The decision to end DACA has already started having profound impacts on recipients and their families—forcing many to go back to living in the shadows.
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Leaders Who Dare to Hope
Last month, at Center for Health Progress’s annual fundraising luncheon, HEALTHtalks, I found myself surrounded by leaders who dared to be hopeful in spite of it all.
Paving the Way for Disability Rights
As a result of the work done through the disability rights movement, especially from the 1970s through the 1990s, legislation in the US was passed to increase access to buildings and public spaces for people with disabilities.
Walking Where the Sidewalks End
Access to healthy and affordable food, transportation, safe housing, and sidewalks all determine our access to care and opportunity to live a healthy life.
Opportunities that Grow from Diversity
The increased diversity in Colorado brings both opportunities and challenges for health care providers, health systems, policymakers, and community-based organizations to create and deliver culturally-responsive care.
Climbing to Kids’ Coverage through CHIP
We have been working alongside our partners over the last 10 years to create and improve kids’ health coverage options, especially through CHIP.
The Shadows in which Hate Flourishes
If there is one thing I’ve learned about how our country got to this place, it is that the silence of those who are unaffected by injustice creates the shadows in which hate flourishes.
Intervening on Interpersonal and Institutional Social Determinants of Health
I’ve been studying the science and theory of the social determinants of health (SDOH) for many years. But, all the studies in the world can’t compare to experiencing something firsthand.
OITNB: Tuning into Social Justice
Orange is the New Black (OITNB) is a powerful reflection of the experiences of communities who have historically been pushed to the margins of society.
Storytelling to Connect
My mom often jokes that I could dance before I could walk. In high school, I realized its potential as a way of storytelling through movement.