Pushed for equity in the COVID-19 response

Rooted in a firm commitment to closing unjust health gaps, PI worked with local, state, and federal partners to embed equity into COVID-19 response and recovery efforts. With the Los Angeles County Departments of Public Health and Health Services and the Center for Strategic Partnerships, we prepared an integrated plan to reduce COVID-19 transmission and health inequities and invest in community-based infrastructure in LA County’s highly impacted communities. In California, we formed a COVID-19 Public Health and Health Equity Collaborative with ChangeLab Solutions, Public Health Advocates, and the California Pan-Ethnic Health Network to develop a COVID-19 policy agenda that supports equitable recovery across the state. At the federal level, PI demanded equitable COVID-19 relief bills and spoke out in op-eds like this piece in California Health Report: Opinion: Society Designed the Systems That Created COVID-19 Inequalities — We Can Redesign Them This work was supported by the Ballmer Group, Blue Shield of California Foundation, The California Endowment, and The California Wellness Foundation. NOTE: Prevention Institute relies only on unrestricted funds to support our limited grassroots and direct lobbying efforts. Photo by the Mission Food Hub.