Okun online forum: Health & Wellbeing Equity
Racial inequalities in health are shockingly high, with our communities more likely to be living with serious and potentially fatal health conditions.
Following an understanding of the socio-economic roots of health inequalities, we need to think about how our existing health and social infrastructure fails to meet the needs of our communities. We need our communities to pose their own solutions to these racial injustices, and for holistic health and wellbeing provisions to be rooted into every community.
In Okun’s third online forum, we will think about how to achieve health and wellbeing equity through a Community Wealth Building (CWB) model. We will be thinking about how racial justice relates to:
community-led health models
preventative health
social wellbeing
urban health
Agenda:
Please note, this will be an interactive workshop. It may be difficult to fully participate if you join with a mobile phone rather than laptop or computer.
Presentation (15 mins) - What do we mean by health & wellbeing equity?
Breakout group discussion (20 mins) - What racial injustices exist within our current health and wellbeing systems?
Breakout group discussion (20 mins) - What solutions & policies would address these racial injustices, following an understanding of community wealth building?
Breakout group discussion (20 mins) - What evidence do we have to support these proposed solutions?
Feedback to main group (10 mins): Feedback on main topics of discussion.
This meeting will introduce the topic. In parallel, we will open a shared Miro online board. This tool will give our members time and space to collectively workshop, edit and co-produce robust policy recommendations.
We are looking to build a truly democratic policy forum. Please do invite members of your wider networks to join these online meetings and the Miro workboard.
Going forward, Okun will host an online meeting and a online Miro board to address each of the other policy areas.
August 13th: Democratic participation and community power - civic participation, democratic reform, devolution
September 17th: Education, skills, and employment - community-led education programmes, access to training and skills, non-exploitative employment
You are encouraged to join the meeting and Miro board for the policy areas you have particular experience, knowledge or interest in, but you are not expected to join every meeting.