October 26, 2015

Assessing Health and Equity Impacts of the Proposed Reef Development Project in South Central Los Angeles

| By Lili Farhang | Today, Human Impact Partners, Esperanza Community Housing, Strategic Action for a Just Economy and other members of the UNIDAD Coalition are releasing the executive summary of the report Assessing Health and Equity Impacts of the Proposed Reef Development Project in South Central Los Angeles. Our […]
October 22, 2015

Development in South LA: A Threat or an Opportunity?

| By Cynthia Strathmann | Today’s guest blog is by SAJE Executive Director, Cynthia Strathmann, PhD. In this blog, she writes about the ripple effects of development in South LA and opportunities for change. It will come as a surprise to absolutely no one that Los Angeles is in the […]
September 24, 2015

Speak up! Health is created through collective efforts

| By Jonathan Heller | This week’s blog was originally posted by The Pump Handle on September 21, 2015. In this post, HIP Co-Director Jonathan Heller reflects on how collective efforts are necessary to improve our health and well-being.  The dominant narrative in the United States is that, as individuals, we hold the […]
August 20, 2015

Fair Housing for Better Health

| By Logan Harris | One year after Michael Brown was killed by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, galvanizing the Black Lives Matter movement, the role of housing segregation in perpetuating racial injustice is in the news. Residential segregation is one of the major mechanisms that produce racial […]