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Igniting Change and Transforming Health

We strive to be a trusted resource for communities who need support with data gathering, analysis, and interpretation to build rock-solid evidence for community-led solutions. We provide technical assistance and work in multisectoral partnerships to co-design, implement, and evaluate anti-racist strategies as well as reshape narratives to build community power. We support anti-racist strategies that disrupt structural racism and discrimination by shifting policies, practices, and relationships that perpetuate health disparities.

What We Do

We believe in the transformative power of community expertise. We orient our work to center and support the leadership of communities in decision-making spaces.
Anti-racist and participatory evaluation
Serve as a convener for shared learning, dreaming, and designing

Support institutional implementation of innovations through consultation and technical assistance guided by the ARCH Approach

Build community, facilitate connections, and foster well-being among our affiliates
Provide infrastructure, staffing, and resources to support community-driven health equity action
Inform institutional decision-making and policy
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ARCH Approach

We believe in the transformative power of community expertise. We orient our work to center and support the leadership of communities in decision-making spaces. Click below to learn more about our approach!

Community-centered Engagement
Community-directed Investment
Anti-racist Policy and Practice Interventions
Health Equity

Community-centered Engagement

  • Centering community voice in agenda-setting, problem-solving, and reimagining of institutional structures, policies, practices, and procedures to facilitate health equity
  • Community-directed participation in community events and collaborative health equity work (e.g., technical assistance, content expertise, anti-racist and participatory research and evaluation)
  • Community-directed advocacy within organizational, institutional, and public policy decision-making spaces

Community-directed Investment

  • Creation and sustainment of the ARCH Community Action Collaboratory as incubator for community-driven health equity action
  • Co-development of a community-centered funding model and mechanism
  • Convening and supporting relationships between communities and funders
  • Investment of time and expertise for research and evaluation of community-driven outreach and health promotion activities

Anti-racist Policy and Practice Interventions

  • Interrogation of organizational policies and practices that contribute to community-identified inequities in outcome(s)
  • Co-design and testing of anti-racist strategies and tactics for organizational policy and practice change(s)
  • Identification of pathways to institutionalize identified anti-racist change(s)
  • Identification and monitoring of metrics of institutionalization as well as impacts to organizations, institutions, and communities
  • Dissemination of findings to peer institutions, practice partners, and communities

Health Equity

Health Equity is when everyone has a fair and just opportunity to attain the highest level of health and well-being. Achieving this requires focused and ongoing societal efforts to address historical and contemporary injustices; overcome economic, social, and other obstacles to health and healthcare; and eliminate preventable health disparities.
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What We Do

Anti-racist and participatory evaluation

Serve as a convener for shared learning, dreaming, and designing

Support institutional implementation of innovations through consultation and technical assistance guided by the ARCH Approach

Build community, facilitate connections, and foster well-being among our affiliates

Provide infrastructure, staffing, and resources to support community-driven health equity action

Inform institutional decision-making and policy

  • Anti-racist and participatory evaluation
  • Serve as a convener for shared learning, dreaming, and designing
  • Support institutional implementation of innovations through consultation and technical assistance guided by the ARCH Approach
  • Build community, facilitate connections, and foster well-being among our affiliates
  • Provide infrastructure, staffing, and resources to support community-driven health equity action
  • Inform institutional decision-making and policy

Community Action Collaboratory

The Community Action Collaboratory is currently in formation. Please check back for updates!
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