{"id":6516,"date":"2021-02-01T06:47:12","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T06:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uaaglobal.com\/member-spotlight-richmond-memorial-health-foundation\/"},"modified":"2021-02-01T06:47:12","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T06:47:12","slug":"member-spotlight-richmond-memorial-health-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uaaglobal.com\/member-spotlight-richmond-memorial-health-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"Member Spotlight: Richmond Memorial Health Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Submitted by Carmen Graciela D\u00edaz<\/a> on February 1, 2021<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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For the month of February, GIA\u2019s photo banner features work supported by Richmond Memorial Health Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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This is the text Kendra Jones, Director for Health Equity, Arts and Culture & Accountant, submitted for this Spotlight:<\/p>\n

Richmond Memorial Health Foundation (RMHF) joined Grantmakers in the Arts in 2016 with the inception of its Health Equity and Arts (HEArts) program. HEArts began by funding artists to engage community members to imagine a future where health inequities do not exist. We are still funding imagination, but HEArts has evolved with an emphasis on impact, healing, and change.<\/p>\n

What is most exciting to me about the evolution of HEArts and changes at RMHF is our commitment to supporting Black and Brown communities. RMHF is making this group a priority going forward, not only because they have been disproportionally affected by COVID-19 and racism, but also because they have been historically underfunded by philanthropy.<\/p>\n

Some immediate steps we are taking to live into this commitment to support Black and Brown communities includes:<\/p>\n