May 2017

Community Agency & Health

A symposium on how the health sector might work differently with communities

In collaboration with MIT Community Innovators Lab and the Insight Center for Community Economic Development, this national symposium in Oakland, CA, showcased how the health sector needs to change to better respond to communities. It was supported by The California Endowment, Kaiser Permanente and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Its editorial partners included ISAIAH and Active Living By Design. It was held by my nonprofit, Bridging Health & Community, Inc.

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