By Allison Stephens, 8/24/23, https://positiveexperience.org/blog/
Healthy People is a set of public health goals for the country to reach every 10 years. The current version, Healthy People 2030, recognizes the importance of the HOPE Building Block of engagement by setting a goal to increase the number of people who vote. Voting directly affects community resilience and creates a sense of belonging and mattering. This is also why the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine had a workshop1 on Civic Engagement and Civic Infrastructure to Advance Health Equity and are hosting a webinar series this month. While public health officials are promoting access to the engagement building block through voting, equitable access to voting has been under attack through court decisions, race-based drawings of voting districts, and voter intimidation. Fortunately, there are many people and organizations working to expand voting as an important form of social and civic engagement.
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