Taking Action: Become a Health Equity Leader

https://www.samhsa.gov/blog/taking-action-become-health-equity-leader?utm_source=SAMHSA&utm_campaign=bd508cdf72-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_04_17_05_57&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-bd508cdf72-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&utm_source=SAMHSA&utm_campaign=5781cf983d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_04_18_01_07&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-5781cf983d-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D Taking Action: Become a Health Equity Leader By Walker Tisdale III, MPH, MA, LMSW; and Jennifer Early, Fellow, Office of Behavioral Health Equity In a 1955 speech, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. famously declared that of all forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most “shocking and inhumane.” Yet racial and ethnic health inequities remain pervasive across all state health systems. Fortunately, with hard work and the passage of time, health equity progress does take root and grow. Indeed, there are significant advances to achieving health equity for African Americans and other marginalized populations. But the hard work continues, and we must build upon these advancements.