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What is HEC? Check out our video!

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SAVE THE DATE: Tues. Oct 13th

Are you interested in making positive change to improve the health of our community? Would you like to work on health focused social justice campaigns in the Seattle area? If so join us for Health Equity Circle's General Assembly to learn how to get involved!

HEALTH EQUITY CIRCLE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

WHEN: Tuesday October 13th, 5:30PM-7:30PM WHERE: Vista Cafe (Foege/Genome Sciences Building)

DINNER PROVIDED!

Health Equity Circle is a multidisciplinary group of health sciences students committed to improving health equity in our region through focused campaigns targeting systems of structural oppression and health inequity in our community. We have a variety of campaigns currently tackling issues of homelessness, incarceration, and child abuse and have many opportunities for both active involvement and leadership development.

Please RSVP so we can estimate food at http://www.wejoinin.com/sheets/sveml Questions? Contact Ariell at ari727@uw.edu and check out our website: http://www.healthequitycircle.org/

Thank you and hope to see you there!

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Please sign this petition to support our Tent City Collective Campaign in their work to bring Tent City 3 to campus!

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SPH recognizes Lorelei Walker for Community Service

Last week, UW School of Public Health recognizes HEC Lead Organizer Lorelei Walker for her work with Health Equity Circle!

http://sph.washington.edu/about/recognition/

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Jordan Seto, MS1 and HEC Lead Organizer kicks off and leads institution members through the Sound Alliance Action Assembly for the Best Starts Levy in King County.

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Too bad we weren't able to snap a better picture. Today, we honored Nancy Amidei as a social justice superhero badass with our HEC “cape” at the Health Sciences Service Learning and Advocacy Summit! (second photo is the rockstar you all know as Kelsen Caldwell!) 

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HEC Lead Organizer and Sound Alliance Board Member Lorelei Walker shakes hands with Carrie Cihak, Chief of Policy for King County Executive Dow Constantine, to commit to working together to support the passing of the Best Starts Levy in King County.

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The Tent City Collective Campaign hosted the event, “Honing in on Homelessness,” inviting Tim Harris from Real Change and Rex Hohlbein from Facing Homelessness.

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Monday, May 18th, 2015 7:00-8:30PM IBEW Local 46 Union Hall 19802 62nd Ave Kent, WA 98032 (we will be setting up a carpool from the UW campus) Sign up here: http://goo.gl/forms/9DZmCIrz5M

UW's Health Equity Circle is holding an action assembly with Sound Alliance to pressure County Executive Dow Constantine to commit to transparency and community participation in the decision-making and implementation process. Health Equity Circle organizes to exercise power with communities, rather than to hold power over them. We need to stand in solidarity to ensure the levy fulfills that value by centering the voices of marginalized communities in King County. This is a phenomenal chance to see community organizing in action as well as show solidarity with the communities this levy affects.

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STORY OF A TRUE BROAD-BASED ORGANIZING WIN: HOW HEALTH STUDENTS RAN A GREAT CAMPAIGN, THEN JOINED TWO ISSUES TOGETHER WITH LABOR LEADERS TO CREATE A WIN ON BOTH

Celeste Goulding, Sound Alliance Practicum Student and Health Equity Circle Leader tells the story of the landslide win: http://iafnw.org/soundalliance/whatsnew/story-of-a-true-broad-based-organizing-win-how-health-students-ran-a-great-campaign-then-joined-two-issues-together-with-labor-leaders-to-create-a-win-on-both

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https://www.facebook.com/events/918647194823296/

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Leadership Applications NOW OPEN!

Our application for Core Leadership Team (not Campaigns or Ambassadors) are OPEN! If you are interested in working with Health Equity Circle to develop health sciences students into organizers and skilled advocates for health equity and social justice, submit an application today! 

Link to the application: https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/uwhec/264250

Download the position descriptions here (you don’t need to sign in): https://www.dropbox.com/s/nh8nzlayj38eju6/Core%20Leadership%20Team%20Roles%20and%20Responsibilities.2015.pdf?dl=0

Deadline for submissions: Friday, April 10th, 2015 at midnight

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Our UCONJ624: Health Equity and Organizing class ended yesterday! We heard some great feedback and are super pumped to see what these leaders will be up to next! Look out world! These leaders are a force to be reckoned with!