The Role of Culture in Basebuilding Community Organizing for Health, Justice, & Racial Equity
Culture is integrated into all of our individual and shared identities. Praxis’ basebuilding community partners intentionally center culture in their community organizing for health justice in a number of ways, including honoring the land and those who came before us; respecting all voices and perspectives, including youth and elders; promoting culturally-relevant, anti-racist and ethnic studies curriculum in schools; and more.
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. This brief describes how community partners define culture, and the barriers, opportunities, and best practices for harnessing cultural assets as we work to advance health, justice and 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.