Relational Community Organizing
Building community power.
Health is more than healthcare. Creating a humanizing and equitable health system for all means moving beyond simply diagnosing illness and treating with medicines—it also means identifying the social/structural conditions that aren’t working and acting on them by building power together.
Our Health Equity and Leadership at Richmond (HEAL-R) program elevates patients and community members as experts in social drivers of health, brings members together in safer containers to identify both unique lived experiences and shared common ground, and partners in changing policies/practices that promote health and happiness for all.
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Building Relational Leadership Capacity
HEALIX (Health Equity And Leadership Inclusive eXperience) is a community building and leadership development training program for people experiencing systematic harm. Learn about how HEALIX led to increased collective empowerment, increased capacity for advocacy, and participants taking action for change.
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Catalyzing Systems Change
We co-create spaces where patients, community members, and healthcare workers connect through their shared humanity, build trust together, and partner to create a healthier and equitable community.
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HEALR's Impact
Our organizing efforts have led to concrete policy change around affordable housing and language access in Oregon.