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Building Power, Building Health
By catalyzing the power of people to make change, community organizers equip
people at every level to overcome the myriad barriers to health.
Social Issues - Articles
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Philanthropy on the Frontlines of Ferguson
The Deaconess Foundation seeks to shift public policy, mobilize community members, and strengthen advocacy efforts related to children and youth.
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Promoting Health Impact Assessments
Health impact assessments can be used to bring the social determinants
of health into the policymaking process.
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Building a Healthier Nail Salon Industry
A coalition of organizations in New York has made progress in improving the lives and health of nail salon workers.
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Embracing Healing Justice in California
A Stockton, Calif., organization is striving to transform its city through culturally
rooted, healing-centered practices and a pedagogy of love.
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Ending LGBT Health Inequities
Philanthropy can pursue several effective approaches to improve LGBT health.
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Achieving Healthy Communities Through Transit Equity
Expanding public transit systems to connect low-income communities to healthy environments, high-quality education, and well-paying jobs isn’t enough. Transit has to be affordable as well as accessible.
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Using Fair Housing to Achieve Health Equity
Fair housing initiatives that focus on dispersion ignore the social structures and processes that result in the inequitable distribution of resources necessary for health.
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Reducing Health Disparities in Atlanta
A coalition of organizations is improving the health of low-income communities.
Serving Up Data
The Human Needs Index offers complex, near-real-time information on how people across the United States use social services.