Health in Partnership

08/18/2026

📩 In case you missed it: Read up on all the latest in HIP's work toward health equity and justice, from our recently released Policy Platform to new research on the health impacts of oil refineries to the launch of HIP's anti-authoritarianism campaign and more!

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07/20/2026

Community power building is essential to effective public health practice, especially in rural communities, where relationships, trust, local leadership, and shared problem-solving are often central to how change happens.

HIP's Bridging Program Director Julian Drix, MPH will be exploring this topic alongside other leaders in the field next week for the de Beaumont Foundation's webinar:

🎯 “Community Power in Practice: Lessons for Rural Health”
📆 Monday, July 27 from 2:00 - 3:00 pm ET

Register to learn how public health practitioners can move beyond one-time engagement toward deeper, more durable partnerships!

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/2417835221141/WN_-kLgFrHOST-o81bGUF_KvQ #/registration

07/16/2026

Join us this weekend, July 17-19, for the Good Trouble Lives On Weekend of Action!

➡️ https://www.goodtroubleliveson.org/

Six years after the passing of Congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis, communities across the country are organizing teach-ins, rallies, voter registration drives, and other actions this weekend to protect voting rights ahead of this fall’s midterm elections. As part of our campaign to activate the public health field to counter rising authoritarianism, we're encouraging our community to join in.

There are many ways to participate! Check out a list of actions, events, and resources to help protect the vote, honor Black and Brown communities, and build a democracy that works for us all - this weekend, and in the lead-up to the November elections: https://mailchi.mp/healthinpartnership/good-trouble-weekend-action

07/14/2026

As unbridled state violence, detention, deportation, and criminalization are continued and escalating, the work of building a world rooted in care instead of punishment has never been more urgent.

⛓️‍💥✨Today we're excited to announce that applications are officially open for the 9th cohort of HIP's Abolitionist Public Health Network. Because abolition is not an abstract idea, it's a public health imperative.

Since Spring 2022, HIP's Health Instead of Punishment program has been convening a growing network of public health students and workers across the US to build relationships across prison walls and strengthen our collective capacity to advance the abolition of the prison industrial complex as a public health strategy.

This semester, participants will be paired with incarcerated organizers to learn and discuss together, grounded in the book "All This Safety Is Killing Us: Health Justice Beyond Prisons, Police, and Borders," edited by Ronica Mukerjee and Carlos Martinez.

Because relationship-building is central to this cohort, we’ll be capping participation at 40 people. There will be a waitlist, so get your application in as soon as you can.

Apply and learn more at: bit.ly/AbSPHFall2026

07/06/2026

🤩 Last month, members of HIP's 2026 Power-building Partnerships for Health (PPH) cohort gathered in Seattle for a few days of connection, learning, strategy, and community. We're still buzzing with the inspiration, wisdom, creativity, and commitment that the partnerships brought into the space.

These gatherings remind us that building a healthier, more just future will always be collective work, and that relationships are at the core of all meaningful and lasting change.

💚 Deep gratitude to everyone who helped make the retreat possible, and to all who showed up fully, generously, and with care for one another.

Learn more about our 2026 PPH cohort partnerships: https://www.healthinpartnership.org/pph-cohorts

06/30/2026

Today, HIP is proud to launch our new Policy Platform for Public Health Action: Building the Conditions for Collective Health. It offers a clear set of policy priorities for advancing health, justice, and multiracial democracy together.

https://www.healthinpartnership.org/resources/hips-policy-platform-for-public-health-action-building-the-conditions-for-collective-health

As we approach the US’s 250th birthday, we’re reflecting on the aspirations of the democratic project in this country, which have never been realized: liberty, dignity, and self-determination for all.

Each generation has had to fight to bring us closer to those ideals, and each step forward has been met with reactionary backlash. Today, we are living through yet another of those moments. With authoritarianism on the rise, our public institutions being dismantled, and our communities increasingly divided and dehumanized, the conditions that shape our health are under attack.

Our Policy Platform is a vision for how public health can help block what harms and build what helps us thrive, grounded in the leadership of community power-building organizations and peoples’ movements.

At its core is the truth that our health is bound up with one another’s, and that a healthy future requires an engaged, inclusive multiracial democracy where communities have the power to shape the decisions and systems that affect their lives.

