Healthy democracies are integral to healthy communities.

 
 

As we adjust to the new way of life, living with the ongoing pandemic, continued health and economic inequalities, and new challenges to reproductive health and security, Poder Latinx is celebrating this year’s Civic Health Month by driving attention to a continuous number of health care topics impacting the Latinx community. Our El Poder de Tu Salud campaign is aligned with and celebrates collective efforts as part of Civic Health Month, a project of Vot-ER, which aims to bridge the gap between healthcare, community, and democracy.

During this month, we will largely center around the theme that healthy democracies are integral to healthy communities. Our program consists of events geared towards educating Latinxs on the importance of maintaining and strengthening our community’s health while leading civic engagement efforts to ensure that every voter is able to use the ballot box as a tool to improve our communities health and democracy. We will apply a community health and health equity lens to explore issues disproportionately impacting the Latinx community, for instance, COVID-19, paid sick and family leave, reproductive justice, and environmental justice.

 
 
 
 

UPCOMING EVENTS

  • The town hall will be aired on Friday August 9th at 10:30 p.m. (ET/PT)

    Poder Latinx, in partnership with Estrella TV and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will present a community town hall featuring Secretary Xavier Becerra. This event is a key segment of our ongoing series, "El Poder de tu Salud," in honor of Civic Health Month this August and will focus on the intersection of health and civic engagement among Latinos.

     

  • Saturday, August 10th 7am - 11am PST Poder Latinx’s  Office - 71st and Piers St., Phoenix, AZ

  • Wednesday, August 21st 8am - 10am PST Casa San Pedro  - 6327 W. Fillmore St  Phoenix, 85043

  • Wednesday, August 21st 5:30pm - 7:30pm PST Centro Chinampa, 507 W Chestnut Ave, Yakima WA

    Topics: Smoke pollution  and our communities, Ballot Initiative 2117

      

  • Thursday, August 29th 11am - 1pm EST IMA Medical Center, 7714 E Colonial Dr, Orlando, FL 32807

    Addressing Air & Water Pollution and Climate Anxiety

    Panelists:

    • Dr Richard Plate (UCF)

    • Laura Betts (The Cleo Institute)

    • Ashley Van Stone (City of Orlando)

      Multi-Panel Conference about how the environmental crisis is affecting our health. 

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  • Saturday, August 24th 12:30pm - 2:00pm EST, Powder Springs Library, 4181 Atlanta St, Powder Springs, GA 30127

    Screening of the documentary "Zero Weeks." Following the screening, there will be a couple of community members to share their experience of not having access to Paid Leave

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  • Thursday, August 29th 7:30- 9:00PM Via Facebook Live

    Topics to include Heat waves - Environmental Justice & Reproductive freedom,

    Hosted by Poderosas Fellowship

  • Saturday, August 31st 5 pm - 8 pm PST 924 W Ropes Ave. Woodlake CA. 93567

    Connect with local organizations offering essential health services, voter registration, and civic engagement opportunities while engaging in meaningful conversations about the intersection of health and civic responsibility.

 
 
 

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