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Author: centerforhealth Filed Under: Community Engagement, Policy & Advocacy, Systems Change
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Community Is a Ham Bone
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Eight Ways to Take Action for Black Lives
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Hear Our Voices
I could only work harder to assert the voices and daily experiences of my communities in the narrow halls of power where decisions are being made.
Without Transportation, Good Health Is Hard to Reach
I grew up in New York City, a city with a vast public transportation system of subways underground and buses and taxis above.
Medical Transportation Matters
Transportation is a major barrier to accessing care for nearly 300,000 Coloradans. That’s why Medicaid offers Non-Emergency Medical Transportation.
Running Low on Health Equity
We’re running dangerously low on laws and policies that provide equal protection for all. Pandemics have a way of exposing inequities.
Health Equity in the Time of COVID-19
You are at-risk of dying from COVID-19; we all are. But the risks go beyond the disease and are very inequitably distributed.