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Standing Rock Sioux Tribe releases micro-doc exploring efforts to protect water resources and sacred tribal land
November 16, 2016Standing Rock Sioux Tribe announced yesterday the release of Mni Wiconi: The Stand at Standing Rock, a new, 10-minute film that explores the nearly eight-month battle to stop construction of the pipeline on sacred tribal lands. Mni Wiconi –...
A Look Behind the Curtain: Health Care Reform and the Path to Equity
November 4, 2016DSC Web Seminar Series in Partnership with the Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence (HPOE) of the American Hospital Association A Look Behind the Curtain: Health Care Reform and the Path to Equity Learn what’s at stake for the health equity...
The Health of the States
October 27, 2016The Health of the States (HOTS) project is a detailed analysis of state rankings on 39 health outcomes, and correlations between those health outcomes and 123 determinants of health spanning five domains: health care, health behaviors, social...
Press Release
October 27, 2016Contact: Gita Rampersad, JD, MHA Telephone: 202.765.2500 Cell: 773.398.2021 Email: [email protected] Website: https://nationalcollaborative.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 27, 2016 NATIONAL COLLABORATIVE FOR HEALTH...
Using vs. Watching: How Documentaries The Raising of America and Unnatural Causes Have Engaged Communities
October 26, 2016Tuesday, November 01, 2016 12:30 PM - 02:00 PM, CCC, Room #403 Session 4216.0 Using vs. Watching: How the Documentaries The Raising of America and Unnatural Causes Have Engaged...
Nearly 1 Million Chicagoland Workers Win Earned Sick Time!
October 6, 2016Just a few months after our historic earned sick time victory in Chicago, Women Employed celebrates another triumph as The Cook County Board of Commissioners passed their own sick time ordinance on October 5th. For the first time, all employees who...
Listen to Testimony from the 1966 U.S. Civil Rights Commission Hearing in Cleveland
October 6, 2016by Nick Castele For six days in April 1966, a panel appointed by U.S. presidents heard from Cleveland mothers, children, activists, attorneys, high school students, laborers, union leaders, landlords, elected officials and police. The U.S. Civil...
Center for Research on Men’s Health opens at Vanderbilt
October 4, 2016by Jim Patterson Work has begun at the new Center for Research on Men’s Health at Vanderbilt University, a university-wide research center with a two-pronged mission to promote men’s health and reduce health disparities. “This important new...
The Black Maternal Mortality Rate in the US Is an International Crisis
October 3, 2016By Dr. Joia Crear Perry Last week I spoke at the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to urge the United States to use a human rights framework to improve maternal mortality in the U.S. That’s right: Black women are...
Beyond Bias Webinar Series
September 15, 2016Beyond Bias is a two-part webinar series sponsored by the National Collaborative for Health Equity (NCHE) and the Within Our Lifetime Network (WOL), in partnership with The Perception Institute. Part I — Part I of the Beyond Bias series took a...