During the pandemic, the Alabama site became a model in San Francisco, and the Unidos leadership was invited later to the White House.
Just after 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, nearly 100 people gathered at 701 Alabama St., forming a large circle, slowly turning to the south, the west, the north and the east as directed. Some placed their hands on either side of their bodies and spread them toward the sky.
Over the course of the pandemic, the Latino Task Force together with the researchers at UCSF, many based at San Francisco General, united to change that trajectory and offer low-barrier services. , including 701 Alabama. Now that Covid-19 testing has ended, the site will continue offering HIV and blood sugar testing every Thursday at the same time, to maintain a platform established over the last three and a half years. At-home Covid test kits will also be available on-site.
It was a “scary” time, District 9 Supervisor Hilary Ronen said from her spot in the healing circle. “Despite the fact that we didn’t know what could do to you, you risked your lives every day by coming here,” she said. It’s “nothing short of heroic.
Valerie Tulier-Laiwa, a member of the Latino Task Force’s executive committee and one of the main drivers keeping the site alive, led the healing circle, standing in the middle with burning sage. Others included Tracy Gallardo, an aide to District 10 Supervisor Shamann Walton, and Susana Rojas, the director of Calle 24.
According to Bandi, some 20 of Unidos en Salud’s community wellness team, a group of 50 young people, are now in healthcare, with three in nursing programs and four hired by BayPLS, a Bay Area mobile healthcare service that conducted covid tests at the Alabama site and began in the thick of the pandemic when few places were processing tests.
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