Princeton, N.J.—The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) have expanded their partnership to improve health and opportunity in communities of color across the United States.
“To get to a position where everyone in this county is truly afforded equal rights, we must place a heavy emphasis on health,” said Derrick Johnson, president and CEO of the NAACP. “Both RWJF and the NAACP recognize that to address what influences health and eliminate racial and ethnic inequities, we must focus on the conditions in our communities, at home, at work, and at our schools. The first step is widening the conversation to include education, criminal justice reform, economic development, housing, and discrimination. This partnership will allow us to do that.”
With $5.25 million in RWJF funding, the work will focus on:
- Strengthening NAACP’s research capacity to identify, document, and use data to advance community-driven health priorities, inform community-driven policies and bridge local and national work.
- Expanding the focus on health equity and health justice at the NAACP, including:
- Civic engagement and nonpartisan policymaker education; and
- Technical assistance and capacity building for select state and local NAACP affiliates to increase their understanding of policy priorities associated with improving nutrition, early care and education, and income supports, specifically as they relate to underserved African-American children and families and other minorities.
- Investing in youths as leaders building healthier, more equitable communities.
[For more on this story by Melissa Blair, go to https://www.rwjf.org/en/librar...e-health-equity.html]
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