Together Toward Equity Fellowship Blog: Reflections on Leadership Development, Community, Health & Equity
In this blog series, Together Toward Equity Fellows share their experiences with the program and how they’re advancing health equity in their local communities.
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Together Toward Equity Fellowship
PHI’s Together Toward Equity Fellowship strengthens community leadership and organizational impact by investing in an effective, sustainable and equity-focused public health infrastructure for the future. The program provides a dynamic, year-long learning experience, with an inaugural 2023-2024 cohort of fifteen individuals working in nine California counties, selected from community-based organizations across the state.
In this blog series, Together Toward Equity Fellows share experiences related to their leadership development and other lessons-learned throughout the program, and provide insights into their unique perspectives on advancing health equity in their local communities. Find out more about Together Toward Equity Fellowship and explore their projects, impacts, additional materials and more.
De luchas por ser inmigrantes al empoderamiento comunitario (From Immigrants Struggles to Community Empowerment)
August 20, 2024 | Isai Garnica-Palma
Isai Garnica-Palma has worked and co-founded organizations that are dedicated to harnessing and cultivating new leaders in California’s Central Valley. Isai discusses his experience from growing up as a son of immigrants to achieving his parent's dreams of achieving a higher education. Isai also shares how he is working alongside parents who, despite language barriers and a lack of formal education, attend school board meetings and participate in school committees to voice their priorities and concerns.
Fostering Authenticity & Belonging
June 11, 2024 | Asma Hussein
Asma Hussein assists with resource navigation for refugee and immigrant community members at Somali Family Service of San Diego. Asma shares how being part of the Together Toward Equity Fellowship's first cohort gave her the opportunity to develop her leadership skills by allowing her to delve into various significant topics, such as identity leadership, personality assessments, and the impact of storytelling, during their monthly meetings.
The Importance of Place-Based Interventions and Being Rooted in Community
May 16, 2024 | Amanda Brown
Amanda Brown, senior program manager at Roots Community Health Center in Oakland, CA, discusses her work helping to uplift those impacted by systemic inequities and poverty in East Oakland, where the Black community has declined due to an array of major factors including gentrification, rising property prices, and displacement. Amanda also shares how the Together Toward Equity Fellowship has given her the opportunity to support her leadership development and the work Roots does—advocating for economic and community development through medical and behavioral health care, health navigation, workforce enterprises, housing, outreach, and advocacy.
Understanding Personal Leadership Styles to Better Champion Health & Equity
Feb 5, 2024 | Arturo Rodriguez
Arturo Rodriguez, a community leader with the Central Valley Empowerment Alliance, shares a glimpse of his work as a father, son, community leader, resource and trusted messenger, growing up in farmworker communities. Arturo also discusses how the Together Toward Equity Fellowship presents an opportunity for him to amplify his impact of bringing about positive change in his communities by better understanding his own leadership style—helping him to champion community building, self-sufficiency, youth leadership and improved health outcomes for farmworkers and rural communities.
Originally published by Together Toward Equity Fellowship
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