Today we are celebrating and honoring Jesse Williams. Many may know him as Jackson Avery, one of the many good-looking doctors on Shonda Rhimes' long running medical drama Grey's Anatomy, but he is also an #activist.
#NHHSCelebratesBHM #BHM #NewHaven #HealthyStart #Activists
Learn more: https://n.pr/2wCgAjA
“So, how much money do you guys make if I do that test you’re ordering for me?” This is a question I hear frequently from my patients, and it’s often followed by some variant of, “I thought hospitals were supposed to be nonprofit.”
Patients are understandably confused. They see hospitals consolidating and creating vast medical empires with sophisticated marketing campaigns and sleek digs that resemble luxury hotels. And then there was the headline-grabbing nugget from a Health Affairs study that seven of the 10 most profitable hospitals in America are nonprofit hospitals...
Today we are celebrating and honoring Maya Wiley who is is a nationally renowned expert on #racial justice and #equity. She is currently the Senior Vice President for Social Justice at the New School University and the Henry Cohen Professor of Public and Urban Policy at The New School’s Milano School of Management, Policy & Environment.
#NHHSCelebratesBHM #BHM #NewHaven #Activist
Learn more: http://bit.ly/2VdINHt
Could worker ownership of corporations hit mainstream US politics in 2020? Some Democratic presidential candidates are making that case, reports Jeff Stein in the Washington Post...
Today we are celebrating and honoring Ashley Jackson who an activist, advocate, fiber artist and program management consultant. She served as the first Alabama State Director for the Human Rights Campaign.
#NHHSCelebratesBHM #BHM #NewHaven #HealthyStart #HumanRights #Activist
Learn more: http://bit.ly/38s8isv
In the past few years, a number of social movements dedicated to the liberation of communities of color have gained momentum. These movements have been impacted by critical race theory scholarship, which informs and critiques the goals of organizing efforts carried out by advocates for racial justice. Yet, this relationship is not always linear; the work of social movements, in turn, also shapes the objectives of ongoing critical race theory scholarship.
For the fourth biennial CRT Conference, we hope to explore the relationship between two modern social movements – reparations and prison abolition – and critical race theory scholarship through this year’s theme, Critical Race Theory in the New Decade: Reparations and Prison Abolition. Through a collection of panels, presentations, and breakout sessions, we plan to address the following questions: How has CRT discourse informed the movements for reparations and prison abolition? How have these movements informed CRT? What are the limitations of academia to achieve reparations for slavery or to abolish prisons? How can we use the resources of academia to make space for reflection and chart a path forward?
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It is hard to make good decisions without good data. From the scale of nationwide efforts to improve education and healthcare to the day-to-day decisions faced by boards and staff of the smallest nonprofit organization, access to data that can be trusted to be true is critical. We trust those who collect our history and data—organize it and make it available—to do their jobs with integrity and a commitment to guarding its accuracy and completeness. We trust them to protect it from those who may have a reason to twist, hide, or destroy facts and stories they do not like...
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Today we are celebrating and honoring, Shaun King, who is a husband, #father, #activist and journalist. He is also a columnist for The Intercept and the Writer-In-Residence at Harvard Law School’s Fair Punishment Project.
#NHHSCelebratesBHM #BHM #Activist
Learn more: http://bit.ly/2UIOQnq
Today we are #celebrating and #honoring, Michelle Alexander, who is a highly acclaimed civil rights lawyer, advocate, legal scholar and author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
#NHHSCelebratesBHM #BHM #NewHaven #HealthyStart #CivilRights
Learn more about Michelle: http://bit.ly/2SpYW9X
Watch her Ted talk on the future of race in America: http://bit.ly/2UxYTeR
Today we are #celebrating and #honoring, Bryan Stevenson, who is the founder and Executive Director of the #Equal Justice Initiative, a human #rights organization in Montgomery, Alabama
#NHHSCelebratesBHM #BHM #NewHaven #HealthyStart #EqualRightsJustice
To learn more about Mr. Stevenson: http://bit.ly/2OCYVhE
To read more on his bestselling book, Just Mercy: http://bit.ly/31zKXm0
Today we are #celebrating and #honoring Mari Copeny, who at only 12 years old is already an #activist fighting for the children in Flint, Michigan during the water crisis.
