The latest edition of our Health Equity Forum newsletter hit the virtual shelves today, and it features a lot of information on the most pressing health issues impacting California’s communities of color in 2015. To start it off, our Executive…
This post originally appeared on MomsRising.org. For many of us committed to social justice and the health and wellbeing of our communities, this year’s celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday is particularly powerful. Our society once again finds…
Welcome to Tuesday Tidbits! This space will be used every week to highlight new resources, upcoming events, and other resources related to improving health and fostering equity. If you would like your resource/event to be highlighted, please let me know…
Last week, I had the pleasure of attending two outstanding events sponsored by one of our founding ethnic partners, the Latino Coalition for a Healthy California (LCHC). On Thursday, LCHC held its Campeones de Salud Awards Banquet, where we were treated…
Welcome to Friday Facts! Each week we’ll be taking a look at a specific chart from the Data & Resources section of our website. This week we’re focusing on diabetes in California. The rates of diabetes in California (and across…
Now in its third year, the Women’s Policy Summit, a major policy forum hosted by the California Center for Research on Women and Families to advance the health, wealth, and power of women and girls, featured the leaders of both…
Since 2010, CPEHN has been working closely with partners to develop a strategic plan to reduce mental health disparities, and we’re excited to finally be able to share the draft plan with you and hear your thoughts. Part of the…
Welcome to Tuesday Tidbits! This space will be used every week to highlight new resources, upcoming events, and other resources related to improving health and fostering equity. If you would like your resource/event to be highlighted, please let me know…
On Friday, January 9th, Governor Jerry Brown released his proposed budget for the 2015-16 fiscal year. We appreciate that Governor Brown’s $113 billion spending proposal includes a continued commitment to health care reform through the Medi-Cal expansion and increases investments…
We are trying something new at CPEHN as we kick off 2015! With so much great work being done to improve the health of California’s communities of color, we are creating a forum to highlight inspiring efforts. Today we are…