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You’re Invited! CHYA Capstone Presentations
The inaugural Community Health Youth Advocates (CHYA) program—a collaborative effort between Community Health Councils, Inc. and the Department of Pipeline and School Partnership Programs at Charles R. Drew University—is wrapping-up. Please join us as the CHYA...
LEEAF: Leading for Equity in Entrepreneurship Accelerator & Fellowship
Community Health Councils, in partnership with Cal State LA and with a generous grant from Wells Fargo, are please to announce the Leading for Equity in Entrepreneurship Accelerator and Fellowship (LEEAF) Are you a woman of color who is also a business owner? We are...
CA Reparations Task Force Discusses Community Engagement
The California Reparations Task Force held its second meeting on Friday, July 9th, 2021. The task force discussed how they would engage Californians to participate in developing recommendations for providing reparations for African Americans. As a community-based...
Looking Back and Looking Forward
CHC formally announces its 2021 Policy Priorities. In these, you will see a continued commitment to CHC’s long standing goals of universal access to healthcare and early childhood education, along with goals that target our most vulnerable communities in South Los...
California Reparations Task Force Kickoff
The California Reparations Task Force kicked off today, June 1st, 2021! Ms. Kamilah V. Moore was elected Chair and Dr. Amos Brown will serve as the Vice-Chair. Former State Assemblymember and Current State Secretary of State Dr. Shirley Weber ushered Assembly Bill...
International No Menthol Sunday Weekend
COMMUNITY HEALTH COUNCILS participates in International No Menthol Sunday Weekend Events during the month of May: During the weekend of May 14-16, Community Health Councils co-sponsored and participated in three events in collaboration with The African American...
South Los Angeles Building Healthy Communities
On Thursday, May 13th, South Los Angeles Building Healthy Communities hosted a webinar titled, The American Rescue Plan Act and Funding Impact in South LA with Yolanda Vera, Senior Health Deputy, LA County 2nd District Supervisor Holly Mitchell. As we move into the...
Elevating Social Justice through Community Storytelling
During the pandemic, CHC worked in collaboration with LA Commons to partner with the staff of Fremont High School in South LA, Healthy Kids Zones (HKZ) partners, community Artists and youth mentors to expand the HKZ Fence Medallion project. Fifteen youth met with the...
Lever of change: opportunity vs apathy
The last four years of the Trump administration have left many of us exhausted and bewildered by the ongoing and blatant racists attacks against our communities and institutions; some leading to murder and others to caging of children, to name a few. All have gone...