Resource Challenges and Opportunities for Strengthening the U.S. Public Health Infrastructure November 29, 2021 Public health services in the U.S. depend on basic infrastructure such as up-to-date information systems, health professionals who are competent in crosscutting and technical skills, and public health organizations with the capacity to assess and respond to community health needs. This report from the National Network of Public Health Institutes…
News & Views Resident-led Montbello Organizing Committee responds to community needs with FreshLo Hub November 29, 2021 We all have a right to healthy and culturally appropriate food. However, decades of underinvestment in infrastructure and community resources have left residents in many low-income neighborhoods around the country living without any grocery stores nearby. Without these grocery stores, residents are often forced to rely on small markets and…
News & Views Four ways equity and low-wealth communities show up in the infrastructure bill November 23, 2021 Editor’s note: This commentary first ran on Impact Alpha. Read it here. After years of discussion, negotiation, failed efforts, and disappointment, we finally have a once-in-a-generation bill that will invest in the physical infrastructure of this nation. Now is the moment for impact investors and their partners to take decades…
News & Views Miami Workers Center seeks to strengthen tenant protections, suspend evictions November 23, 2021 Miami is one of the nation’s most expensive cities, with a median household income of nearly $90,000, as compared to about $68,000 nationally. Not surprisingly, the real estate market caters to the city’s wealthier residents, producing a massive shortage of affordable housing that disproportionately impacts workers with low wages. Consequently,…
News & Views Roundtable: Bridging arts, culture and public policy to design an equitable recovery November 22, 2021 Roundtable Part II: An intimate conversation with leaders from The Kresge Foundation, the National Public Housing Museum and Design Impact As our country grapples with relief and recovery following multiple crises – from COVID-19 to climate change and a national awakening to racial injustice – what role do artists and…
News & Views Rapson: How Kresge is responding to the COVID-19 eviction crisis November 22, 2021 COVID has left a profoundly painful legacy of loss and grief – one that continues to compound with no clear end in sight. Part of that legacy is the unimaginable mental, physical, and logistical hardships visited on people who are being removed – or who are being threatened with removal…
News & Views Valdes Lupi: ELPH leaders show how to work with community partners to protect health November 18, 2021 No matter what the situation is, sometimes it’s just good to know you are not alone. Each month, I look forward to joining bi-weekly calls that we have with teams from our Emerging Leaders in Public Health Initiative (ELPH) initiative. Over the last 22 months, these calls have provided time…
News & Views At least $3 million slated for neighborhood projects for enhanced Kresge Innovative Projects: Detroit Plus November 18, 2021 Detroit-, Highland Park- and Hamtramck-based nonprofits seeking to transform neighborhoods with projects that reflect resident priorities can look forward to at least $3 million over the next three years through the Kresge Innovative Projects: Detroit Plus (KIP:D+) initiative. Applications for the first round of funding, a minimum of $1.1 million…
Resource CCHE Convening: Communities Driving Health & Climate November 17, 2021 The Kresge Foundation hosted its third annual Climate Change Health & Equity convening, “Communities Driving Health & Climate: From Surviving to Thriving,” November 3-4, 2021. This two-day event brought together all CCHE grantees and partners to explore and share successes, challenges, and best practices around accelerating work at the intersection…
News & Views 30th anniversary of 1st National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit – looking back, looking forward November 17, 2021 Roughly 30 years ago, 1,100 delegates gathered in Washington, D.C. for the First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit. The Summit took place Oct. 24-27, 1991. It was truly a watershed event – a crucible of solidarity and creativity that sought to change the trajectory of the U.S. environmental…