A Public Health Crisis at a Crossroads: The Urgent Need for Community-First Solutions
As we mark five years since the COVID-19 pandemic began; our public health system is under attack. The Trump administration is back in power, rolling back critical public health protections,…
Serving the Health Needs of Elder LGBTQ+ Adults in Puerto Rico
As team members of Community Catalyst’s Vaccine Equity and Access Program (VEAP), this fall we traveled to Puerto Rico to visit Waves Ahead, a community-based partner and the only LGBTQ+…
The Power of Representation and Mobilizing a Community-First Approach to Vaccine Equity and Access
In the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Community Catalyst launched its Vaccine Equity and Access Program (VEAP) to meet an urgent challenge: vaccine confidence and acceptance to address disparities in…
A Perspective on Hispanic and Latinx Identity in the Movement for Health Justice
Words are powerful. The words we use to reflect our identity can be the difference between a limited understanding of our history or a rich complexity of our culture, history,…
Celebrating Indigenous and Latinx Voices
Partner Spotlight – East Bay Sanctuary Covenant’s Mayan Voices Program Contributors: Esmeralda Mendoza, Marta Alicia Mendoza, Rosalba Lorenzo, Catarina Mendoza Ramirez, Maya Kandell Over 50 years ago, President Lynden Johnson proclaimed…
Interview With a Partner: BPSOS Center for Community Advancement
There is no official language in the United States. While English is the most commonly used, over 350 languages are practiced across the country. Still, in many important health care…
Connecting With Partners in Illinois
The community organizers had reconnected as part of a bilingual English/Spanish gathering, hosted by Community Catalyst and held at the Shriver Center on Poverty Law, for ten organizations that we…
Supporting the Fight for Vaccine Equity in Southern States
Through Community Catalyst’s Vaccine Equity and Access Program (VEAP), advocates throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico have been fighting tirelessly to combat lack of vaccine access, dis/misinformation and hesitancy.
Youth Are the Key to a Better Adolescent Behavioral Health System
Youth with lived experiences of mental illness and substance use challenges, including addiction, understand first-hand the limitations, inequities, and failures of the current system.
Saving Lives from Addiction = Keeping the Focus on Health and Harm Reduction!
For the first time in history, the U.S. National Drug Control Strategy includes support for harm reduction – drug overdose prevention and health interventions that save lives. This is a…