Call or Tweet Your Congress Representative! Please help us get the message to our leaders on this final day of action to defend ACA. Tweet #Figh4OurHealth throughout the day to the following people—let’s flood their accounts! Jeff Denham @RepJeffDenham David…
The latest issue of our Health Equity Forum newsletter came out today and it includes several great articles and dozens of resources! CPEHN’s Executive Director, Sarah de Guia, opens the newsletter reflecting on the results of the recent election and describes upcoming events and actions…
Covered California’s Board met on October 27, 2016 where they provided an update on the preparation for the exchange’s fourth open enrollment period. Covered California’s Executive Director, Peter Lee, acknowledged there will be higher premiums this year. However, he also…
California’s Office of the Patient Advocate just released new 2016-17 health plan report cards to help guide and inform consumers as they shop for coverage during the open enrollment season which is set to begin: November 1, 2016. The report…
Earlier this week in Sacramento, the California Strategic Growth Council approved $289.4 million in grants to 25 housing developments and transit-friendly infrastructure projects that aim to help reduce greenhouse gases in the communities the projects are located. The grants awarded…
To be [Black] in this country and to be relatively conscious, is to be in a rage almost all the time.-James Baldwin If you’re in a rage all the time, what does that do to your blood pressure? What does it do…
Frustrated. Mad. Those were just two of the ways I felt as I toured the recently opened Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. It was a homecoming of sorts for me. I live in…
Today, Governor Brown signed into law SB 1139 (Lara), which will prevent medical degree and healing arts training program programs from discriminating against students on the basis of immigration status and will open up state loan repayment and scholarships to…
On Sunday, Governor Brown signed Assembly Bill 1726, the AHEAD Act, into law. This new policy will provide California’s Department of Public Health with more granular data on the diverse Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) populations it…
Our biennial conference Voices for Change: Seizing the Momentum for Health Equity is a month away! The speakers and workshops are set, and CPEHN is busy preparing for a fantastic day of dynamic discussions with our friends, colleagues and allies.…