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Posted On December 18, 2020 10:35 pm
Regional Director – North Shore The Food Project FOCUS John’s vision for a Culture of Health is a culture that values diversity in knowledge and understanding of health for individuals and communities. It is defined by and with community, for the community. It requires the collaboration of institutional and structural systems to unpack harmful practices… View Article
Posted On December 18, 2020 10:31 pm
Executive Director TransitMatters FOCUS Transportation access is one of the most powerful factors when it comes to economic mobility and future success, more than crime, test scores, two-parent households, and other factors more commonly mentioned. Even more broadly, mobility, or the freedom to move about, is a key human right. For Jarred Johnson, this right… View Article
Posted On November 20, 2020 12:17 am
Assistant Director of Programming, COO Dreamcatcher Initiative, Inc. FOCUS Alexis recognizes how essential it is for youth, especially youth transitioning from system involvement back into the community, to be the co-authors of their transition plan. Her focus is on bridging the gap between youth and community dialogue, introducing entrepreneurship and effective decision-making to youth. Alexis… View Article
Posted On March 5, 2020 10:47 pm
Program Director, Cultural Resilience Enterprise Community Partners FOCUS Meghan’s vision for a Culture of Health begins where people spend most of their time living and creating, in homes and communities. She supports equitable community investment by creating environments for healing-centered approaches, collaboration, lifting residents’ voices, and building social cohesion. Her vision is one where people… View Article
Posted On March 5, 2020 10:35 pm
Program Director Multicultural AIDS Coalition FOCUS Immigrant communities are overpoliced, face unprecedented levels of surveillance, and are unjustly detained or deported at increasing rates. Black, LGBTQ and Muslim communities are disproportionately vulnerable to these acts of structural violence due to racism, heterosexism, transphobia, and Islamophobia. And, at the same time, these communities stay resilient, productive,… View Article
Posted On March 5, 2020 10:30 pm
Associate Professor Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health FOCUS Josiemer focuses on translating research on diet, psychosocial factors, and health among Latin@s into tailored messages and programs for chronic disease prevention in this population. MORE ABOUT JOSIEMER Josiemer wants to elevate the evidence-based data that could help improve the health of our Latin@ communities… View Article
Posted On July 25, 2019 9:52 pm
Food Program Director Corporate Accountability International Securing food justice from seed to plate FOCUS From seed to plate, our food system is broken, and low-income communities and communities of color are the ones bearing the brunt of this breakdown. The biggest driver of this breakdown—the rotten core of our broken system—is McDonald’s, a corporation that… View Article
Posted On July 23, 2019 1:07 am
Instructor in Medicine Harvard Medical School FOCUS Gaurab believes that clinicians have a professional responsibility to develop their capacity to be agents of social change. Clinicians have a unique vantage point from which they can see the ways that social, economic, and political factors can influence the delivery of health care. They can play an… View Article
Posted On July 22, 2019 10:27 pm
Director of Community Benefits Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center FOCUS I focus on building affordable housing in Boston and creating prosperous communities. Boston is the third most expensive city in the United States, right behind New York and San Francisco. Lower-income residents in Boston often bear extremely high rent burdens, sometimes paying more than 75… View Article