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Center for Anti-Racism and Community Health
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A community-driven academic hub focused on combating racism and racialization across populations to promote health equity.
Explore how structural racism impacts cancer prevention and control and the role of community voice to identify and design points of intervention in this mixed methods dissertation using Public Health Critical Race Praxis.

Sanithia Parker will defend her dissertation 8/17 at 10am
August 16, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Explore how structural racism impacts cancer prevention and control and the role of community voice to identify and design points of intervention in this mixed methods dissertation using Public Health Critical Race Praxis.

Sanithia Parker will defend her dissertation 8/17 at 10am
August 14, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Don't miss Power to the People: Seattle's Panthers and the Blueprint for Community Survival, bring a friend, and spend time with the exhibition. Fri-Sun at the Seattle Black Panther Party Interpretive Center.
August 8, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Join the Daily Panther Reading Circle, a space dedicated to collective study, reflection, and literacy grounded in liberation traditions. This program continues the legacy of the Black Panther Party’s commitment to education, critical thought, and community knowledge-building.
August 7, 2026 at 10:39 PM
We’re gearing up for a phenomenal season of being in community! Here are just a few of the #Juneteenth events happening over the next several days!
June 12, 2026 at 3:53 PM
The Unspoken Truths Traveling Museum centers Black history while creating space to reflect on the interconnected struggles of marginalized communities everywhere.

Visit the exhibition May 4–22 in HRC—located in the 1st and 2nd floor lobbies and near the north elevators.
April 29, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Come explore a wide range of resources and services designed to support your health and well-being at Every Month is Black History Month: Community Health & Resource Fair! 🖤

🗓 April 18 | ⏰ 10 AM–2 PM
📍 Northwest African American Museum

#SeattleEvents #CommunityHealth #BlackHealthMatters
April 9, 2026 at 3:04 PM
We’re celebrating a big win 🎉 ARCH, with SURGE RJ & Good Black Birth Initiative, helped secure a WA proclamation for Black Maternal Health Week (Apr 11–17). Join us to kick off the week with a screening of The Ebony Canal (narrated by Viola Davis) 💜

#BMHW #BlackMaternalHealthWeek #BirthJustice
April 8, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Join us for this exploration of art, Black women's creative legacy and revolutionary light with Alexis Pauline Gumbs March 4th @ 6:30 PM at Town Hall Seattle. Learn more and register at https://loom.ly/AAsN7Yg #alexispaulinegumbs #publiclectures #townhallseattle
February 25, 2026 at 4:45 PM
ARCH honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his legacy of freedom, equality, and walking in solidarity with communities to create lasting change. Dr. King understood that progress comes from standing side by side—listening, learning and acting together! https://loom.ly/ovAqBgw
#mlkday
January 19, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Hosted by ARCH Advisory Board member Emijah Smith, Don't miss the chance to join for this special workshop! Register at https://loom.ly/5m2I9-o
🗓️ Wednesday, December 10th
🕚 6:00 - 8:00 PM
💻 Zoom
November 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The ARCH Center was proud to be a part of the Washington State Public Health Association’s Annual Conference! Thank you to everyone who joined us to learn, connect, and strengthen public health across Washington!

#PublicHealth #WSPHA2025 #ARCHCenter
November 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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How can imagination, reflection, and action help us do better for population health? 🌍 Join Dr. Paul Fleming (U-Mich) & Dr. India Ornelas (UW) for a conversation on prevention thinking and health equity.

🗓 Thurs, Oct 23 | 2 PM
📍 HRC 101 or online
🔗 bit.ly/ImagineDoingBetter
October 21, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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New paper 📘🔥 & call to action📢✊🏽🫶🏽🛠 in @amjpublichealth.bsky.social w/ co-conspirators in the struggle towards health justice #HPOP. On power, community, & the future of academic public health. If this resonates, reach out to the author team & pull up.

ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/...
October 9, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day this Monday Oct 13th with community, art and culture! Happening at Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center details here: unitedindians.org/events/indig...

#indigenouspeoplesday2025
October 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Check out this event that @uwsph.bsky.social is hosting on October 1st!
September 25, 2025 at 10:02 PM
At UW’s ARCH Center, we piloted racial affinity caucuses in journal club, giving BIPOC students space to reflect & prepare to share their voices. It wasn’t always easy, but it showed equity & belonging is possible in academia. 👉 https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwaf172
September 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Join us in supporting Carolyn Fan at her dissertation defense!
📅 Thursday, August 14 | 🕙 10:00AM
📍 HRC 101 + Zoom

#ARCHTeam #PublicHealth #HealthEquity #QTBIPOC #DissertationDefense #UWSPH
July 25, 2025 at 4:05 PM
How do we keep pushing for health equity in hard times? Learn why this work matters now more than ever, and how ancestral wisdom, community solidarity, and liberatory values light the way forward https://loom.ly/HUjZJXM
Artwork: Jay Redhouse (Diné) #ancestralwisdom
July 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
We’re teaming up with Byrd Barr Place to launch the Good Black Birth Initiative! 🖤 This project centers the voices, joy, and experiences of Black birthing people to advance birth equity across Washington State https://loom.ly/rNZno2Q
#GoodBlackBirth #BlackBirthEquity #ReproductiveJustice
The Good Black Birth Initiative Addresses Black Birth Equity in Washington State
antiracismforhealth.org
July 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
As the academic year wraps up, we’re sending big love and gratitude to our ARCH family! 💜 We’re so proud of all they've done and honored to be in this work with them https://loom.ly/dDtoc9A

#ARCH #Leadership #CommunityPower #AdvisoryVoices
July 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Healthy Moms, Healthy Futures, is now available to watch! We’re proud that our Scholar in Residence, Dr. Rachel Chapman, co-led this powerful conversation on maternal health equity with Dr. Nicole Saint Clair: https://loom.ly/QEeWCas

#MaternalHealth #BirthEquity #ReproductiveJustice
June 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
🏳️‍🌈 At ARCH, we celebrate Pride by uplifting LGBTQ+ resilience—especially Black, Indigenous & people of color who have always been at the forefront of this movement. Amid rising anti-LGBTQ+ laws & health inequities, we commit to justice, care & collective power. Pride is public health.
June 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Thank you to Dr. Margo Okazawa-Rey, our panelists, and all who participated in our "Intersectionality in Solidarity" event. Your openness and engagement made it a truly relational experience, from shared wisdom to dancing and group discussions. We are grateful for each of you! #DrMargoOkazawaRey
April 9, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Don't miss the chance to register for the INIHKD's fifth annual conference: Reclaiming Indigenous Ecologies of Love! Join international leaders to share, collaborate, champion and envision a future of Indigenous health sovereignty, collective action and thriving communities! inihkd.com/home
April 7, 2025 at 7:26 PM