Center for Health Progress

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We believe our health care system should work for all Coloradans.

So, we bring people together to ensure factors like race, income, and ZIP code don’t determine a person’s access to care and opportunity to live a healthy life. When we uncover commonsense solutions to these complex challenges, we get closer to ensuring our health care system works for everyone. Because when our neighbors are healthy, our communities prosper, and Colorado is stronger.

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

From Learning to Action

woman with a megaphone at a protest

To make meaningful change, we need people inside the health care system to understand why health inequities exist in the first place, and to take action.

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Dana Kennedy

Shifting Leadership–Yours, Mine, and Ours

Maggie Gomez

As white women with less education and experience got higher titles and more money, I realized I needed to secure leadership and professional development opportunities for myself.

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Maggie Gómez

2019: A Year in Review

Ten Center for Health Progress stand together as group at the 2019 HEALTHtalks luncheon

I’ve been reflecting on all that we accomplished in 2019. We’ve worked hard to develop radical clarity around our organizational identity and core beliefs.

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Joe Sammen

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Publications

Racism and Nationalism Are Root Causes of Violence in the US

Hate--rooted in racism, nationalism, and other extremism--has festered in our country since its founding and continues unchecked today.

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Health Equity Scorecard 2019

Every year, we closely track legislator votes on each bill we are supporting or opposing. At the end of the session, we analyze each legislator's overall voting record and create a scorecard.

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Beyond Brushing: the Impact of Racism on Oral Health in Colorado

Racism is a significant cause the preventable differences in the health of our mouths, teeth, and gums, which are closely connected to our overall health.

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