Equity Resources

"Health equity is achieved when every person has the opportunity to attain his or her full health potential and no one is disadvantaged from achieving this potential because of social position or other socially determined circumstances.”

​- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Resources from Live Healthy Lane Partners:​

• Lane County: Community Resiliency Toolkit - A toolkit with extensive resources to improve equity, access to resources, and community resiliency in Lane County
• LaneKids: Talking About Race - An extensive list of anti-racism resources focusing on how to talk to children about race for parents and educators
• Siuslaw Vision: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Page - A selection of DEI resources for vision projects and community building efforts 

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Prioritizing Health Equity and Understanding the Impacts of Racism on Health:​​

• Lane County Infographic: Insights on Racial and Ethnic Health Inequity in the Context of COVID-19
• ​The State of Black Oregon - A compilation of essays and case studies on the impacts of racism on Black Oregonians (including health, childcare, education and much more) and guidance on how to make change
• How Racism Can Affect Child Development
• Eliminating Racial Disparities in Maternal and Infant Mortality
• Racism & Health: Evidence and Needed Research Report​
• ​American Medical Association: Prioritizing Health Equity Video Series​​
• National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO): Roots of Inequality - A web-based course for public health workforce 

• ​​Oregon Health Authority Office of Equity and Inclusion: Race, Ethnicity, Language and Disability Implementation Guide for Data Collection

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Equity Language Guides:

• ​Racial Equity Tools: Racial Equity Tool Glossary
• Governor's Interagency Council on Health Disparities: Equity Language Guide
• ​University of Oregon: Trans Glossary 101

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Using Personal Pronouns:

• ​MyPronouns: information on personal pronouns, what they are and how to use them
• University of Oregon: Using Pronouns - a guide on pronouns and how to use them

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Honoring Native Land:

• ​US Department of Arts and Culture: guidance and information on how to acknowledge and honor Native land
• History Research: A Short History of Oregon Tribes in the Contemporary Era
• ​State of Oregon: Tribal Affairs - Overview of the 9 Confederated Tribes of Oregon
• Broken Treaties: An Oral History Tracing Oregon's Native Population
• Interactive Native Land Map of the World: navigate the map to learn about Native land throughout the world
• Text your zip-code to (907)312-5085 to learn what Native land you live on

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Being an Ally and an Anti-Racist:

• Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation: 10 Ways to Be an Ally and a Friend        
• Everyday Feminism: 10 Things All Allies Need to Know    
• The Root: 12 Ways to Be a White Ally to Black People   
• Anti-Racism Resources for White People  ​​​

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Taking Action with Local Organizations

• Basic Rights Oregon: ensure that all lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer Oregonians experience equality by building a broad and inclusive politically powerful movement, shifting public opinion, and achieving policy victories. 
• Centro Latino Americano: provides support, resources, and translation services for Latinx residents of Lane County
• Community Alliance of Lane County (CALC):  CALC addresses the struggle for racial justice, immigrant rights, economic justice and educational equity and opposing heterosexism, anti-Semitism and other isms, as well as challenging war, militarism and the drive for global hegemony, seeking to define true security as everyone having decent housing, education, food, work and health care. 
• Eugene Human Rights Commission: The mission of the Human Rights Commission is to promote implementation of universal human rights values and principles in all City of Eugene programs and throughout the wider community. 
• Lane County: Local Black-Owned Business Directory - support local Black-owned businesses throughout Lane County
• NAACP Lane County: The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination.

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