LIGHT

Leaders in Grassroots Health Transformation

LIGHT provides participants with an intersectional groundwork for becoming grassroots health equity advocates and leaders.

The goal of the program is for participants to:

• understand how the U.S. healthcare system and its associated industries came to be;
• learn strategies for achieving quality healthcare for all;
• explore the intersections of housing, climate, and health;
• develop their skills in framing the issue, public speaking, writing, and community organizing;
• understand the role of different non-profit and political bodies in local healthcare advocacy work;
  identify their interests, strengths, and passions as grassroots health justice leaders.

If you are in need of healthcare, click here for more information about our free appointments with certified application counselors.

Next LIGHT Cohort

*New cohorts coming soon! Sign up on our subscribe page to be notified of future dates.*

WHEN:
Tuesdays, 6–9 pm
May 7 – July 9, 2024

WHERE:
Online

COST:
There is no fee to participate.

GENERAL INFORMATION:

• Open to adults and teens (14+). Teens can earn community service hours.
  
• Youth program available for kids ages 6-13 (must have a parent/guardian in LIGHT).
• Free interpretation in Spanish, Haitian Creole, and American Sign Language available upon request.
• Accessibility accommodations available upon request.

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LIGHT Learning Outcomes

Bring voice and power to all seats of decision-making in order to ensure all community voices are heard and respected

Expose and challenge how capitalism contributes to our unjust healthcare system

Effectively advocate for practices and policies that strengthen the health and wellness of Miami’s communities

Educate others on the history of healthcare advocacy, cutting-edge solutions, and how to get involved

"If we don’t get committed to addressing the factors that affect your health—the socioeconomic factors, the policies, the environment, the ways you get clinical care—if we don’t address those things and meet people where they need, we’re not going to reduce these disparities.

When we use an equity lens and give people what they need to achieve that health outcome that we talk about, we benefit our entire community."

"If we don’t get committed to addressing the factors that affect your health—the socioeconomic factors, the policies, the environment, the ways you get clinical care—if we don’t address those things and meet people where they need, we’re not going to reduce these disparities.

When we use an equity lens and give people what they need to achieve that health outcome that we talk about, we benefit our entire community."

- Dr. Cheryl Holder
Physician, FIU Professor, Co-Chair of Florida Clinicians for Climate Action

“In a post-Civil Rights era, racism is also defined as what happens when institutions and structures operate in a race-neutral manner that nevertheless perpetuates historical racial disadvantage and produce new forms of racial disenfranchisement. 

The failure to pass Medicaid expansion is a demonstration of structural racism at its finest. There is no excuse for denying vulnerable people health care, which many countries understand as a basic human right.”

“In a post-Civil Rights era, racism is also defined as what happens when institutions and structures operate in a race-neutral manner that nevertheless perpetuates historical racial disadvantage and produce new forms of racial disenfranchisement. 

The failure to pass Medicaid expansion is a demonstration of structural racism at its finest. There is no excuse for denying vulnerable people health care, which many countries understand as a basic human right.”

Khiara M. Bridges, Professor at UC Berkeley School of Law