Powerplays

This playbook contains a series of POWER Plays—actions to take to increase resident decision-making power in municipal funding activities. These Plays are organized into three sections—Challenge, Engage, and Build—each based on HRiA’s Health Equity Framework (Figure 1). This framework, centered on racial equity –lifts up three foundational components to operationalize and advance health equity:  HRiA […]

Harnessing the power of community in Chelsea, Massachusetts In March 2021, the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) offered crucial support to communities nationwide as they grappled with the far-reaching impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. This monumental $19 trillion initiative provided funds directly to state, local, territorial, and tribal governments to address their communities’ specific challenges.   […]