Healing through Policy: Creating Pathways to Racial Justice

Through resolutions, executive orders, and other mechanisms, local leaders are declaring racism a public health crisis and committing to addressing systemic health and racial inequities. Local leaders are exploring the policies and practices that are most needed to move from commitment to action and how to best use policy to effect meaningful change toward health, racial equity, and justice. The initiative has identified a suite of racial equity policies and practices that can be implemented at the local level to promote racial healing and address social inequities.

 

Leveraging Health Opportunity and Equity

The National Collaborative for Health Equity (NCHE) received a grant to assist local jurisdictions in leveraging the extraordinary health data collected under the Health Opportunity and Equity (HOPE) Initiative. The HOPE state-of-the-art platform supports a new narrative on health inequities and provides achievable pathways for states to eliminate health disparities. The comprehensive data on populations of color is a critical resource for policymakers, as well as the medical and public health fields.

 

 

 

The #HOPEDATA Interactive Website is LIVE!

HOPE provides a new opportunity approach and actionable data to help our nation and states move beyond measuring disparities to spurring action toward health equity.

 

 

 

 

Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation

NCHE’s racial equity and Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation (TRHT) work builds on efforts, both national and local, to undo the historical effects of racism and jettison the false belief in a hierarchy of human value.

 

 

 

 

Transform Public Health Data Systems

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation created a National Commission to Transform Public Health Data Systems, a first of its kind National Commission led by NCHE The Commission, comprised of innovators and experts was convened to reimagine how data are collected, shared, and used, and identify what public and private investments are needed to improve health equity.

 

 

 

 

The National Day of Racial Healing 2023

The 7th annual National Day of Racial Healing is dedicated to exploring #HowWeHeal from the effects of individual and systemic racism. Launched on Jan. 17, 2017, it creates a sense of belonging through a shared humanity, inspiring collective action to make a world that is more just and equitable.

The National Day of Racial Healing podcast series is hosted by Dr. Christopher and features a conversation with Dr. Kaiwipuni Punihei Lipe. The podcast and the work of the NCHE Senior Scholars underscore the value of healing, which is the prevalent message on this National Day of Racial Healing.

 

 

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Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation for Health Equity

Racial Healing – Dismantling the belief in racial hierarchy and its harmful consequences

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Research, Data and Information Systems

Using data and evidence to spur action toward achieving health equity and policy change

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Shaping health equity through transformative leadership

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NEWS & MEDIA

The Real Wakanda: How an East African Kingdom Changed Theodore Roosevelt and the Course of American Democracy

The Real Wakanda: How an East African Kingdom Changed Theodore Roosevelt and the Course of American Democracy

Articles, Racial Healing Relationship Building | March 16 2023

This article illustrates the arch of the history of people of color and how it predates encounters with colonizers and enslavers. It is a fascinating missing piece of history that affirms humanity and depicts one of many advanced African societies...

Latinos Are An Economic Force But They Still Face Disparities

Latinos Are An Economic Force But They Still Face Disparities

Articles, Racial Equity | March 15 2023

The economic growth of the Latino population is a driving force in the American economy, but Latinos continue to be extensively underserved. Their contributions to the U.S. economy must be recognized, and paths to eliminate barriers they face...

New Episode of NCHE Presents Released

New Episode of NCHE Presents Released

Announcements, Podcast | March 15 2023

NEW EPISODE OF NCHE PRESENTS: LEADERS PURSUING HEALTH EQUITY IN AMERICA: LEARN HOW AINKA JACKSON HELPS BRING RACIAL HEALING TO SELMA On the new NCHE PRESENTS: Leaders Pursuing Health Equity in America podcast (audio), Ainka Jackson, founding...

The Hidden History of What Happened to Thousands of Black Midwives in the South

The Hidden History of What Happened to Thousands of Black Midwives in the South

| March 7 2023

Black midwives in the 1900s who worked throughout the south providing reproductive needs birthed our nation. Today, groups are working nationwide to improve the Black midwife workforce. By Anna Claire Vollers, Reckon (Read...

Statement from President Joe Biden on Action to Lower Insulin Costs

Statement from President Joe Biden on Action to Lower Insulin Costs

Health Medical Care, Press Release | March 3 2023

Eli Lilly & Co., a pharmaceutical company that produces insulin, has announced that it will cap out-of-pocket costs for insulin at $35 a month for all Americans, regardless of their insurance status. This move comes after President Joe Biden...

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