Engaging “Lay” Community Leaders in Transforming

Health

Colorado State Network of Health Alliances April 14th, 2015

Eliana MastrangeloLead Organizer, Together Colorado

Board Member, Aurora Health Access

Engaging “lay people” in Health Alliances

• What are you doing now? How is it working? • What are the barriers to engaging “lay” people

The AHA Story

• Founded through organizing • Engaging Community Organizations in the

Alliance– Together Colorado – Be Well North Aurora

Authentic Engagement Requires Leadership Development

• Client vs. Member • Ladder of Engagement• The Iron Rule: Never do for others what they

can do for themselves. • To address structural and systemic racism, we

must talk about race. • To achieve Health Equity, we must talk about

health disparities

Our Model of Community Organizing

Many Paths to Engagement Resident Engagement Toolkit

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Discussion and Dialogue

Share with a partner: • Of the tools and strategies presented, which

would be most applicable in our community and why?

• What do you need in order to overcome barriers to “lay” leader engagement?

Questions