In Good Health

The Colorado Health Foundation’s blog is designed to share perspectives, personal stories and what we are learning in our efforts to ensure that, across Colorado, each of us can say: “We have all we need to live healthy lives.”

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This blog post was originally published on Sept. 9, 2020 on Pulse: The Colorado Health Foundation Poll website

When I joined The Colorado Health Foundation in November 2018, I started with three items on my “to do” list:

  1. Figure out how to use public opinion research to better understand Coloradans.
  2. Do that research in ways that are unbiased and...
Topics
Policy
Public Opinion
Pulse Poll

As we celebrate Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s life, we are compelled to remember that we must continue working toward progress for and with people who have historically lacked power and privilege – even and especially in perplexing times like these. 

Serving on the United States Supreme Court for more than 27 years – only the second woman to...

Topics
SCOTUS
Equity
Women

Racism has everything to do with health, and everything to do with our work at the Foundation. We said this following George Floyd’s death earlier this summer, and today, we give the same resounding response to the recent racially-driven violence in Kenosha, Wisconsin – because we must keep bending the arc toward justice.

Last Sunday, in Kenosha, a police...

Topics
Race/Racism
Health Equity
Community Solutions

​​​​​​I remember it was a cold February evening. I was on an airplane about ready to disconnect for the flight when I noticed the Grantee Perception Report hit my inbox. I couldn’t resist quickly scanning the report on my tiny phone screen, eager to gather the major takeaways and begin thinking through how we could use the data to improve...

Topics
Equity
Community Engagement
Foundation Evolution
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