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Community Rx is proud to have made waves this year with some phenomenal accomplishments aimed at uplifting underserved communities and ensuring their voices are heard. Check out what we've achieved together: 🔸 Transformative Training: Led 4 game-changing sessions at Valencia College, empowering students and faculty with tools for healing, leadership, and professional growth as part of the YouthBuild program. 🔸 Championing Environmental Justice: Facilitated community engagement for EPA Region 4, amplifying the voices of marginalized communities in environmental policy and justice. 🔸 Nationwide Support: Over 90 technical assistance hours provided to 25+ communities through the EPA’s Community Change grant, helping them secure critical funding and resources for sustainable growth! 🔸 Workshops with Purpose: Delivered 10 impactful workshops for the Safe and Sound Network, reaching over 250 participants on topics like building effective partnerships and managing social services. 🔸 Thought Leadership: Honored to be a featured speaker at VIA Connects Conference, discussing community-centered healing practices and strategies for marginalized groups. 🔸 Economic Empowerment: We’ve connected countless Black business owners with jobs, opportunities, and capital, fueling economic growth and equity in underserved communities. 🔸 What's Next? We’re confirmed as a speaker for The Funder’s Network (TFN) Conference in 2025, further solidifying Community Rx as a leader in community-driven healing and social change. 🔥 It’s been an incredible year, and we’re just getting started! 💪✨ Let’s continue driving equitable change together. #CommunityRx #Healing #SocialChange #Equity #EnvironmentalJustice #BlackBusinesses

Equity and inclusion policies are built on the research-backed understanding that identity is an integral part of effective governance. This is recognized internationally. The World Health Organization (WHO) identifies social determinants of health: the non-medical factors that affect health outcomes. In Canada these have been recognized in policy since the 1990s and are the framework for public health. Race and gender are named social determinants. These are not imagined constructs of political activism https://lnkd.in/ee5ExBGC

It’s important to link in with your local community and get involved if you want to be part of ensuring that local health services meet the needs of all intersectional representations and pathway to equity. Consumer health advisory roles are a wonderful way to share your living experiences of accessing health related services and help shape improvements #healthequity #consumerhealthadvisory

Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S., symbolizing resilience, unity, and the pursuit of equity. Systemic racism leads to disparities in income, health, education, and opportunity. It's our collective responsibility to promote racial equity by listening, amplifying voices, and dismantling barriers to equality through open dialogue and action. We are dedicated to elevating the voices of all patients to promote inclusivity in healthcare. Our comprehensive AI-guided medical history-taking solutions promote health equity by addressing disparities in healthcare access, quality, and outcomes—ensuring that all patients receive high-quality, accessible, and personalized healthcare regardless of their background or circumstances. This Freedom Day we honor past struggles and recognize the ongoing fight for racial justice. Join us in reaffirming our commitment to a future where everyone has equal opportunity for optimal health. Let's celebrate community resilience and renew our dedication to fostering a world where everyone can thrive.✊ How are you celebrating Juneteenth? https://lnkd.in/gZRX6w38 #juneteenth #blacklivesmatter #blm #blackhistory #juneteenthcelebration

"I believe our mother practiced what is now known as structurally competent and culturally responsive care, in which the entire complex nature of a patient’s background and the social context in which they live, work, love and pray is considered during evaluation. And people loved her for it. She wasn’t just taking care of patients. She was tending to her neighbors.” Uché Blackstock, MD These words from Uche’s book, LEGACY, deeply resonated with me because they speak to the power of role modeling and commitment to #community. In many ways, it’s similar to the work I saw my parents do as a child. 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 Long before I knew what all of the words and nomenclature was around health equity, what I saw as a child was my late father paying home visits to his patients and people in our neighborhood. After my father passed away, my mother then picked up the mantle, building and leading a nonprofit clinic named in my father’s memory that delivered inexpensive kidney care and accessible health education in language and visuals, which resonated with our multicultural community in Trinidad and Tobago. 🇹🇹 This work was my mother’s side hustle which she was relentlessly committed to until she too passed on. There is so much power in what we observe and see from those who’ve come before us. 🙏🏽 Uche Blackstock’s story, part of which is excerpted in this recent The Washington Post piece, is a testament to all of those things. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY.... The value of having medical care from and by those from our #culture and #community. Uche talks about the importance of culturally responsive care and the events that led to the evaporation of Black physicians in the US. Take a read via the link below. 👇🏽 Most importantly, buy and read Uche’s book. 🔗 Link to purchase in comments. #healthcare #leadership #equity Photo credit: The Washington Post. ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Hi 👋🏽 I'm Abenaa Hayes, an award-winning communications executive who specializes in healthcare, inclusion and health equity. I work with CCOs and executives to create the structure they need to drive engagement and transformation. My secret sauce is inclusive comms.

