March 11th,2024 – Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) was recently awarded a Healing Illinois grant to foster discussion between central Illinois community members and health care professionals around equity in health care.
“At the heart of the HSHS Mission is Christ’s healing love for all people,” said Angela Senander, HSHS system director of formation. “We seek to reveal and embody Christ’s healing love in each encounter we have with patients, family members, colleagues and community members.”
Healing Illinois is an initiative led by the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) and the Field Foundation of Illinois. Statewide, 184 recipients will receive $4.5 million in funding for community-based activities to advance racial healing. In Central Illinois, this grant is awarded by the United Way of Central Illinois. Last month, HSHS announced that it also received a Healing Illinois grant to support a speaker series in Southern Illinois.
The HSHS grant project entitled, “Revealing and Embodying Racial Healing for All People: Healing Central Illinois,” will foster in-person dialog between community members and HSHS colleagues to advance racial healing.
For more information about HSHS, visit hshs.org.
By: Traymar Brown
