How Community Development Can Promote Equity
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Equitable community engagement and development can seed systems change that supports long-term health and well-being within communities. Host Justin Milner talks with Urban Institute researcher Laudy Aron; Maggie Super Church, vice president for healthy and resilient communities at the Conservation Law Foundation; Vedette Gavin, senior research consultant at the Conservation Law Foundation; and Robyn Gibson, resident researcher and site coordinator for the Healthy Neighborhoods Study, about what equitable community engagement and development looks like in practice. This episode was produced with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.   Related Links: Blame Policies, Not Places, for Poor Health What’s Different When the Community Collects the Data? Driving Systems Change Forward: Leveraging Multisite, Cross-Sector Initiatives to Change Systems, Advance Racial Equity, and Shift Power Mutual Accountability Is the Key to Equity-Oriented Systems Change Healthy Neighborhoods Equity Fund Healthy Neighborhoods Study New Insights On How Philanthropy Can Improve Community Health
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