Statewide Health Equity Call

The Statewide Health Equity Calls are virtual monthly community learning and organizing calls for people across California who care about health equity and dignity.

Together, through an Ethnic Studies and Community-Responsive lens, we learn how health care money works, why it feels so hard to get care, and how budget cuts and privatization hurt our communities. We also learn how communities can fight back and win better care, better funding, and better policies.

These calls are rooted in community history, lived experience, and the long tradition of resistance and care in our communities.

By the end of the year, participants will:

1. Trace the flow of money and power in healthcare at the state, federal, and local levels. Understand how public funds are redirected into corporate profit and who benefits.
2. Analyze the California budget and legislative process through an HR 1 and equity lens, connecting immediate policy fights to long-term goals for a universal healthcare system.
3. Build and organize advocacy methods that fight for fair health care funding, challenge false information, and connect issues like immigration and language access to the larger fight for health and racial equity.

Date	Topic
1/27/2026	Our Health, Our Future!
2/17/2026	Mapping the Money
3/17/2026	Power and Accountability: County Behavioral Health Plans
NO APRIL CALL	NO APRIL CALL
5/19/2026	Understanding the May Revise
6/16/2026	Revenue Wins & Budget Justice
7/14/2026	Tracking the Money
Aug–Sep 2026	Revenue and the Ballot
10/20/2026	Countering Misinformation
11/17/2026	Graduation!!! Defense to DREAMING!

Right now, big corporations make money while our communities struggle to get care. Budget cuts, high costs, language barriers, and fear keep people from getting the care they need. These calls help us:

• Understand where the money goes
• Name who benefits and who is harmed
• Build power so communities can shape decisions about health care and public money

When you join the calls, you can expect:

• Clear, plain-language explanations on federal, state, and local healthcare policies
• Learning about California’s health care and budget systems
• Stories from communities across the state
• Time to ask questions and share what’s happening locally
• Tools to speak up, organize, and take action together
• Space that honors culture, healing, and care

You do not need to be an expert. Your lived experience matters.

These calls are open to:

• Community members and leaders
• People who use the health care system
• Organizers and advocates
• Community health workers, promotoras, representatives and frontline workers
• Staff and volunteers at community-based organizations
• Anyone who wants a fair and caring health system

No experience required. Interpretation and accessibility supports will be provided when possible.

• Sign up: Registration Link on Rapid Response Resource Hub
• Calls: Third Tuesday of the Month 12-1:30PM, January–November 2026
• Cost: Free