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Center for Health Progress

Coming soon!

See The Essentials, our new documentary film,
on December 10!

We believe health care is a right.

So, we fight for laws and policies that make it possible for everyone to care for themselves and their families.

STRATEGIES FOR CHANGE

Policy
Advocacy

We shape, impact, and advance good public policy.

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Community Partnerships

We work with communities to create lasting change.

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Community Organizing

Community voices will lead the way to health equity.

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Professional Services

We want to partner with you to improve health.

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From Our Blog

The Story of Stories

Four Silhouetted Women with the title The Essentials and stripes of a flag

Your power is in your story. Systems change hinges on our ability to articulate our stories. These are the messages of grassroots organizing.

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Theresa Trujillo

I Can’t Move On, but I Can Rise Up

My humanity has always been under attack. “All men are created equal” was never intended to include me. And that’s why I can’t just move on.

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Rayna Hetlage

Ask Me How Your Vote Affects My Life

Hands holding vote buttons

I cannot vote, so I posted on my social media accounts, “Please be my voice in this election, ask me how your vote affects my life!”

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Yesenia Beascochea

Join the movement

When our neighbors are healthy, our communities prosper, and Colorado is stronger.

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Publications

The Essentials

The Essentials lifts up the voices of immigrants who are facing great barriers to survival, but who fight on nonetheless.

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2020 Ballot Initiative Positions

The 2020 Colorado ballot will be packed. Our community member-leaders voted on our positions; below are the measures we endorse or oppose.

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2019-2020 Annual Report

This past year we fought hard. From the streets to the gold dome, Coloradans are coming together to demand that the health care system work for them.

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