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Updated 3/17/2022

Western MA Health Equity Network

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    MA

Institution/Business Type: Community Service Organization

The Western Massachusetts Health Equity Network seeks regional strategies and opportunities to create conditions in which communities are able to attain the highest level of health for all residents. To eliminate preventable inequities our work areas include policy, addressing racial justice and working across sectors. In 2022 The WMHEN commissioned Holyoke filmmaker Michelle Falcon Fontanez to make a film highlighting western MA community members discussing the intersection of racism and health.

The Film, Mosaic, will premiere at six western MA cultural venues this spring 2022. The film will be shown at a  multifaceted evening of transformational inspiration, including storytelling, live performance, film screening, site-specific cultural exploration, breaking bread, and intergenerational conversations on racism and community health in our region.

 

https://wmhenfilm.org/

 

Find Me

Risa Silverman (she/her/hers)
Job Title: Outreach Director
Phone: 413-545-2529
Address:
Amherst, MA 01003

About

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Community Service Organization

Legal Status:

Nonprofit - Embedded in non-cultural public agency

Parent Organization:

UMASS Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences

Year Founded:

2014

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Community Service Organization

Legal Status:

Nonprofit - Embedded in non-cultural public agency

Parent Organization:

UMASS Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences

Year Founded:

2014

Disciplines

Primary Discipline:

Media - Film

Communities

Populations Engaged:

  • Adults
  • Elders
  • Families
  • General Public
  • Immigrant Populations
  • LGBTQ Populations
  • Native American Tribes
  • Nonprofits
  • People with Disabilities
  • School Groups
  • Teens
  • Veteran/Active Duty Military Personnel
  • Youth-At-Risk
  • Incarcerated (or Formerly Incarcerated) individuals
  • Businesses

Languages Available:

  • English
  • Spanish

Geographic Reach:

  • Multi-County Region

Accessibility of Services

Accessibility of Services:

  • Access accommodations for people who use a wheelchair and have limited mobility
  • Access accommodations for people who are Deaf and hard-of-hearing

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