Racial Equity Statement From CHI
Dear Friends,
The Center for Health Innovation, New Mexico’s Public Health Institute, acknowledges systemic racism as a public health crisis. We understand the protestors calling for police reform and demanding an end to the brutality and racial inequities which have plagued our nation since before its founding. Working towards health and racial equity in New Mexico has taught us that the system must serve and be accountable to the community. The Center for Health Innovation offers our strength and resources to the cause of ending racism and the inequities it spawns. Below you will find resources compiled by the NM Public Health Association on racism’s detrimental impact on health, police violence, and so much more. Join us in working to ensure the safety and justice for all.
No Justice, No Peace.
The Center for Health Innovation Board and Staff
RESOURCES from NM Public Health Association https://docs.google.com/document/d/1q0M1U1J43zMvzpQgK4CzaoFmF_cskc5UnkWKBEWXSvw/edit
- New Mexico 2020 Summit on Health Equity Virtual Series. This six-week series is happening each Thursday from May 21 through June 25, 11:30am-1pm. Register here.
- Talking About Race Toolkit. View the toolkit here.
- Racial Equity Impact Assessment Toolkit. View the toolkit here.
- Unnatural Causes. A seven-part documentary series exploring racial and socioeconomic inequities in health. View the series here.
- New Mexico Department of Health Office of Health Equity. https://www.nmhealth.org/about/asd/ohe/
American Public Health Association (APHA)
- Racism is an ongoing public health crisis that needs our attention now. Read the statement.
- Addressing Law Enforcement Violence as a Public Health Issue. Read the statement here.
- Racism: The Ultimate Underlying Condition. Upcoming webinar on June 9, 2020, 12-1:30 pm MDT. Register here.
- COVID-19 and Health Equity — Exploring Disparities and Long-Term Health Impacts. Watch the webinar here.
- COVID-19 and Equity Webpage. https://www.apha.org/topics-and-issues/communicabledisease/coronavirus/equity
- Racism and Health Webpage. https://www.apha.org/topics-and-issues/health-equity/racism-and-health
Reports & Legislation
- Health Equity in New Mexico (2019). View the report here.
- Racial Justice in New Mexico: A Ten Year Plan (2014). View the report here.
- Addressing the Health Needs of Sex and Gender Minorities in New Mexico (2018). View the report here.
- Advancing Racial Equity and Transforming Government: A Resource Guide to Put Ideas into Action (2015). View the guide here.
- SB 269: State Agency Institutional Racism Policies (2017 Legislative Session). View the vetoed legislation here
Issues of Racism in New Mexico
- Extreme lockdown shows divide in hard-hit Navajo border town
- Navajo Nation, Albuquerque sign deal to combat racism
- Asians in NM face increased racism during coronavirus pandemic
- “Somebody’s Daughter,” a documentary on the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Epidemic
- Ramona Emerson’s documentary “Crossing the line” is about border town violence in Albuquerque, Farmington and Gallup
- A focus on ‘environmental racism’
- South Valley Organizes Against Environmental Racism
- New Mexicans Demand Environmental Justice, Landscape-Level Conservation in Greater Chaco – Indigenous, Religious, and Local New Mexican Leaders Call on Senators Udall and Heinrich to Advance Fossil Fuel Transition for Region
- Environmental Justice Issues in New Mexico
