The Atlantic illustrating the work we need to do to overcome distrust of the healthcare system in Black communities.

Dr. Myron Hall feels joy about doing his life’s work at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital and his joy is contagious. 

Dr. Elaine Batchlor, MLKCH CEO, writes in “Health Affairs” about how existing health disparities in South LA drove COVID-19 outcomes.

Award-winning photographer, Francine Orr “embedded” with MLKCH for six weeks to chronicle the hospital’s response to the first wave of COVID-19 cases.

Danica Riedlinger is an Emergency Department nurse putting her life on the line for a community she believes in.

What's one of the most important things a doctor can give a patient? Dr. Ben Cheng knows—time.