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Creating Healthy Environments with Language Justice

The County Health Rankings & Roadmaps program, a collaboration between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, featured a webinar on Language Justice in January 2021.

“Creating opportunities for everyone to be healthy also means making sure everyone’s voices can be heard. Creating multi-lingual spaces where everyone can communicate, understand, and be understood in the language in which they prefer is part of language justice.  Implementing strategies and practices that promote language justice is a key component to building inclusive, equitable and sustainable communities.”


The webinar featured two guests who shared a variety of experiences, perspectives, and insights around how language intersects with their efforts to improve health and equity.

  • Diana Lieu, with The Praxis Project will introduce the Language Justice Toolkit, a collection of specific, practical strategies for organizations and individuals who are committed to building powerful multilingual spaces in their own workplaces and communities.
  • Eudelia Contreras from Lake County, CO, a 2019 Culture of Health Prize winner, will share her experience working with several organizations to bring language justice to the community.  




For a Language Justice Resource Toolkit and the slides to the webinar, see below.

Author:
Patrice Mascolo
Resource Date:
February 22, 2021
Resource Type:
Other Resources
Topics:
Health, Community / Social Environment

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