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PERSPECTIVE: Access to Healthy Foods: How Far Are You Willing to Go?
HARTFORD, CT -- Blog post by by Garth Graham, M.D., MPH, is a leading authority on social determinants of health. President of the Aetna Foundation since 2013 and Vice President of Community Health for Aetna, Inc., Dr. Graham is a former deputy assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the Obama and Bush administrations where he also ran the Office of Minority Health.
For the first time in the history of the United States, today’s youth are expected to have a shorter life-span than their parents. With medical, scientific and technological advances, this notion seems dumbfounding. But when we step away from the science and technology and take a deeper look at our communities, you can find the root causes. Access to healthy food, public safety and environmental factors are all driving forces behind this decline in longevity. These social determinants of health are becoming increasingly influential to our health . . .
What Race Discussions Should Look Like: Model Dialogue Helped Participants and Audience Confront Racial Themes
STORRS, CT -- Confronting Racism Together: A Model Dialogue, was one of many events that took place at UCONN on the day of metanoia. Valeriano Ramos, Director of Strategic Alliances and Equity Officer at “Everyday Democracy,” co-facilitated the discussion of Nine members of the UConn community – administrators, graduate students and professors alike – on the Konover auditorium stage.
Liberty Bank Presents Willard M. Mcrae Community Diversity Award to Lottie Scott
Finalists Announced for First Annual Paul and Joyce Aicher Leadership in Democracy Award
The Public Theater Announces New Partnership with Brooklyn College
Funders Respond to Charlottesville and Resources
Race Can Be An Uncomfortable Topic, So Let’s Talk About It.
CCP Response to Charlottesville
HARTFORD, CT -- On behalf of the staff and board of Connecticut Council for Philanthropy, Judith Meyers, board chair, Michael Johnston, board vice chair, and Karla Fortunato, president, have penned the following response to the riots in Charlottesville.
Hartford Foundation Partners With Local and National Community Foundations to Address Youth Opportunity Gap
What’s at stake: New data on the impact of the Affordable Care Act in Connecticut
Dec 2016 Meeting Resources
Materials from the December 8, 2016 Education Affinity Group Meeting.
Race Equity and Inclusion Action Guide
How Do We Respond?
Black Philanthropy Resources
Take 5 for D5
This booklet provides guidance and ideas on how to structure the conversation and includes guiding questions and key messages that you can use when you are starting to engage someone in advancing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion work in philanthropy.