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An Uncomfortable Truth
March 12, 2015The Alameda County Place Matter's team shared the Public Health Department Health Officer and Director's, Dr. Muntu Davis, written letter to their partners and residents about their commitment to work for racial and health equity. Read the full...
Ferguson Police Routinely Violate Rights of Blacks, Justice Dept. Finds
March 10, 2015Photo Credit: New York Times Ferguson, Mo., is a third white, but the crime statistics compiled in the city over the past two years seemed to suggest that only black people were breaking the law. They accounted for 85 percent of traffic stops, 90...
HELEN Webinar: Fair Housing is a Health Equity Issue
March 10, 2015The webinar provides HELEN members from around the country a unique opportunity to come together and learn, discuss and ask questions about how to raise awareness about fair housing and housing mobility as equity issues. The virtual platform will...
NACDD Health Equity Council General Member Meeting
March 3, 2015Please join us for the March NACDD Health Equity Council General Member Meeting to learn more about an exciting new resource. The Health Equity Leadership & Exchange Network (HELEN) is a collaborative effort between the National REACH Coalition,...
Civil rights organizations stand with Arab and Muslim communities in wake of Chapel Hill shootings
February 17, 2015Contact: Jennifer Farmer, Advancement Project 202.487.0967 [email protected] Washington, D.C. – Leading national health, racial equity and civil rights groups, joining together as grantees of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s America...
Annoucing the Community Toolbox 2015 Out of the Box Prize
January 27, 2015The Community Tool Box is celebrating its 20th anniversary by hosting an Out of the Box Prize to honor exemplary approaches to promoting community health and development happening in communities worldwide. The Grand Prize winner will receive $5,000...
Policy As A Prescription
January 22, 2015Misty was suicidal the last time she went to the emergency room, with high blood pressure, hernias, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and addictions to both drugs and alcohol. It was not her first visit to the E.R. in recent months, but it...
“No-Go” Zones: True Here in the United States?
January 21, 2015In recent days Fox News has offered an apology for featuring commentators and news reports that suggested that in many parts of Europe, Christians are not welcome: Muslims, they alleged, have “taken over” some neighborhoods, and bar...
Biased policies send message some children’s lives don’t matter: Florentina Staigers
January 20, 2015As Martin Luther King Day approaches, civil rights protests around the country remind us that there is still work to be done. We often take for granted in this country the fact that all lives matter. But the reality is that this is not the...
Available NOW: Health Equity and the Impact of the 2014 Mid-Term Elections
January 12, 2015The Health Equity and Leadership Exchange Network (HELEN) presents: Health Equity and the Impact of the 2014 Mid-Term Elections. The webinar provides current and prospective HELEN members and supporters from around the country a unique...