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In April 2025, Build Healthy Places Network (BHPN) convened awardees of its Community Innovations for Racial Equity (CIRE) initiative in St. Louis, MO, for a transformative in-person gathering. With generous support from The Kresge Foundation, CIRE fosters collaboration and capacity building among BIPOC-led and allied Community Development Corporations (CDCs) to advance health and racial equity. This convening aimed to strengthen connections, foster trust, and facilitate peer-to-peer learning, all crucial for advancing community-led solutions.
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Build Healthy Places Network is excited to announce that we’re celebrating the continuation of our powerful partnership with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation! This renewed support will allow us to expand and deepen our work bringing together community development, public health, and healthcare to create prosperous and healthy neighborhoods across the country.
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A Message from BHPN’s Co-Executive Directors Can you believe it’s already the end of 2024? It feels like just yesterday we were celebrating the start of a new year (and trying to remember if it was a leap year or not!). As 2024 draws to a close, we recognize the importance of pausing and reflecting on our work. Join us as we celebrate some highlights and look forward to building a healthier future together!
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Build Healthy Places Network (BHPN), a program of the Public Health Institute is thrilled to announce the five awardees of the Community Innovations for Racial Equity (CIRE) initiative, a program aimed at tackling structural racism and health inequities in disinvested communities.
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Build Healthy Places Network’s Video Snapshots offer quick deep dives with experts from the community development, health, and finance sectors. Our current series focuses on multisector partnerships involving community development, healthcare, and health payors in California that are co-investing in projects that support people experiencing homelessness.
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