Emerging Focus Areras

The Purple Stethoscope

The Purple Stethoscope podcast is hosted by Devyn Nixon, ARNP. The purpose of the podcast is to promote health literacy and healthcare for the culture.

What’s Different When the Community Collects the Data?

This story discusses nine Massachusetts communities where residents were recruited to conduct an annual study that examines community change and health and how ...

The Endangered Languages Project

Humanity today is facing a massive extinction: languages are disappearing at an unprecedented pace. And when that happens, a unique vision of the world is lost....

FEMA Tools for Practitioners

Use FEMA programs, research, and guidance to improve your community’s ability to prepare and recover.

‘Listens’ team helps community recover

The North Sound Listens team, a partnership of North Sound ACH and the Health Care Authority, provides peer support and crisis counseling to our neighbors impac...

Emergency Preparedness – learning session slide deck

PDF of the slides from the November learning session, Emergency Preparedness. This session was part of the Advancing a Just and Inclusive Culture series.

Emergency Preparedness – learning session recording

Recording of the November learning session, Emergency Preparedness, supported by the Emerging Focus Areas Cohort. Part of the Advancing a Just and Inclusive Cul...

Bolder Advocacy

Resources and expertise to help nonprofits engage in advocacy work. Bolder Advocacy promotes active engagement in democratic processes and institutions by givin...

Fire in Paradise

Frontline (PBS) documentary about the Camp Fire in California in November 2018, highlighting the complexity of preparing for unprecedented events that are now r...

Cooked: Survival by Zip Code

Cooked: Survival by Zip Code tells the story of the tragic 1995 Chicago heatwave, the most traumatic in U.S. history, in which 739 citizens died over the course...

North Sound Cohort Glossary

Glossary of terms helpful for the Collaborative Action Network learning journey, by North Sound ACH.

Coronavirus is not the “great equalizer” many say it is

This article details vast inequities due to coronavirus, including who gets sick and has access to care. It argues that COVID-19 is not the great equalizer some...

Washington Fund Aims to Boost COVID-19 Vaccine Equity In BIPOC, Rural Communities

This article describes how Washington’s new Vaccine Equity Fund partners with community-based organizations to vaccinate communities hit hardest by COVID-19. ...

Virtual Community Engagement Guide: A Toolkit for Hosting Online Community Engagement and Meetings in Rural, Remote, and Indigenous Communities

This toolkit was created to help address common barriers and opportunities of virtual meetings. It is intended to facilitate effective online community events a...

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