Stories & Videos

On Feb. 5, 2015, Doran Schrantz, Executive Director of ISAIAH in Minnesota, discussed community organizing, political power and other topics at The Trust's first Health Equity Learning Series event of 2014.

Remembering the importance of fluoride after years of successfully improving oral health in Colorado and nationwide.

Learn how the Network of Health Alliances is breaking down existing silos to improve health in Colorado.

After 30 years of successfully advancing the health and well-being of Coloradans, The Trust is embarking on a bold new community-level strategy for the future.

The Community Resource Center is seeking executive directors to apply for a unique professional development opportunity.

The Colorado Trust’s Early Childhood Health Integration grant initiative helped Colorado’s Early Childhood Councils integrate health into their local early childhood system, allowing them to connect more children and families to services.

The Colorado Trust celebrates how the Early Childhood Councils successfully integrated health into their work.

Laura Frank, president and general manager of news for Rocky Mountain PBS, and Llewellyn Smith, director of media for production at BlueSpark Collaborative, presented how they have told the story of health disparities through video, print and photos, as well as the importance of sharing compelling health equity stories.

The Colorado Trust awarded $25,000 in grants to recognize nonprofits in Southwestern Colorado working to improve health and well-being in their communities.

Manuel Pastor, PhD, a professor of sociology, American studies and ethnicity at the University of Southern California, presented on how building a social movement can help achieve health equity and how communities can be involved. His presentation included recent success stories and a list of 10 key elements to building an effective social movement, such as the need for scale, a viable economic model and a pragmatic policy package.