They’re forever essential.
Forever Essential honors the legacies of California healthcare workers who we’ve lost to COVID-19.
Their Stories
Together, we’ve lost coworkers, family members, good neighbors, and best friends. May their courage, compassion, and commitment continue to shine through us.
Add to the Memorial
Have you lost a healthcare worker in your life to COVID-19? Honor their memory and share their legacy.
Justice & Unity
Forever Essential, a Healthcare Worker Memorial, is proudly sponsored by SEIU United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW), a healthcare justice union of more than 100,000 frontline healthcare workers, patients, and consumers. As essential healthcare workers, every day we bear witness to the devastating toll of the COVID-19 pandemic – on our patients, our families, and our co-workers. Through this memorial, we hope to transform our private pain into public dignity and to carry forward the legacies of those we’ve lost.