By Megan Gaydos, Ana Tellez, and Raina Wellman Today we’re revisiting one of our Health Equity Tips to uplift how meaningful community engagement as a strategy to build community power is a big slice of the pie when it comes to health equity work. Health departments: it’s time to establish…

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. …

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…

By Solange Gould, Sophia Simon-Ortiz, and Shannon Tracey Let’s use this election to shift ​who​ holds power, ​how​ power is held, and what​ collective power looks like, to advance health equity. This election, we have the power to transform the terrain upon which the health of our communities depends. To…

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. …

HIP staff reflect on a few of the things that inspired us, moved us and got us through the past year By Human Impact Partners Staff During HIP’s last staff meeting of 2021, we gathered together to share articles, videos, artwork, and other content that moved us over the past…

By Stephani Tyrance As Thanksgiving and Native American Heritage Day approach, we at HIP are taking time to reflect on the impacts of ongoing colonialism, and how public health can support Indigenous people who have been working for generations to build healthy, sustainable communities. …