By Solange Gould After nearly a year of the global pandemic, we are in need of a new vision and narrative for the purpose, power, and strategies of public health. In 2020, public health became a catchphrase in popular discourse. In news media surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the uprisings against policing and in defense of Black lives, the term was often deployed to spotlight how various systemic crises cause harm and violence. We rightly…

By Lili Farhang We lead with our humanity and the centrality of our relationships, making space to acknowledge how our bodies and hearts feel. We seek to build a sense of belonging and heal from the traumas of living in systems of advantage and oppression. — on Centering the Heart…

Human Impact Partners’ Capacity Building team is excited to announce the launch of our brand new video series: Capacity Building (“CB”) Moments! This series of video shorts offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse into our health equity capacity building work with health departments and public health practitioners. We’ll feature real-world scenarios, tips, resources, and learnings from our work conducting equitable public health practice.

HIP staff reflect on some of the things that moved us in 2022 By Human Impact Partners Staff As public health organizers and movers, our work at HIP — as in all movement spaces — is often heavy. We’re focused on naming, disarming, and dismantling the many systems of violence…

By Will Dominie Recently, while reading a children’s book to my toddler Ellie, I turned the page and was struck by the simplicity and truth of a single statement: “Every animal needs a home.” I’ve spent much of the past decade leveraging statistics, research reports, and academic citations to document…

By Jessi Corcoran — Content Warning: This blog post discusses direct impacts of the overturning of Roe v. Wade and touches on the history of sexual violence and reproductive control inflicted upon Black, Indigenous, and other people of color. To jump past this content, scroll to the header, “Reproductive justice is public health.” When…

By Raina Wellman During my time as a Communications and Advocacy intern at Human Impact Partners last summer, I found myself reflecting on how art, design, and communications can mobilize people to respond to the joint climate and public health crises. I kept coming back to the work of Natalie…

A conversation between Human Impact Partners and New York City Health Department’s Bureau of Chronic Disease Prevention At Human Impact Partners, we believe that the language we use to talk about health and wellness matters. Dominant public narratives about what health means and where it comes from affect programs and…

By Lili Farhang and Solange Gould — “No one can define or measure justice, democracy, security, freedom, truth, or love. No one can define or measure any value. But if no one speaks up for them, if systems aren’t designed to produce them, if we don’t speak about them and point toward their presence or absence, they…