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Grounding Research in Communities Most Impacted to Build Narrative Power
Building power requires more than organizing people and making campaign demands – it also involves shaping deeply-held values and beliefs in our society so that we can enact long-lasting change. In our one-on-one conversations with leaders, we often hear people share that the widespread ideas about our society – what organizers refer to as “dominant […]
Nine Months of Impact: Celebrating Victories in CHP’s Campaigns
Nine months ago, we launched our most ambitious agenda ever: Four bold healthcare accountability campaigns led by our grassroots members. Since then, we’ve been hard at work. We’ve delivered key victories and made progress across all our campaigns. We trained and invested in our members as they took on key leadership roles. We significantly grew […]
Holding Institutions Accountable for Access and Equity
In this webinar, we hear from leaders at People’s Action, the Center for Health Progress in Colorado, and El Centro in Kansas City, each of whom bring tangible examples of work to hold health care institutions and insurers accountable for how their practices impact patients.
Center for Health Progress supports immigrants, others in Fort Morgan
The Center for Health Progress office in Fort Morgan is led by Lead Community Organizer Perla Rodriguez and Community Organizer Andrea Escalera. The office represents Morgan County and works with local constituencies to better healthcare systems to be more equitable for immigrant families. According to Rodriguez, most of their statewide members are black and/or people […]
I’ve been working with our leaders on the Communications Organizing Team to get clear on their self-interest–what’s in it for them–in fighting to transform our for-profit health care system. At trainings and team meetings, a common issue has surfaced: many of us have been taught to focus on the privileges and advantages we do have in […]
Medical Debt Affects Much of America, but Colorado Immigrants Are Hit Especially Hard
In February, Norma Brambila’s teenage daughter wrote her a letter she now carries in her purse. It is a drawing of a rose, and a note encouraging Brambila to “keep fighting” her sickness and reminding her she’d someday join her family in heaven.
Community With High Medical Debt Questions Its Hospitals’ Charity Spending
As 41% of American adults face medical debt, residents of this southern Colorado city contend their local nonprofit hospitals aren’t providing enough charity care to justify the millions in tax breaks they receive.
