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Health Equity Advocacy (HEA) was a multiyear Colorado Trust funding initiative that aimed to build a strong and diverse field of health equity advocates in the state. In this 2018 video, a staff member at Padres & Jóvenes Unidos, one of 18 HEA grantees, explained how the HEA initiative informed their work.

A new report details two years of efforts by 18 organizations taking part in a Colorado Trust policy advocacy strategy.

Local first graders have lots of ideas for the town playground, and some of them are coming to fruition.

So why is it used as a political strategy? Legal scholar and author Ian Haney López explains.

A report on the prosperity, education and health of Colorado children finds that they are suffering from the effects of deliberate policies and practices, new and old.

Against a history of taking hits, a strong culture of organizing and activism has emerged among people with disabilities in Colorado.

Lydia X. Z. Brown spoke about the way ableism interacts with racism and other forms of oppression in a presentation as part of The Trust’s Health Equity Learning Series.

A move by Denver Public Schools to restrict the practice of suspending and expelling very young kids is supported by evidence that harsh discipline weighs heaviest on children of color.

In a city remade by successive waves of immigrants, the local community is working to make its schools, neighborhoods and public spaces more welcoming for all.

The Colorado Coalition for the Medically Underserved unveils a new tool to explain and share the impact of health inequities.