Human Impact Partners brings the power of public health to campaigns and movements for a just society.

Through our research, capacity building, and advocacy we challenge the inequities that harm the health of our communities.

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Issues We Focus On

Criminal Justice

Economic Security

Immigration

Housing

Land Use and
Transportation

Featured Resource

Make It Fair: California Prop 13 Reform Campaign Support

October 2017 — In support of the Make It Fair campaign to reform commercial property tax in California, we are developing a set of materials to showcase how restoring county resources can advance health equity. We are also mobilizing public health to join the campaign, which is in its early stages.

Key Initiatives

Health Instead of Punishment Program

Develops a public health vision for the criminal justice system through research, advocacy, and collaborative field building.

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Health Equity Guide

Showcases a set of strategic practices and case studies of health departments building power for health equity.

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Public Health Awakened

Network of public health professionals organizing for health, equity, and justice, formed in response to the current federal policy agenda.

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FROM THE NEWSROOM

September 28, 2017

Panel on women’s rights in prisons comes to UMass

The Massachusetts Daily Collegian article by Alvin Buyinza on the "Women Behind Bars: Public Health and Criminal Justice Reform" panel held by the School of Public Health and Health Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

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