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Posted On November 20, 2020 12:24 am
FOCUS Despite the money and proliferation of institutional, entrepreneurial, nonprofit, and philanthropic players, social change efforts have wielded little systemic change. And those most impacted continue to suffer under oppressive systems despite the overabundance of “programming.” In response to these conditions, along with other residents of East Durham, N.C., in 2012 Aliyah co-founded Communities In… 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 10:46 pm
Executive Director Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation FOCUS Edward is the executive director of the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation (AIISF), the California State Parks’ nonprofit partner in the effort to preserve and restore the historic immigration station at Angel Island. From 1910 to 1940, Angel Island (sometimes referred to as the “Ellis Island of… View Article
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
Prevention and Care Manager Black AIDS Institute FOCUS Saron is based in Los Angeles and works at the intersection of racial justice and public health. Her vision of a Culture of Health is one free of structural oppression and full of structures, systems, and policies that facilitate health and opportunity. She is currently applying this… View Article
Posted On March 5, 2020 10:41 pm
Executive Director ChangeMaker Foundation FOCUS Mariely is interested in creating an alliance of trainees interested in institutional health to work on concrete strategies related to the incorporation of the equity lens in philanthropic and organizational structures. Also fostering relationships with Culture of Health Leaders alumni who were interested in working on the issue of institutional… View Article
Posted On March 5, 2020 10:37 pm
Vice President, Community Health Equity Rush University Medical Center FOCUS Darlene works on the west side of Chicago at a large academic medical center that has been in the same location for over 180 years. Residents in the surrounding neighborhoods have life expectancies far below those of wealthier communities. Some are as low as 68… 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 10:29 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