Centering Race in Health Equity Advocacy

This paper summarizes the efforts of Colorado Trust’s Health Equity Advocacy initiative to put race at the center of its field-building work. It describes the project’s rationale for centering race in health equity, its vision for success, the grantee cohort’s efforts to realize this vision, the strategies employed, and the progress achieved. It also summarizes the challenges and lessons that emerged during the seven-year effort.