
- Oct 2, 2023
Award Winners Honored at National Conference
NCCHC’s annual awards were presented at the National Conference in Las Vegas.
Home NCCHC, Supporting Organizations Speak Up Against Racism
For over 40 years, NCCHC has been guided by more than 30 supporting organizations representing leaders in the fields of health, mental health, law, and corrections. Today, we stand in solidarity with those organizations that are speaking out against the systemic racism and injustice that plagues our society and we call for equality. We support our black colleagues and constituents; doctors, nurses, and mental health professionals; and the disproportionate number of black men, women, and youth whom those correctional health professionals serve.
In the words of Georges Benjamin, MD, executive director of NCCHC supporting organization the American Public Health Association, racism is an ongoing public health crisis that needs our attention now. It is a core social determinant of health that contributes to health disparities and has far-reaching effects on health – physical, mental, and emotional.
NCCHC condemns racism and supports efforts to eradicate it and its harmful effects from society.
Supporting Organizations’ Statements
American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
AACAP Condemns Racism and Calls for End to Police Violence
American Academy of Family Physicians
AAFP Condemns All Forms of Racism
American Academy of PAs
AAPA Supports the Black Community and Pledges to Combat Racism
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Academy of Pediatrics Condemns Racism, Offers Advice for Families for How to Talk to Their Children
American Association of Nurse Practitioners
Racism Is a Public Health Issue in Need of Decisive Action
American Bar Association
ABA President Judy Perry Martinez statement Re: Events in Minneapolis, elsewhere and equal justice
American College of Emergency Physicians
ACEP Statement on Structural Racism and Public Health
American College of Healthcare Executives
A Message From Our CEO: The Events of This Week
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Our Commitment to Changing the Culture of Medicine and Eliminating Racial Disparities in Women’s Health Outcomes
American College of Physicians
Internists “Gravely Concerned” About Discrimination and Violence by Public Authorities and Others
American Counseling Association
ACA Statement on Undue Police Violence
American Dental Association
The Power to Heal Our Communities
American Health Information Management Association
A More Just Society Through Healthcare Data
American Jail Association
We Must Confront Inequities, Work to Change Behaviors
American Medical Association
Police brutality must stop
American Nurses Association
ANA President Condemns Racism, Brutality and Senseless Violence Against Black Communities
American Osteopathic Association
AOA Statement Denouncing Racism and Inequality
American Pharmacists Association
The Biggest Challenge of Our Lives
American Psychiatric Association
APA Condemns Racism in All Forms, Calls for End to Racial Inequalities in U.S.
American Psychological Association
‘We Are Living in a Racism Pandemic,’ Says APA President
American Public Health Association
Racism is an ongoing public health crisis that needs our attention now
American Society of Addiction Medicine
ASAM’s Commitment to Addressing Racial Justice and Health Disparities
National Association of Social Workers
NASW condemns yet another incident of lethal police force against an African American
National Medical Association
NMA Calls for Comprehensive Reform in Response to Police Use of Excessive Force
National Sheriffs’ Association
Incoming NSA Sheriff David Mahoney Makes Statement on George Floyd Death
Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine
Statement about Recent Victims of Systemic Racism in Law Enforcement