When people are forced to choose between paying for their rent, putting food on the table or buying their medication it hurts their health and the health of the whole community. Every day these impossible choices are happening in communities like mine and yours.
At Health Leads, we believe the people making these impossible choices day in and day out are also the closest to identifying opportunities to improve health and well-being. And, we’ve seen what happens when health systems, community organizations AND community members work together as equal partners to improve health.
Thanks to hundreds of people across this country, women and children in New York City will find it easier to access healthy food, and residents in the San Francisco Bay Area will soon be able to more easily access the resources needed to ease the burden of skyrocketing rents. All because community members – like you – were given a powerful seat at the table.