The Rx Foundation has made grants totaling over $35 million since our founding in 2002, and the resulting collaborations have addressed a wide range of challenges in the health care delivery system and in communities impacted by health inequities. We engage with diverse partners committed to a future in which all communities build their connections, capacity and power to address the root causes of poor health.
YOU’RE INVITED: Join us for our next Power is a Social Determinant of Health webinar
Democracy Happens Outside: leveraging parks for community connection and health equity
Parks are more than green spaces; they are now vibrant hubs of democracy in action! We all know parks are great for our bodies and minds, but they also have the power to strengthen social bonds and unite communities at a time when toxic polarization and distrust are fraying the country’s social fabric.
Join Trust for Public Land (TPL) and their community partners as TPL reveals how activating a park generated a movement with long-ranging impacts on community power and health equity. TPL will also dive into the academic research around social capital, cohesion, and civic engagement through park engagement.
Building Power Through Capacity Building: A model for national advocacy by NNAAC
In our latest Power is a Social Determinant of Health webinar, colleagues from the National Network for Arab American Communities (NNAAC), including their member organization Culturingua, discuss NNAAC’s advocacy and organizing capacity-building program. NNAAC shares what building this program has looked like, lessons learned, and how they’ve seen capacity-building efforts pay off through tangible policy wins.
Progress comes from supporting community-based, multiracial democracy
In an op-ed, co-authored by Kelly Nowlin, Jennie Riley (Executive Director, Rx Foundation) shares four lessons learned and tangible actions funders can take to support community-based, multiracial democratic practices across the country.
In our most recent newsletter issue, we are happy to share several bits of good news, wins, and upcoming events from our partners and colleagues at Alabama Arise, the Health and Reentry Project, Tennessee Health Care Campaign, and Vot-ER.
