Health Equity Solutions

Health Equity Week: April 3-9, 2022!

(#HealthEquityWeek & #HEW22)

Governor Ned Lamont proclaimed the week of April 3rd - April 9th, 2022 as Health Equity Week, recognizing Connecticut's commitment to ensuring that all people are able to achieve their optimal health regardless of race, ethnicity, culture, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, or socioeconomic status. State of Connecticut Commissioner, Department of Public Health Manisha Juthani, MD welcomed this year's Health Equity Week!

The path to equity is woven through every aspect of our policies, structures, and processes. At the same time, the steps Connecticut can take to dismantle structural racism and achieve health equity are concrete, feasible, and within our reach. Check out Connecticut’s Path to Equity. Please share your thoughts with us by filling out this survey or emailing slew@hesct.org

Events:

• Activating the Path to Equity
  • Conversations about CT’s Path to Equity with advocates and health care providers who are putting this path into action. Find the recording here. Share your thoughts about this event!
  • Panelists: Dr. Lucinda Canty, Certified Nurse Midwife; Nanfi Lubogo, Path CT; Steven Hernandez, Executive Director, Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity & Opportunity; Bianca Noroñas, Make the Road CT; Amos Smith, Community Action New Haven; Keren Prescott, POWERUPCT.
• Advocacy from Where You Sit
  • An interactive workshop on what advocacy is, how it can be used as a tool for change, who is an advocate, and when to advocate. Learn how you can tell your story in a way that persuades policymakers to make decisions that support health equity & hear from a key expert in Connecticut! Speaker: Reverend Robyn Anderson, Ministerial Health Fellowship. Find the recording here. Share your thoughts about this event!
    • Click here to learn more about Reverend Robyn Anderson, Ministerial Health Fellowship
• Health Care Access & Affordability
  • A discussion on improving access to health care and making health care more affordable. Learn how you can take action this legislative session, and how we can work together to improve access and affordability in CT! Hear from key experts on how we can build a better community together! Find the recording here. Share your thoughts about this event!
  • Speakers: Dr. Ashika Brinkley, Goodwin University; Sara LeMaster, Community Health Centers Assoc of CT; Sylvia Cooper, community member; Frank Cruz, community member
    • To learn more about Health Equity for the People by the People, please check out this flyer.

In The Media:

• Tekisha Dawn Everette, PhD, Executive Director of Health Equity Solutions on Building a more equitable normal this Health Equity Week, CTMIRROR
• John Brady, RN, Vice President of AFT Connecticut on Hospital community benefit requirements: stronger is better, CTViewpoints

More ways to get involved:

• Thank you for participating in this year's Health Equity Week! To catch up follow the hashtags #HEW22 #Path2Equity #HealthEquityWeek & follow us on social media! Facebook, Twitter, & Instagram
• Contribute to Connecticut’s Path to Equity. Connecticut’s Path to Equity is a menu of state-level policy changes to promote health equity in Connecticut. Your feedback will be used in creating the next iteration!
• 7 Faces of Equity:
  • Meet people in Connecticut who are putting CT’s Path to Equity into action! Missed the concourse display that was held between the Legislative Office Building and the state Capitol? Check them out here!

Thank you to our sponsors:

Stanley Black & Decker

CARE Community Alliance for Research & Engagement

Connecticut Health Foundation

Connecticut Hospital Association

Southern Connecticut State University Department of Public Health

Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut

Webster Bank

Yale School of Public Health