ENACT Day brings together community leaders and partners from across California to connect, learn from each other, and collectively educate decision-makers about opportunities to create healthy, safe, equitable communities for all Californians. By sharing lived experiences and expertise, efforts help to educate, build awareness, and support more informed decision-making processes. In trying times we must unite to fight! Share your voice and come join us in Sacramento.
To learn more about previous ENACT issues go HERE. Questions? Email: CA4Health@phi.org
Too many communities face persistent barriers to health, safety, and opportunity. Limited food access, gaps in healthcare, and systemic inequities in immigration and racial justice prevent individuals and families from thriving. Along with inequities, violence and trauma add more challenges to people’s lives, creating cycles of hardship that are difficult to break.
But change is possible. By advocating to expand access to basic needs and remove systemic barriers, we can help build a future where everyone can live with dignity and security. At ENACT Day, we come together to advocate for solutions that break down barriers to health, safety, opportunity, and build a future where all people—regardless of background—can access the resources they need. Through collective action, we can push for policies that create real, lasting change. Thank you for joining us in this fight for justice and equity.
Food Access-We believe that all people should have access to nutritious and affordable food. Access includes food that is available, affordable, makes cultural sense, and is of high quality. We’re seeking to decrease food access barriers by protecting and improving key safety net programs, such as CalFresh, as well as meal programs for older adults (meals on wheels), healthy school lunches and SUN Bucks, and programs that support pregnant people and children (WIC and SNAPed).
Thriving Communities– We believe that all people should be able to live in communities that are affordable, healthy, safe, and create a sense of belonging and togetherness. Affordable meaning that people can earn a living wage, have a place to call home with access to quality parks, schools, markets, and childcare. Safe meaning that water is clean and drinkable, air is clean and free from toxins and pollutants, and people can walk and bike in their neighborhood without fear.
Healthcare for All– We believe that everyone has the right to quality health care regardless of immigration status, gender, or gender identity. Inclusive care should include support for mental health, reproductive health, and emphasis on the whole wellbeing of people. Where health care is not just treatment but also prevention and support to help people live their best lives.
Immigration & Racial Equity- We believe that all Californians deserve to have a fair and just opportunity to achieve a quality life with positive health outcomes. No matter what racial identity or immigration status someone in our state has, all of us are negatively affected by the disparities that come from a lack of access to healthcare and limited access to social assistance programs. To address California’s health gaps, transformational change is required to remove the harms driven by racism and discrimination that people experience.
