The California Wellness Foundation

(June 29, 2023) — Today the Supreme Court’s conservative majority struck down affirmative action in college admissions with a decision that creates barriers to equity in education and, as Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in dissent, “rolls back decades of precedent and momentous progress.” The decision overturns more than 40 years of legal precedent and reinforces the likelihood that higher education will be a luxury – only available to a small, already-privileged group of people.

As a foundation committed to protecting and advancing people’s health, we know that wellness requires racial justice. That is why we have been a longstanding champion and significant investor in a diverse health workforce that reflects California. A diverse workforce both improves access for all to quality affordable healthcare and strengthens access to quality jobs for communities that have historically been denied such opportunities.