This practice brief describes four public health roles to support community-organizing efforts and advance health equity. Actionable steps and practice examples are outlined for each role to guide its implementation.
Based on interviews with tenants who have been racially and economically marginalized and who are organizing to build power, this article makes the case that community organizing contributes to improved housing conditions, leading to healthier and more equitable communities.
This comprehensive toolkit guides public health and community-organizing groups to build powerful partnerships that drive structural change for health equity.
In this webinar, NCCDH and an organizer from Migrante Manitoba will deepen public health practitioners’ understanding of community organizing as a public health intervention by defining community organizing, describing community organizing practices as well as the benefits of public health engaging with organizers, and providing case studies (focused on precarious work and immigration) of public health both partnering with organizers and using organizing methods to advance equity.
Discover Season 2, Episode 6 “Disrupting for reproductive justice,” by listening to the episode and/or reading the episode companion document, which includes a written transcript, key quotes, related resources and discussion questions to support reflection, sharing and action.