Join Build Healthy Places Network and Shift Health Accelerator for the upcoming Healthy Neighborhood Investments: Policy Convening for Advancing Health and Racial Equity on May 19 and 20 at 9:00-11:00 am PT/ 12:00 – 2:00 pm ET.
Read MoreDignity Health St. Joseph's Medical Center recently announced a $130,000 investment to transform health outcomes and advance equity in South Stockton.
Read MoreMental Health, Social Isolation and Homelessness. Arguably three of our most insidious social challenges that have been on the rise over recent decades and that have become even more prominent during this COVID-19 pandemic. Three elements that have intersectionality, share many root causes and disproportionately impact groups and communities according to race, gender, income and age.
Read MoreIn November 2019, Build Healthy Places Network (the Network), with funding from The Kresge Foundation, launched Community Innovations to deepen outreach to and learning from local community development organizations that serve low-income communities and people of color. Community Innovations has a three-pronged goal: to enhance the Network’s understanding of how best to support local organizations’ cross-sector efforts; to connect local organizations to other peer organizations and the larger national dialogue, resources, and tools; and to embed capacity within organizations to undertake health strategies and engage with healthcare.
Read MoreWe are deeply saddened and appalled by the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and many others who have lost their lives due to police brutality and other forms of racial injustices that continue to harm black and brown communities throughout the country. We stand as partners with the Black communities and millions of people who face racial discrimination everyday.
Read MoreAn obscure banking rule has quietly funneled millions of dollars into low-income communities, helping to reduce the deep health inequities between low-income and wealthier families in America. But that rule—the Community Reinvestment Act—is now under threat. In January, the three regulatory agencies overseeing the CRA proposed significant changes.
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