Champion Health Equity

Increase community engagement and strengthen social capital among black and brown communities to identify solutions for the health disparities and inequities that currently exist within the communities they serve and to co-create a structure and systems of education that are anchored in the baseline expectation of health and total wellness of students, their families and the professionals that serve them.

Sustain and expand existing Discovery Caf� services, expand outreach and improve services for the Latinx community and begin delivering services in two new rural Colorado communities. Support improved cultural competency and outreach to Latinx individuals, improved program evaluation, expanded fund development efforts and training/technical assistance in growing organizational leadership and capacity.

Continue the work of the Colorado Safety Net Collaborative in supporting the safety net clinics and the marginalized communities they serve across Colorado.

Operationalize the principles of healing justice and codify restorative practices into an innovative model for youth-serving organizations. This requires strengthening the organization's capacity to upgrade the internal infrastructure and systems to better support the new procedures and processes that concretize values into a sustainable and replicable organizational model.

Partner with grassroots organizations in the Denver Metro region, rural communities and across Colorado to promote equitable, effective affordable housing policy. As state and local governments move past COVID crisis response, support policy change and implementation to help communities move beyond the pre-pandemic "normal," toward more high-quality housing that is accessible and sustainably affordable for Coloradans facing the greatest systemic barriers.

Conduct base-building, community organizing and advocacy toward health equity as an impacted community in Southwest Denver.

Mobilize voters of southeast Colorado Springs to take empowered action in order to increase the physical and mental health equity of one of the most marginalized communities of the Pikes Peak region. This includes mobilizing necessary resources, disseminating information, generating community-led support and fostering cooperation across public and private sectors in the community.

Provide grass roots advocacy, community organizing, base building led by and for those most impacted, to dismantle historical inequities that affect the health and quality of life of youth of color and their families and create long term community change for generations to come.

Provide material resources and community connections for engaging, organizing and/or mobilizing in Southeast Colorado Springs to increase access to political power and representation, with a focus on racial and economic justice. Through community events, education and public demonstrations, we are shifting power and attention back toward the most neglected portion of this city, which is also the most racially diverse and lowest income.