Our Mission
To improve health equity for Black communities through community-based research led by Black researchers. Through this, we strive to expose and dismantle barriers to care, and improve the implementation and delivery of services that comprehensively address community needs.
Purpose
- Improving community health
- Supporting and advancing Black scholarship
- Conducting research with and for Black communities
- Advocating for Black communities
- Ethical ownership of data
Objectives
- Education through research
- Knowledge translation and dissemination
- Working in partnership with policymakers, service providers and communities
- Advancing and advocating for Health Equity/Equitable health services
- Reducing barriers to care and well-being for Black people
Values
- Equity
- Respect
- Anti-oppression
- Inclusion
- Self-determination
- Transparency/Trust
- Unity/Collaboration