Community organizing: A community power-building approach to advancing health equity

This webinar is presented by the National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health (NCCDH)

To address the structural determinants of health, public health must work to build power with communities facing inequities and disrupt the power of those who use it to maintain the status quo. Community organizing is a proven strategy to build community power, yet these strategies remain an underdeveloped area for public health practice. Join this webinar to learn more about what community organizing is, the strategies that organizers use, and how public health can partner with community organizers and harness the strategies to address the structural and social determinants of health. 

In this webinar, a Senior Health Equity Specialist from NCCDH and an Organizer from Migrante Manitoba will deepen public health practitioners’ understanding of community organizing as a public health intervention by defining community organizing, describing community organizing practices as well as the benefits of public health engaging with organizers, and providing case studies (focused on precarious work and immigration) of public health both partnering with organizers and using organizing methods to advance equity. 

# Learning Objectives

• Explain community organizing as a public health intervention to address the structural determinants of health and advance health equity
• Describe examples of public health partnering with community organizers and using community organizing methods to advance health equity
• Identify actions participants can take to integrate community organizing into public health interventions 

# Speakers