I am excited to share our new publication with co-authors Natalie Pope and Drs. Emily Greenfield and Elizabeth Russell. Our research findings highlight the role of the public sector in Age-Friendly Cities and Communities (AFCC) initiatives across Canada and the United States. Reviewing studies from 2010 to 2022, we identified three key themes describing how public sector involvement varies, from leadership and policy implementation to collaboration with external actors. This research provides a comprehensive guide for policymakers and community leaders to enhance AFCC efforts, illustrating how different approaches to public sector involvement can drive meaningful, cross-sector change, setting the stage for future research and practice to create more inclusive, sustainable communities for aging populations. https://lnkd.in/g77c2kaH

On June 3rd 2021, Department of Imaginary Affairs hosted a virtual conference called Elevate & Amplify. It was 3 panels with all BIPOC speakers discussing social innovation, design and their roles in it. This conference was designed for such a specific moment in time. Here's my reflection. "I needed this conference. I was fueled by rage and spite (a regular combination for me) by the lack of spaces designed by and for racialized people within the social innovation space specifically addressing systemic racism in the work we were doing. It had been a little over a year into COVID lockdown, a year since George Floyd's murder and non-profits, universities and governments posting black squares and starting to invest in EDI work for the first time, it had been a few days since bodies of Indigenous children were being unearthed from residential schools across Canada...the list goes on and on for how I felt like the world was at peak need of change. Now 3 years later, I seriously wish I could say that the state of the world was in a better place and I could say that I felt like my need for change had decreased. I can say without a doubt that my need for change, specifically change that is about dismantling systems of oppression are even further deeply rooted in me. I still crave spaces and connections within the social innovation sector. I probably always will. When I find the people and places I'm imagining it feels like healing is possible and that the giant systems aren't such neverending puzzles anymore. The more I find these kinds of connections, the more I think that maybe more are out there and that makes me feel a little less lonely. And at the same time, through these connections, what I keep hearing and feeling is how we need more spaces that center dismantling systems of oppression and racism and the cycle begins again." Check out all 3 panels from Elevate & Amplify on our YouTube channel. The panelists wise words and questions remain artifacts of the future. Link in the comments.

Promoting wellness in academic environments is a true passion of mine. Sadly, higher education often neglects the well-being of its stakeholders despite the numerous challenges they face. I am honored to be member of the board for a global organization that prioritizes and amplifies wellness initiatives for scholars globally. I don’t see this as service. I view it as purpose. #WellnessInHigherEd #AcademicWellness #GlobalEducation

A few weeks ago, I came across a post about the United Nations General Assembly’s Arts and Health week in NYC. Being the curious person I am, I couldn’t help but sign up! The first event I attended was a panel discussion at Lincoln Center on arts and health policy. It was a good conversation that left me thinking about how arts and health are already working together to make real change, and how much more impact it can make with increased funding and recognition. Next, I participated in an Art Observation Workshop at the Whitney Museum, where we explored how healthcare facilities are using the arts to support their staff’s well-being. It was refreshing to see arts in action, making a tangible difference in the workplace. What I loved most was that the focus wasn’t on whether art can help people, it was all about how it’s already happening. Since the 2022 executive order, the momentum around arts and health has been growing, and now it’s about pushing that forward and making it sustainable. For organizations, not just those in healthcare, there’s a real opportunity here: Are you considering how the arts can support your team’s well-being? For arts organizations, have you engaged your staff through artistic opportunities? It’s not just about creativity for creativity’s sake, these programs can reduce burnout, boost morale, and create a healthier workplace environment. It’s powerful stuff. A great alternative to happy hours! Or you can just include the wine! I’m so excited to be part of these conversations and to see how arts and health will continue to intersect and evolve beyond its sector. https://lnkd.in/eTFjP5aP