As we reflect on what multiracial democracy in the US can and should be this July 4, we invite you to explore the platform, and meditate on:

💭What would it mean to build systems rooted in care, dignity, and belonging?
💭What becomes possible when we organize together for collective health?
💭What does the American “promise” look like when everyone can thrive?

06/23/2026

⭐ New research in partnership with Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN): https://www.healthinpartnership.org/resources/a-legacy-of-pollution-why-full-remediation-of-the-phillips-66-oil-refinery-in-carson-ca-is-essential-for-health

After over 100 years of operation, Phillips 66 has closed its oil refinery in Wilmington and Carson, CA. The site closure is an historic opportunity to reduce the amount of pollution in Carson, CA, which faces a legacy of pollution from multiple refineries and oil wells.

But when a refinery closes, the health concerns remain: toxins linger in the soil and water. Aggressive and proactive remediation is key for health.

The Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board has an opportunity to develop a comprehensive remediation plan that centers the leadership of community members on the frontlines, holds Phillips 66 financially accountable, and ensures that the site is transformed into something beneficial for the community.

➡️ Take action today: Tell the LA Water Board to clean up the toxic Phillips 66 site! bit.ly/Make-P66-Clean-Up
🔗 Explore the research: https://www.healthinpartnership.org/resources/a-legacy-of-pollution-why-full-remediation-of-the-phillips-66-oil-refinery-in-carson-ca-is-essential-for-health

06/19/2026

Happy Juneteenth! At HIP, we’re celebrating today the day that the last enslaved people in the US were emancipated in Galveston, Texas in 1865, and wishing our Black colleagues a day of rest and joy. Black liberation remains as critical as ever to health equity and justice. In the words of Fannie Lou Hamer, “Nobody is free until everybody’s free.

We also are taking this day to honor the Black public health leaders who have shaped the field and the decades of Black-led organizing for health, safety, and dignity across the country. Learn more about Black leaders who have made the field of public health what it is today:

Black History Month isn’t just about remembering—it’s about honoring those who have redefined the status quo and helped others thrive. From historic breakthroughs to ongoing advancements, Black pioneers have led groundbreaking research, fought for health equity, and inspired change in the fiel...

06/17/2026

⚠️ The federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has proposed sweeping new rules that would inject political ideology into federal grant-making, threatening the integrity of public health, science, and community-serving institutions.

This is another example of authoritarian attempts to dismantle the public systems designed to keep our communities healthy, safe, and cared for. If enacted, this rule could give political appointees unprecedented power to approve, reject, or terminate funding based on ideology, with far-reaching consequences for health departments, Medicaid, education, food assistance, transportation, and much more.

HIP is joining partners across the country to generate thousands of public comments in opposition.

📅 Register to join us on June 24 for an Action Hour to:
• Learn what this proposed rule means for public health
• Hear from Dr. Camara P. Jones and Dr. Elizabeth Ginexi
• Draft and submit your own comment before the July 13 deadline
• Strategize how to bring others into this fight

➡️ Register today: https://healthinpartnership-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/0w2yiMISSDG3W1UhCMlKkg #/registration

The Administration is now trying, via regulation, to do what the federal courts stopped them from doing when they first came into office. Now it’s our turn to stop them.

✨ Help us build momentum by sharing with your colleagues and networks!

05/28/2026

💥HIP mobilized public health on May Day to fight back against rising authoritarianism and corporate greed. This month, we’re carrying that fight forward and supporting Seven Days in June, a national campaign demanding care, dignity, and investment in public health infrastructure from June 1-7.

Last year, lawmakers passed over $1 trillion in health funding cuts as part of H.R. 1. The most severe human and economic consequences of these cuts will not take effect until later this year, which is why we need to make our voices heard NOW!

Seven Days in June is focused on setting the expectation that health is a core governing responsibility, regardless of ideology or party. Here at HIP, we're also supporting it because we see it as a moment to say that public health cannot function on the terrain of authoritarianism: democracy and government accountability is necessary for our health.

Organizers are calling on local groups to plan or join town halls, panel discussions, forums, demonstrations, marches, rallies, vigils, interfaith services, and other tactics. Find events here: https://www.sevendaysinjune.org/

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