Policy & the power of your voice
Follow the links between healthcare access, jobs, economic security, and AI, starting with voices advancing Black population health.
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Read the agendas, compare approaches, and find ways to lend your expertise.
Explore NAACP priorities on healthcare coverage, wages, affordable housing, broadband, access to capital, and economic opportunity for Black communities.
Explore policy priorities — NAACP (opens in a new tab)Also explore: equitable health AI policy brief (opens in a new tab)Federal priorities · undated page
Review policy priorities connecting Black women’s health with affordable care, family well-being, employment and education equity, technology access, and artificial intelligence.
Explore policy priorities — Black Women’s Health Imperative (opens in a new tab)Read the 2025–2026 policy agenda (PDF) (opens in a new tab)Includes the 2025–2026 policy agenda
Read legislative briefs addressing nursing workforce development, equitable AI integration, Black maternal health, mental health, and other health-equity priorities affecting Black communities.
Explore policy priorities — National Black Nurses Association (opens in a new tab)Read the nursing workforce AI brief (PDF) (opens in a new tab)2026 legislative briefs · February 5, 2026
Explore Black physicians’ policy priorities on affordable healthcare and medications, medical education, workforce diversity, maternal mortality, clinical research, and opportunities to enter and practice medicine.
View policy priorities — National Medical Association (opens in a new tab)Health policy priorities · undated page
Explore federal policy initiatives on wages, workforce investment, affordable housing, healthcare coverage, minority-owned businesses, and digital access for Black Americans and underserved communities.
Explore policy priorities — National Urban League (opens in a new tab)Ongoing federal policy hub
The wider policy landscape
Organizations with a population-wide focus also shape healthcare access, workforce conditions, and the resources communities rely on. Explore their stated priorities alongside the Black-community perspectives above.
Outlines priorities for affordable diabetes care, research, prevention, treatment technology, and fair treatment in schools and workplaces.
Explore policy priorities — American Diabetes Association (opens in a new tab)Ongoing advocacy priorities
Explains federal priorities for cardiovascular research, affordable health coverage, prevention, and tobacco regulation.
Explore policy priorities — American Heart Association (opens in a new tab)Ongoing federal policy priorities
Connects community health center funding, workforce, medication pricing, telehealth, and Medicaid policies to access to care.
Explore policy priorities — National Association of Community Health Centers (opens in a new tab)Ongoing policy priorities
Covers cancer research, prevention, affordable insurance and treatment, tobacco control, and quality of life for patients and caregivers.
Explore policy priorities — American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (opens in a new tab)ACS CAN · American Cancer Society advocacy affiliate
Summarizes 2026 priorities for public health funding and workforce, health coverage, reproductive care, environmental health, and other population health protections.
Explore policy priorities — American Public Health Association (opens in a new tab)2026 public health priorities
Details hospital policy priorities for affordable care, workforce recruitment and training, innovation, and reducing administrative requirements.
Explore policy priorities — American Hospital Association (opens in a new tab)2026 advocacy agenda
Shares community health worker policy positions on professional recognition, workforce leadership, sustainable financing, and equitable access to services.
Explore policy priorities — National Association of Community Health Workers (opens in a new tab)Policy hub · documents from multiple years