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Advancing the Social Determinants of Health—The Private Sector Community Benefits Movement

by Phyllis Jeden and Susan Fleurant

Overview

Thursday, May 15 | 12 – 1:30pm CT

Starting 20 years ago in Los Angeles, community-based organizations and others began seeking to create binding agreements, known as Community Benefit Agreements (CBAs). CBAs are agreements between companies implementing development projects and community coalitions who aim to procure benefits for their communities, like local hiring requirements and affordable housing. These benefits -help to improve social determinants of health (the conditions in the environments where people are born, live, learn, work, and play) — factors that are known to drive the majority of health outcomes. In 2016, Detroit voters passed the first-ever Community Benefits Ordinance (CBO) to require developers of projects to proactively engage with the community to identify potential benefits. Since Detroit’s ordinance was enacted, a handful of other cities have also enacted CBOs. Join us to learn about this growing movement, how it connects to public health, and how it has already helped to advance the social determinants of health.

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By attending this webinar, you will:

  • Learn about the private sector community benefits movement.
  • Hear about how this movement has yielded benefits that advance the social determinants of health.
  • Consider the connections between public health and the community benefits movement.

Speakers: 

  • John Philo, Executive and Legal Director, Sugar Law Center for Economic & Social Justice
  • Linda Campbell, Director, Detroit People’s Platform
  • Phyllis Jeden, Senior Attorney, Network for Public Health Law—Mid-States Region

Moderator: 

  • Susan Fleurant, Staff Attorney, Network for Public Health Law—Mid-States Region