ABOUT US
The Coalition for Immigrant Health was formed by Center for Health Progress in 2016 to secure the safety and well-being of immigrants and their families across Colorado. This growing group of people and organizations is working together toward universal access to health care by centering the needs and perspectives of immigrants. We do this through community organizing, education and outreach, policy analysis and change, and connecting people to services in their community.
Guiding Principles
- We define health broadly: We know that a person’s ability to be healthy is a result of their economic, social, and environmental conditions. We advocate for policies that will increase health, well-being, and justice, and reduce inequities.
- We believe everyone’s role in the work is important: Serving immigrants directly through health care or other social services, community organizing, leadership development, and advocating for good public policy are all critical strategies to address barriers to health and construct healthy societies.
- We believe in Collective Liberation: All manifestations of prejudice and inequality are related, and we must actively challenge all of them in order to benefit all of us. Due to racism, sexism, poverty and many other hierarchies, certain communities suffer disproportionately higher rates of violence, discrimination, and un(der)employment; face greater barriers to health care and education; and have much less access to information. We prioritize the needs and voices of communities who face multiple kinds of oppression, such as those who are immigrants of all documentation statuses, as well as Native or First Nations, women, low- or no-income, non-binary or genderqueer, non-passing, youth, elders, people of color, people with mental or physical disabilities, sex workers, people who are homeless, and people who are incarcerated.
- ACLU of Colorado
- Adams County Health Alliance
- All Kids Covered Coalition
- American Academy of Pediatrics, Colorado Chapter
- Asian Pacific Development Center
- Aurora Health Alliance
- Center for Health Progress
- Children’s Hospital Colorado
- Clinica Colorado
- Clínica Tepeyac
- Colorado Access
- Colorado Alliance for Health Equity and Practice
- Colorado Association of Local Public Health Officials
- Colorado Behavioral Healthcare Council
- Colorado Center on Law and Policy
- Colorado Children’s Campaign
- Colorado Community Health Network
- Colorado Consumer Health Initiative
- Colorado Covering Kids and Families
- Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition
- Colorado Fiscal Institute
- Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition
- Colorado Refugee Services Program (Colorado Department of Human Services)
- Denver Health Community Health Services
- Every Child Pediatrics
- Full Circle of Lake County
- Immunize Colorado
- Inner City Health Center
- Kids First Health Care
- Latino Community Foundation of Colorado
- LiveWell Montrose Olathe
- Mountain Family Health Centers
- Office of Health Equity (Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment)
- Padres y Jóvenes Unidos
- Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains
- Re:Vision
- Servicios de la Raza
- STRIDE Community Health Center
- The Colorado Health Foundation
- The Family Center/La Familia
- Together Colorado
- Tri-County Health Department
- Tri-County Health Network
- United for a New Economy
- Urban Underserved Track, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
- Young Invincibles Rocky Mountain Office
Meetings are held monthly on the third Monday of the month from 10:30AM-12:00PM virtually (until further notice) and by phone. For more information and to attend, join the Coalition list by filling out the membership form.