Community Solidarity & Healing Through Action and Policies (2026 Update)

By Ina Robinson, Ph.D., and Aliah Mahadeo, MPH (in partnership with the American Public Health Association and the de Beaumont Foundation).

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For over half a century, impactful strides have been made to advance racial equity and justice at the local and state levels. Community Solidarity & Healing Through Action and Policies serves as a critical update to the foundational 2021 Healing Through Policy briefs.

At a time of political uncertainty and shifting federal policies, this brief amplifies the importance of supporting racial healing at the community level. It highlights exceptional, creative work done by leaders across the country to foster equity in alignment with the five pillars of the Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation (TRHT) framework:

• Narrative Change

• Racial Healing & Relationship Building

• Separation

• Law

• Economy