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Posted On March 5, 2020 10:45 pm
Senior Program Officer for Embedding Equity New York Academy of Medicine FOCUS Shaneah has leveraged her capacity to innovate systems change, internal and external, to public health organizations by relentlessly approaching her work with an equitable lens through co-creating novel community engagement frameworks; building robust partnerships with city agencies; transforming local resident capacity building approaches;… View Article
Posted On March 5, 2020 10:43 pm
Executive Director Tree Street Youth FOCUS Julia’s focus area is on youth development and education and the ways in which youth voice can lead change in communities. As the founder and director of Tree Street Youth in Lewiston, Maine, she has experienced firsthand the power that youth can play in developing programming, changing education systems,… View Article
Posted On March 5, 2020 10:36 pm
Project Manager International Data Systems, LLC FOCUS Laura works toward a world in which all children are in safe, nurturing relationships and environments; the well-being of all families and communities is prioritized; and all people can lead lives of dignity and meaning. When children experience overwhelming amounts of stress (also called toxic stress), this can… 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 10:34 pm
Health Program Officer Lloyd A. Fry Foundation FOCUS Yadira’s interest in health, and her belief that healthcare is a basic human right, began as a young girl when she served as her parents’ ad hoc advocate, interpreter, and “care coordinator.” In high school, her interest expanded to advocating for the health of her community—La Villita—when… 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 March 5, 2020 10:29 pm
Executive Director Oregon Pacific Islander Coalition FOCUS Alyshia Alohalani Macaysa is a community organizer and systems change strategist based in Portland, OR. The heart of her work is building life-affirming justice and indigenous systems of health through a decolonized public health practice. Her body of work includes government<>community partnerships that have placed the wisdom and… View Article
Posted On March 5, 2020 10:26 pm
Chief Operating Officer Good Samaritan Health Center FOCUS The health care system bears daily witness to the physical and psychological impact of health inequity, yet medical care and health behavior change alone can prevent at best only 50 percent of premature deaths in the United States. Health care systems wanting to advance health equity need… View Article
Posted On March 5, 2020 10:18 pm
Pediatric Services Medical Director Hidalgo Medical Services FOCUS Rural pediatrician Brian Etheridge is focused on improving pediatric health in southwest New Mexico, where he grew up. Dr. Etheridge sees firsthand what research tells us: Children living in rural areas often experience worse health outcomes. Rural children are more likely to live in poverty, experience food… View Article
Posted On March 5, 2020 10:11 pm
Assistant Vice President Heartland Family Service FOCUS Omaha, Neb., is an incredibly ethnically diverse community, with over 115 languages spoken in the public school system. However, the city sees a highly disproportionate number of Latinx immigrant and African and Asian refugee groups living in poverty, and has some of the highest poverty rates for black… View Article