Measuring the Impact of Building Community Power for Health Justice: What? Why? And How?

 
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Building community power is increasingly recognized as a valuable and necessary strategy to improve health justice and racial equity, with both immediate and long-term results. However, there is limited research or documentation of authentic discussions on the definitions, nuances, and front-line measurement of building power. In the fall of 2017, The Praxis Project hosted five learning circles with some of the nation’s most impactful basebuilding community organizers to engage in deep reflection and discussion about building and measuring power. This brief provides a summary of our discussions and recommendations to measure the impact of building power as a strategy to improve health justice and racial equity.

Measuring the Impact of Building Community Power for Health Justice: What? Why? And How? is a resource from the Centering Community in Public Health - Learning Circle Brief Series.

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Building community power has been recognized within philanthropy as valuable & necessary to improve health justice & racial equity. But how can we consciously acknowledge & build it? Check out @Praxis_Project's latest brief to learn: https://bit.ly/CCPHMeasuringPower

Fall of 2017, @Praxis_Project hosted their learning circles w/some of the nation’s most impactful grassroot community orgs. What does it take to build & measure community power? Check out @Praxis_Project's latest brief to learn more: https://bit.ly/CCPHMeasuringPower

How do grassroots orgs build power w/in their communities & how can health professionals build on & support their strategies to advance health & justice? Check out @Praxis_Project's brief featuring their Learning Circle collective of base building orgs for more: https://bit.ly/CCPHMeasuringPower

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The Praxis Project (2020, June). Measuring the Impact of Building Community Power for Health Justice: What? Why? And How? Retrieved from https://www.thepraxisproject.org/resource/2020/measuring-impact-of-building-community-power.

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WEBINAR: Building & Measuring Community Power for Health Justice
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WEBINAR: Building & Measuring Community Power for Health Justice

The third webinar in our Centering Community in Public Health Webinar Series will focus on Building & Measuring Community Power for Health Justice. Stay tuned for dates and details!

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The purpose of this brief is to present the findings from a series of surveys, Learning Circles, and media analyses designed by The Praxis Project and Berkeley Media Studies Group, a program of the Public Health Institute, to examine the extent to which community basebuilding organizations played a role in declarations of racism as a public health crisis and how the declarations were covered in the media.

From Food Justice to Liberation: Building Community Power through Community Gardens & Urban Farms
From Food Justice to Liberation: Building Community Power through Community Gardens & Urban Farms

From Food Justice to Liberation: Building Community Power through Community Gardens & Urban Farms is a resource from the Centering Community in Public Health - Learning Circle Brief Series.

The purpose of this brief is to understand how urban farms and community gardens stewarded by Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) power-building and base-building organizations help raise community consciousness about healthy food systems, create opportunities for resident leadership and skill development, promote local economic development, and provide healthy alternatives to the typical commodified foods that are available in marginalized communities.

The Role of Culture in Basebuilding Community Organizing for Health, Justice, & Racial Equity
The Role of Culture in Basebuilding Community Organizing for Health, Justice, & Racial Equity

The Role of Culture in Basebuilding Community Organizing for Health, Justice, & Racial Equity is a resource from the Centering Community in Public Health - Learning Circle Brief Series.

The purpose of this brief is to inform institutions and institutional allies of the critical role culture plays in community-led movements, and how to positively and respectfully honor and uplift culture in advancing health justice.

 
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