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RWJF is seeking proposals for a multi-faceted research project that would enhance the collection and analysis of more nuanced data that captures the rich and wide-ranging diversity within the Asian American population. This funding opportunity will provide up to $800,000 in support. #DataEquity #HealthEquity #Funding

🚨FUNDING OPPORTUNITY🚨 I’m thrilled to share that the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is seeking proposals for a multi-faceted research project to enhance the collection and analysis of more nuanced data that capture the rich and wide-ranging diversity within the Asian American population. This funding opportunity will provide up to $800,000 in support. To achieve health equity, we need data equity. Research stemming from this award will help researchers cluster diverse Asian American populations into smaller subgroups using community-informed and evidence-based methods suitable for real-world implementation. Application deadline is Aug. 13. Read the full call for proposals for more details, and tag someone you know who should apply! https://rwjf.ws/3XSuKrd 

Despite passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act 34 years ago, we still have a long way to go to build truly inclusive and accessible communities and end systemic ableism once and for all. People with disabilities—especially disabled people of color—in the South, continue facing far too many barriers including limited access to transportation, healthcare, jobs, and more. These barriers ultimately lead to more police interactions and incarceration. And the legacy of Jim Crow and voter suppression make it even harder for disabled voters of color to cast their ballots. To change this, Dom Kelly and Kehsi Iman Wilson co-founded New Disabled South (NDS) to build a powerful disability justice rights movement in the South. NDS embodies the spirit of “nothing about us without us” by centering the voices and experiences of those who are marginalized for many reasons including race, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, etc. Kehsi Iman Wilson put it powerfully when she noted how their work is “guided by disability justice principles that remind us, that in order to achieve liberation, we have to be unapologetically interdependent.” Let's continue working together to build communities where everyone can thrive. #ADA34 #InclusionMatters

Engaging the expertise of the disability community and shifting how data are collected, analyzed, shared, and used are important ways to make progress on disability rights, accessibility, and inclusion. Last year, RWJF joined disability rights leaders, advocates, researchers, and organizations on the frontlines of the disability justice movement to include people with disabilities as a population that is deserving of supports and definitions that allow them to access tools and resources for greater inclusion in healthcare. Working with the disability community, we urged NIH to designate people with disabilities as a “health disparity population.” We also joined advocates to press the U.S. Census Bureau to adopt an inclusive and fully representative definition of disability. We need more public health leaders to exhibit bold leadership and a steadfast commitment to health equity to secure more resources, research, and data. Disability advocate Javier Robles shares how we can build more inclusive communities, which includes collecting comprehensive disability data that's inclusive of all aspects of a person’s identity—such as race, ethnicity, and gender—and fully engaging the disability community. https://rwjf.ws/3RZVodY #PublicHealth #Healthcare #HealthEquity #DisabilityInclusion

Imagine a world where systems and policies were designed to promote the health and wellbeing of every child and family? This is a big question that’s guiding RWJF’s approach to helping children and families. The Family Advisory Committee—a group of parents and caregivers from diverse backgrounds and experiences—is an important part of this evolution to create fairer systems that work for families instead of making things harder.     J. Michael White shares how committee members are leading transformational change in their communities and help us reflect on ways to make our funding and programming more equitable.     

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS | The Center for Health Care Strategies is seeking a diverse cohort of Medicaid leaders to join the Medicaid Pathways Program class of 2025. This leadership development program, supported by the RWJF, aims to support Medicaid leaders in strengthening the necessary leadership skills to successfully oversee a complex organization like Medicaid and advance strategic initiatives that improve health and foster greater community engagement. Applications are due August 14. https://bit.ly/3J23iPE

While we still have a way to go in overcoming our risk-averse instincts as a foundation, I am proud that RWJF is staying the course on race-conscious programming, because it is grantees and partners, not us, who face acute, mounting risks. Staying the course is not a status quo endeavor. It has required, and continues to demand, that we: (1) Organize within and beyond our own philanthropic organizations to proactively protect and advance race-conscious grantmaking and workplace DEI initiatives, so that our organizational culture and practices align with, sustain, and shore up our desired grantmaking at a time of backlash (2) Use data on historical and ongoing disparities and inequities, as well as employee, grantee and partner advocacy to make the case for race-conscious approaches as a remedy for laws, policies and practices, including our own, that have contributed to barriers for many communities and organizations (3) Avoid overcorrection, which means working with partners who will help us to continue race-conscious initiatives in lawful and legally defensible ways, rather than conceding to the chilling effect of anti-equity legal decisions, and to learn from equity-affirming legal actions and decisions, rather than merely adjusting to an adverse legal landscape (4) Engage in philanthropic repair to learn from our own missteps and shift historical practices that over-emphasize legal, reputational and/or financial risks to us as foundations while creating undue burdens and further risks for grantees from our bureaucracy and inaction Only then will we make authentic, agile, and deeper investments in communities most harmed by systemic racism and other forms of discrimination.

The RWJF & WITH Foundation invite collaborative proposals that advance disability justice in public health and center the goals, perspectives, and needs of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) in Communities of Color. Contribute to a health and healthcare system that is fair and just, treats all people with dignity and respect, and rectifies past harms and prevents future ones by submitting a proposal by August 15th, 2024 at 5:00pm PT. https://lnkd.in/g3get3h

At the Presidents’ Council of the Disability & Philanthropy Forum, we seek to disrupt ableism in philanthropy by supporting disabled-led movements and calling on other leaders in our sector to model important systems change.   More than 61 million disabled Americans – or 1 in 4 adults – continue to experience the structural barriers that are embedded in our health and healthcare systems. As STAT points out, this year marks the 25th anniversary of the Olmstead Decision that outlawed the segregation of disabled people in institutions. Progress on being fully inclusive of people with disabilities has been too slow.   One way to accelerate progress is for those in Philanthropy to sign and implement the Disability Inclusion Pledge, a commitment to doing more, and then move from the pledge to action through significant funding commitments to both the Disability Inclusion Fund at Borealis Philanthropy and the Disability & Philanthropy Forum. Learn more about what we do at the Presidents’ Council and how to join us at the link in the comments.   https://lnkd.in/e2jENHYM

Nominate a book, film, or show for our list that is well worth it! Writers, directors, and media producers are shaping meaning for millions of us navigating the complex issues we grapple with in today’s world. The media we choose to consume can influence our thinking and inspire ways to cultivate a more equitable future. That’s why RWJF is curating a list of books and shows that are well worth the time. TELL US: What are you reading, watching, or listening to that should be considered? https://lnkd.in/ejqgxNSB