#NHHSCelebratesBHM #NewHaven #Flint #LittleMissFlint #BHM
Learn more about Mari at: http://bit.ly/2Ouc4tj
And watch her on Good Morning America: http://bit.ly/381VDMM
Across many measures, New Zealand appears to be doing well: Its people are relatively healthy, well educated, and socially connected; material standards of living are high; and the unemployment rate is trending downward and is just below 4 percent.
But the country still faces significant challenges: Tens of thousands of children are living in poverty; young people in particular are struggling with their mental health; the rates of family violence are among the worst of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) nations; and its Māori and Pacific populations face inequalities in health, education, and employment.
When Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern came to power two years ago, she committed to tackling these problems. In May, she and Finance Minister Grant Robertson announced their first Wellbeing Budget, as the national budget. Instead of simply pegging the country’s success to traditional economic measures, like GDP, they want policymaking to be driven by what will make the biggest difference to the well-being of people, their communities, and the environment. It’s been dubbed the “well-being approach.”
Today is the first day of February and New Haven Healthy Start will be celebrating and honoring black activists during Black History Month. #NHHSCelebratesBHM #BHM
Let's kick it off with learning about HRSA #Maternal and Child Health and the 101 #Healthy Start sites around this country.
Click here to learn more about HRSA: http://bit.ly/2UgHnvl
Today's activist that #NewHaven Healthy Start is honoring and celebrating is Dr. Tiffany Wiggins. She is the Director of the Division of #HealthyStart and Perinatal Services within the #Maternal and #Child Health Bureau of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
To learn more about Dr. Wiggins: http://bit.ly/38X5raM
January 30, 2020
While diversity, equity, and inclusion, or DEI as the terms are collectively known, are discussed at almost every philanthropic gathering, what accompanying action is needed? Are these the building blocks destined to historically reshape the foundation playing field? Or are they just the latest foundation fig leaf for inequitable practices that started with the birth of the paternalistic, charity mindset?
“We have to be honest about the sources of wealth and how wealth was accumulated in this country—a great part of it was on the backs of people of color, and now those communities are benefiting from just a very small percentage of dollars,” writes Edgar Villanueva, a respected expert on social justice philanthropy. “Once you know, how can you not be equitable about how you’re distributing the money?”
The two of us have engaged in a series of cohort-based learning efforts with foundations of differing budget sizes, funding priorities, geographic areas of focus, and leaders on almost every level of a foundation organizational chart. Since last year, we have engaged foundation presidents and CEOs through the Presidents’ Forum on Racial Equity. These leaders, whose foundations control 15 percent of all US philanthropic assets, have participated in a series of in-person sessions and webinars that center racial equity in their professional development. As one participant said, “I’m trying to understand my own white privilege from a foundation where we are the recipients of extreme white privilege.”
The following are six leadership imperatives (and guidance for navigating them) for leaders who want to lead in ways that center racial equity and justice...
A new Yale study predicts that a transition to timber-based wood products in the construction of new housing, buildings, and infrastructure would not only offset enormous amounts of carbon emissions related to concrete and steel production — it could turn the world's cities into a vast carbon sink...
With proper treatment and a wide range of support, people with serious mental illness can maintain their independence and lead productive lives.
On a typical day, Fellowship Place offers this broad support to more than 150 people who visit the campus for meals, case management, and other activities such as working in community gardens courses. Clients can also receive job skills and employment assistance. The career development office annually works with more than 200 individuals.
A recent multi-year grant from The Community Foundation helped Fellowship Place sustain its operations during a time when its state funding was cut. Continue
