Activity on Tap: Looking Across the Drinking Water Landscape

In this webinar, participants learned about a new funder guide on drinking water and discussed highlights from three hubs of activity tackling drinking water challenges.

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Building Evidence with a Health Equity Lens

This webinar shared promising practices for using data to inform health equity strategies, meaningfully engaging communities in evaluation and research, and designing metrics to assess progress toward health equity.

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Supporting Children, Youth, and Families Affected by “Zero Tolerance” Immigration Policies

Recent efforts to introduce new federal and state immigration legislation and to modify existing guidelines have resulted in an atmosphere of uncertainty and fear for many in immigrant, migrant, and refugee communities. This atmosphere was recently compounded by a directive to separate migrant children and parents detained after crossing the United States-Mexico border, including those seeking asylum.

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2018 GIH Fall Forum

The 2018 GIH Fall Forum was held from November 14-16, 2018 in Washington, D.C.

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Advancing Health Equity with Harm Reduction Strategies

On this webinar, funders learned how harm reduction approaches are being effectively implemented in community health centers and other settings, with a particular focus on services supporting homeless individuals and women with behavioral health conditions.

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Investing in Latino Leadership for Health Equity and Justice

Rising inequality, shifting demographics, and current immigration policies have intensified efforts to promote health equity and social justice for Latinos. The second-fastest growing racial group in the United States, Latinos now make up 18 percent of the population (Flores 2017).

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2018 GIH Annual Conference on Health Philanthropy

The 2018 GIH Annual Conference on Health Philanthropy was held from June 20 – 22, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois.

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Philanthropy’s Role in Addressing Neighborhood Conditions That Shape Health

Philanthropy’s Role in Addressing Neighborhood Conditions That Shape Health

From sidewalks to toxic stress, evidence shows where people live has a greater impact on health than medical care, behavior, or genetics. As funders move upstream, there is increased interest in supporting efforts to build healthy places. This scan of the field explores how grantmakers are addressing neighborhood factors that shape health such as housing, community development, the built environment, and transportation.

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When Hospitals Deliver More Than Health Care

This webinar was a conversation with Randy Oostra, President and CEO of ProMedica, about how health systems translate understanding about the social determinants of health into action.

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Age-Friendly Communities and Rural America: The Transportation Challenge

This webinar taught us from two foundations and a local Association of Governments that have embraced the fundamental issue of rural aging transportation, how they have begun to build and fund programs, and discussed the importance of partnerships in rural America.

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