CCPH as a Sandbox: How this Board Member learned about the Principles of Partnership
I first learned about community-based public health (CBPH) as a graduate student at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. I was on the health policy track in the Master of Public Health program [...]
Statement on the Challenges to Medical College Education
More than 100 years since the historic Flexner report highlighting the systemic challenges of American medical schools, we continue to face challenges in the process and climate of medical education. A recent revelation of an [...]
Build a Synergistic Movement: Dismantling the Injustices of Racism
I cut my teeth on community work when, as a newly minted garden variety college history major, I elected to become a VISTA volunteer. I was sent to work in northeast Tennessee’s Hancock County. This [...]
A Journey Home: Racism, Civil Rights, and a New Future for Social Justice and Health Equity in Mississippi and the South
I was aware of environmental injustice, the differential burden of environmental hazards and locally unwanted land uses (LULUs) on communities of color, low-income populations, indigenous peoples, and marginalized groups, such as petrochemical facilities, refineries, power [...]
Local-to-Global Partnerships: From Thailand to Utah
It was fall of 2007 and I was serving as the Director of University Neighborhood Partners, community-university partnership on the west side of Salt Lake City, Utah. With a long history of serving as gateway [...]
Tom Bruce Award & Lucille Webb Award
At the recent APHA Meeting in San Diego, CCPH was involved in both giving and receiving several awards. We shared a little bit about the RWJF-CCPH Award for Equity that was given to to key [...]