by urbanleagueups | Aug 8, 2024 | Blog, McClaren
Sydney’s Journey: The Urban League of the Upstate’s MLK Dreamer Scholarship Fuels Future in Medicine Sydney Beraho, a recent Furman University graduate on track to attend medical school, is an Urban League of the Upstate MLK Dreamers Scholarship...
by urbanleagueups | Aug 8, 2024 | Blog, McClaren
The Crisis of Maternal Mortality Pregnancy should be a time of joy and anticipation, but for far too many Black women, it comes with significant, often fatal, risks. Over 80 percent of pregnancy-related deaths could be prevented with the right changes and equitable...
by urbanleagueups | Aug 7, 2024 | Blog, McClaren
The Implications and Realities of Racial Bias in Healthcare In South Carolina, People of Color (BIPOC) comprise 36 percent of the state’s overall population, yet they represent less than 25 percent of the state’s licensed workforce (South Carolina Office for...
by urbanleagueups | Jun 13, 2024 | Blog, McClaren
Understanding Health Inequity: The Core Problem Discrimination, racism, and inequity in healthcare for people of color is nothing new. It has been a crisis in our country for centuries. From birth to the end of life, the statistics paint a sobering picture. Black...
by urbanleagueups | Jun 13, 2024 | Blog, McClaren
Introducing the McClaren Institute for Health & Quality of Life Every human being deserves the right to quality health care. The Urban League of the Upstate (ULUS) is fighting for change and equity across all of the social determinants of health through a new...