Recognizing the inextricable connection between housing and health, made more evident by the Covid-19 pandemic, today we are honored to announce 19 housing justice leaders as the 2021 cohort of Ambassadors for Health Equity, a venture led by PolicyLink and supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
These leaders, who are focused on building political power and housing solutions in Black, Brown and Indigenous communities, will work together as a cohort to infuse health equity in housing justice work at the local, state, and national levels.
This year’s Ambassadors represent different approaches to housing justice, including grassroots tenant organizing, civil rights advocacy, culturally centered housing development, and community land ownership. They have worked on developing and enacting strong protections to endure through the Covid-19 recovery. This includes bans on evictions, rent and mortgage forgiveness tied to relief for affordable housing providers and small landlords, and housing first for people without access to safe and healthy shelter.
The Ambassadors for Health Equity fellowship creates a platform for leaders from outside the health field to create powerful, potentially uncharted innovations in health equity. Ambassadors share their ideas and experiences, forge new alliances across sectors, and collaborate around promoting health equity in their work.
Please join us in celebrating this year’s ambassadors and learning more about their work!
