As key public and private sector leaders in the state, it is time for us to stand up together with the people and communities in SC most impacted by these injustices and say, NO MORE.

While the African American population makes up just 27% of our state and 36% of confirmed cases, 57% of South Carolina’s deaths from COVID-19 have been African American. This statistic speaks specifically to the health status that often persists in marginalized racial and ethnic minority communities and serves as a stark reminder of the health inequities that we must work together to address.

The plan, titled “Collaborative Strategies for Advancing Health & Racial Equity in South Carolina,” was created by the Alliance’s Health Equity Action Team to support the framework of the state health improvement plan Live Healthy South Carolina by encouraging racial equity strategies in promoting health.