Communities Building Power for Health
Learn about the transformative ways community organizers are shaping public health. These short video highlights show examples of how community organizers address the Social Determinants of Health through multi-pronged and intersectional approaches and strategies. Organizers strengthen residents' ability to address various issues over generations: in turn, building long-term power and solutions that are unique to the terrains of their communities.
dismantling the School-to-Prison pipeline
WOrking towards economic justice
THROUGH INCOME TAX PREPARATION WORKSHOPS
LOW-COST VISION EXAMS FOR THE COMMUNITY
TO ADDRESS BARRIERS TO HEALTH CARE
uplifting young black women & girls
a food co-op for food justice
healing the menominee reservation
through language & cultural, food & energy, and social & environmental justice
KITCHEN DIVAS: A COMMUNITY-BASED COOKING CLASS
a farm by & for the latino community
Hummingbird farm Was CREATED to address health and food equity
empowering local small business & the community for food justice
YOUTH URBAN FARM PROJECT
URBAN FARMING TO EMPOWER CHILDREN, YOUTH, and FAMILIES
Building Youth Power & Intergenerational Infrastructure
Our Healing in Our Hands PROGRAM
Rural community power building
this short documentary captures community-driven movements reshaping the narrative of rural America.
Empowering the leaders of tomorrow today
AYPAL youth development & empowerment through leadership & arts
HEALTH INVESTMENTS FOR THE BERKELEY COMMUNITY
A Communities Building Power for Health Mini Series
The possibilities for improving health justice and equity are vast when there is an authentic partnership and inclusive engagement of community based advocates and organizers. In a special CBPH mini-series, Praxis is featuring the community-led efforts to improve health that have been been funded in part through investments from Berkeley’s soda tax. This series presents the grounded stories of the impact that this funding is having at the community level.
Gardening & Cooking program for food & economic justice
Episode 1: Berkeley unified school district
ADVOCATING FOR EQUITY & PROGRESSIVE CHANGE
Episode 2: Healthy Black Families
CREATING A COMMunity where immigrants are EMBRACED & VALUED
Episode 3: multicultural institute
FORMING HEALTHY FOUNDATIONS: EARLY CHILD CARE & EDUCATION
EPISODE 5: YMCA EAST BAY
Building a sustainable, healthy, & Just future
Episode 4: ECology CEnter
community-centered care health services
EPISODE 6: Lifelong medical care
LEARNING CIRCLES
Four Communities of Praxis (CP) cohorts make up our Learning Circles, which are designed to emphasize grassroots organizers’ strengths for putting ideas into action to address issues important to our communities’ health and well-being. The Learning Circles video series feature grassroots organizers and share key take-aways from our events!
ROOTS & REMEDIES
Roots & Remedies brings together social justice activists and progressive networks to learn about best practices and explore opportunities for shared work to make our communities healthier and safer. The Roots & Remedy video series showcase participant experiences at our annual convening.
