{"id":6216,"date":"2020-12-10T07:32:01","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T13:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/?p=6216"},"modified":"2020-12-10T07:32:01","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T13:32:01","slug":"abbvie-announces-partners-in-50-million-program-to-promote-health-and-education-equity-in-underserved-black-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ibio.org\/abbvie-announces-partners-in-50-million-program-to-promote-health-and-education-equity-in-underserved-black-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"AbbVie Announces Partners in $50 Million Program to Promote Health and Education Equity in Underserved Black Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"
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AbbVie, a research-based global biopharmaceutical company, is investing $50 million<\/span> in a five-year program to support underserved Black communities across the United States<\/span>. AbbVie will collaborate with six nonprofit partners, including Direct Relief<\/a><\/u>, University of Chicago<\/span> Medicine’s Urban Health Initiative<\/a><\/u>, National Urban League<\/span><\/a><\/u>, Year Up<\/a><\/u>, United Negro College Fund (UNCF)<\/a><\/u>\u00a0and Providence St. Mel School<\/a><\/u>, to support health and education opportunity in underserved Black communities.<\/p>\n

“The private sector has a responsibility to help address racial inequity issues plaguing our nation,” said Richard A. Gonzalez<\/span>, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, AbbVie. “We believe investing in this important work \u2013 in partnership with national and local nonprofits \u2013 will create immediate opportunities and advance meaningful and lasting change.”<\/p>\n

Supporting health and educational equity, as well as advancing opportunity, have been an integral part of AbbVie’s ongoing philanthropic commitment. Since the company was formed in 2013, AbbVie has donated more than $120 million<\/span><\/a>\u00a0to diverse underserved communities, and in June of this year, the company announced an additional\u00a0donation of $5 million<\/span><\/a>\u00a0to NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund and the Equal Justice Initiative.<\/p>\n

“We asked partners with deep community roots where they saw the greatest needs, and we heard that reducing health disparities and providing educational and workforce-related opportunities for underserved Black communities were urgent yet ongoing needs,” said Karen Hale<\/span>, Vice President, Deputy General Counsel at AbbVie, who spearheaded AbbVie’s initiative. “While we know that change cannot happen overnight, we hope our commitments will help improve opportunity today while supporting important work to address long-term, systemic issues of racism.”<\/p>\n

AbbVie’s 5-year, $50 million<\/span> Program to Address Racial Inequities\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Promote Health Equity for Black Americans and Other Historically Underserved Populations:<\/u><\/i><\/p>\n