Grantee Stories

A new Health Equity Learning Series report shows the importance of addressing racism as a social determinant of health.

In a lecture series that was broadcast for gatherings in communities across the state, The Colorado Trust invited experts to shed light on the structures, policies and systems that marginalize vulnerable communities, and describe tactics that allow people to improve the health of their own neighborhoods and towns.

Berkeley professor john a. powell spoke to a packed auditorium in Denver and online audiences about how race impacts health, and what to do about it.

Advocating to improve health equity begins with learning about the most pressing policy issues. The Health Equity Learning Series helped fill this need for audiences statewide in 2014.

By Theresa Trujillo, The Colorado Trust Theresa Trujillo, one of The Trust’s new community partners, shares her thoughts and takeaways from Doran Schrantz’s Health Equity Learning Series presentation.

Author and ethicist Harriet A. Washington detailed the medical profession’s role in the abuse of African-Americans, and suggested reforms, in the latest presentation of The Trust’s Health Equity Learning Series.