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June 13, 2023

Powerful Partnerships for Healthy Communities: A Video Series

Our new video series, Powerful Partnerships for Healthy Communities, tells three stories that illustrate how innovative community-government collaborations across the country are building power for health equity together. Watch the videos here!
April 4, 2023

How the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule can advance racial and health equity

Build Healthy Places Network video blog post featuring HIP Housing Justice Program Director Will Dominie in conversation with Colleen Flynn on how the AFFH rule can support racial and health equity, and housing justice.
March 20, 2023

‘No concern for safety’: Deaths, allegations of abuse, controversy at Santa Rita Jail provoke community outrage

The Daily Californian article by Carolyn Yu about the death of Candice “Cody” Vanburen at Santa Rita Jail and community outrage at inhumane conditions in the jail, including HIP’s joint release after the death.
March 10, 2023

Bay Area Civil Rights Organizations Release a Joint Statement After the 4th Death at Santa Rita Jail in 6 Weeks

The Davis Vanguard  article by Patty Yao on HIP’s joint statement with other Bay Area organizations calling to shut down Santa Rita Jail after the death of Cody Vanburen, the fourth person to die in the jail in six weeks.
February 24, 2023

From Crisis to Care: New Report Documents Health Harms of Women’s Prisons

Article in The Davis VanGuard by Belen Avelar on the release of our research report, From Crisis to Care: Ending the Health Harm of Women’s Prisons, and the need for investing in health-promoting community support instead of prisons.
February 17, 2023

We’re hiring!

HIP is seeking a Graduate Student Research Intern to support our Housing Justice and also likely Economic Security and Climate Justice policy-driven research projects. This is an exciting opportunity to leverage the power of health research, data, and advocacy for social justice. Learn more and apply here by March 3.
November 22, 2022

HIP Quarterly Newsletter: Health equity highlights and updates

Check out the latest from HIP, including new NACCHO MAPP tools to build the capacity of health departments, updates on election organizing and APHA annual, application calls, housing justice updates, new HIP staff members, and more!
November 16, 2022

Applications open for our 2023 Power-building Partnerships for Health Cohort!

PPH is a 9-month program that cultivates powerful collaborations between local health departments and community power-building organizations — because social movements and public health belong together. Apply by January 7 2023 to be a part of the next cohort!
August 30, 2022

HIP Quarterly Newsletter: Health equity highlights and updates

All the latest from HIP: Exciting new faces, roles, and projects; introducing HIP's two new programs; updates from our most recent advocacy & organizing, narrative change, research, and capacity building work; and so much more!
July 11, 2022

Demonstrators at the Capitol Call for Overturning Colorado’s ‘Rent Stabilization’ Ban

9News article on organizing around housing justice in Colorado featuring a quote from a 2019 HIP research brief outlining the importance of rent stabilization in Colorado to support healthy communities.
June 28, 2022

Resources on Power-sharing and Collaboration Between Health Departments and CPBOs

We’re excited to share 2 new sets of resources that guide government agencies and community power-building organizations (CPBOs) through the why and how of building and sharing power to advance health equity.