News & Resources
June 21, 2019
June 2019 - A messaging action toolkit to advocate against the US Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) proposal to prohibit “mixed-status” families from living in public housing and Section 8 programs.
April 15, 2019
April 2019 - A social media toolkit for Tax Day 2019 with sample tweets, hashtags, and graphics advocating for #TaxesforHealth and challenging myths about taxes that perpetuate toxic ideas about individualism and the free market.
April 1, 2019
April 2019 - A social media toolkit for National Public Health Week 2019 advocating for SNAP, the Census IDEA Act, the Dream and Promise Act, the Green New Deal, and more.
March 6, 2019
March 2019 - A flowchart for government public health workers to identify what kind of health equity advocacy they are able to do.
January 16, 2019
January 2019 - HIP blog post by Omid Bagheri and Sari Bilick on APHA's policy statement that lays out law enforcement violence as a public health issue.
January 2, 2019
January 2019 - Truthout interview with Lili Farhang and Sari Bilick by Nicole Novak on Public Health Awakened and the role of public health workers in the fight for immigrant justice.
November 14, 2018
November 2018 - HIP blog post by Ana Tellez on the intersection of a transformative vision for the role of government to advance equity and a proposed tax reform policy in California's 2020 ballot.
October 16, 2018
October 2018 - An action toolkit to submit public comment against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposal to punish low-income immigrant families for using health care, housing, and food assistance through a proposed expansion of the “public charge” regulation.
August 6, 2018
August 2018 - An action toolkit with concrete actions to take in support of #FamiliesBelongTogether and public health messaging against detention.
July 9, 2018
July 2018 - HIP blog post by Paul J. Fleming and William D. Lopez on the parallel nature of immigration and criminal justice policies that lead to unnecessary family separation among marginalized communities.
June 18, 2018
June 2018 - HIP blog post by Sari Bilick, Logan R. Harris, and Sukhdip Purewal Boparai on the health equity implications of recent Supreme Court decisions.
May 11, 2018
May 2018 - An info brief and question guide to hold the government accountable to health and equity when investing in infrastructure.
April 17, 2018
April 2018 - A discussion between Dr. Tony Iton of The California Endowment and Dr. Lori Dorfman of Berkeley Media Studies Group on how #TaxesMakeHealthHappen.
March 19, 2018
March 2018 - A resource on ways to help protect SNAP in the face of changes that would undermine food access, poverty reduction, and health equity.
March 12, 2018
March 2018 - HIP blog post by Sari Bilick and Jonathan Heller, highlighting three things we're tracking as the 2020 Census shapes up that could jeopardize health and equity.
February 9, 2018
February 2018 - A guide and slide deck with strategies for health departments to protect and support immigrant residents and their families. (Slide deck also available in Spanish and Arabic).
January 23, 2018
January 2018 - An info brief detailing how to advocate for home energy assistance as we experience more extreme weather events.
December 22, 2017
December 2017 - A letter to the Department of Health and Human Services signed by 478 health professionals in response to HHS officials banning staff from using particular language including the words “science-based,” “evidence-based,” “diversity,” “fetus,” “transgender,” “entitlement,” and “vulnerable.”
November 29, 2017
November 2017 - The Pump Handle blog post by Jonathan Heller and Ana Tellez about the necessity of taxes for building healthy, thriving communities.
November 21, 2017
November 2017 - HIP blog post by Sari Billick on APHA’s policy statement on police violence the necessity of naming it as a public health issue.
November 3, 2017
November 2017 - HIP blog post about the importance of taxes for healthy communities and the #TaxesAreGood campaign.
August 3, 2017
August 2017 - Viral podcast episode featuring HIP’s Sari Bilick discussing public health advocacy and the work of Public Health Awakened.
June 26, 2017
June 2017 - Info briefs with data to advocate in support of the Affordable Care Act.
June 26, 2017
June 2017 - A resource to help protect Medicaid in the face of changes that would devastate health and health equity.
March 31, 2017
March 2017 - Resources to support conversations about transphobia and transgender rights, including a conversation aide, email template, script to contact legislators, and educational resources.
March 21, 2017
March 2017 - Public Health Awakened guest blog post by Nancy Krieger and infographic on the toxic implications of Trump's budget on communities and health equity.
February 6, 2017
February 2017 - HIP blog post by Lili Farhang about the formation of Public Health Awakened in the wake of Trump’s election.