Community Engagement Core

Health Justice Futures holds first spotlight series on Sept. 29

Posted by ld583 on September 16, 2021

Join Health Justice Futures in a online conversation with indigenous visual artists, Liva’ndrea Knoki and Garrett Etsitty, who will discuss the beauty of art in mobilizing indigenous communities, the power of visibility, and what health justice means in the context of indigenous sovereignty, gender, housing and settler colonialism.

This event is part of bi-monthly virtual evening art & lit mixers. This series seeks to elevate community-grounded conversations on the various factors that influence health justice and fairness for communities in… Read more

Community-Campus Partnership Support applications now open

Posted by ld583 on March 26, 2021

The Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative’s (SHERC) Community Engagement Core has opened the sixth round of its Community-Campus Partnership Support (CCPS) applications for funds of up to $5,000 per year — funding is dedicated to developing partnerships between NAU faculty and community organizations.

Applications are due by May 15 at 5 p.m. Partners must spend the funding on… Read more

SHERC researchers survey 200 Arizona leaders on health equity issues in their communities

Posted by ld583 on January 14, 2021

Despite concerted national efforts to create healthier, more equitable communities, health disparities and health inequities still “loom large” in the United States, particularly for people of color and rural communities.

According to the recently released 2020 Regional Health Equity Survey Report (RHES), a way to address health equity issues may lie in cross-sectoral collaboration between Arizona’s top community leaders — those whose individual work, when brought… Read more

Fairness First podcast explores institutional injustice and how organizations discuss and act upon health inequity

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Dulce Jiménez, left, and Alexandra Samarron, Fairness First episode 3 co-hosts

How comfortable do you think senior management at your organization feels in talking about discrimination, race and racism?

This is one of the questions included in the Regional Health Equity Survey (RHES) that sparked a discussion on the most recent episode of Fairness First, the podcast produced by NAU’s… Read more

De Heer receives CCPS funding

Posted by ld583 on August 6, 2020

Brooke de Heer and her community partner, Kate Wyatt received $5,000 from the SHERC Community-Campus Partnership Support (CCPS) for their work with Flagstaff Initiative Against Trafficking (FIAT).

De Heer is an NAU assistant professor in criminology and criminal justice, and Wyatt, who founded FIAT three years ago, has worked with the Northland Family Help Center in Flagstaff for seven years.

By collaborating with… Read more

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