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Me And The System: The Personal Essay And Health Policy
Human beings have always had stories—and always will. Health (and health policy) is a quintessentially human realm, and its stories are as vivid and revealing as those from any area of human endeavor.
The Integral Role of Relationships in Right Care Alliance’s Healthcare Activism (Mini Case Study)
For Stephanie Aines and Right Care Alliance (RCA), success is a completely transformed healthcare system. Aines and her community have fought against high insulin costs, advocated for withdrawal of FDA approval for controversial treatments, and coordinated study groups to teach others about why our healthcare system is broken. In this case study, you’ll learn the important role that relationship building has played in RCA’s continued efforts.
How Right To Health Action built Replicable Tactics for a Nationwide Health Movement (Mini Case Study)
There’s incredible power in uniting thousands of experts, health workers, and activists behind strategic health activism and community organizing. It’s this power that helped Jonathan Shaffer, Co-Founder and Organizer for Right to Health Action (R2H), build a grassroots movement in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. For this mini case study, we sat down with members of R2H to learn more about the critical role that strategy and tactics play in their overall efforts.
How Create a Healthier Niagara Falls Collaborative Embraced the Power of Narrative (Mini Case study)
Brian Archie is team Integrator and change agent for the Create a Healthier Niagara Falls Collaborative. Since 2015, he’s helped his organization evolve from a bureaucratic task force to one solely focused on community organizing. With a particular focus on healthcare inequities, Archie and his team members have harnessed the power of narrative to bring the community closer and raise awareness around how to elevate the public narrative around racial inequities.
Where’s the Power? Developing your Theory of Change [Template]
An introduction to developing your Theory of Change and a template based on the works of Marshall Ganz.
Restrictions of Use Page
A page on the acknowledgement for Marshall Ganz work
Organizing: People, Power and Change – The One on One 1:1 Meeting
Learn how to run a one on one meeting with these tips & best practices from the Leading Change Network and the New Organizing Institute.
Story of Self Worksheets
Do you want to learn how to tell your story of self? Use these worksheets to help you figure out your challenge, choice and outcome moments.
Preparing Doctors in Training for Health Activist Roles: A Cross-Institutional Community Organizing Workshop for Incoming Medical Residents
Utilizing community organizing and public narrative as a framework for effective physician advocacy to address health inequities.
Computer Mediated People Power Change: A Guide for those Practicing and Teaching Distributed Leadership Organizing Online: Part 1 The Pedagogy
This guide outlines the key components for People Power Change framework for leadership and community organizing.