
Free School Meals: A Crucial Investment in Minnesota’s Children
ABH worked to bring forward two key voices to the Senate Education and Finance Committee educational hearing on the Free School Meals program: Dr. Diana Cutts, a pediatrician and Chair of Pediatrics at Hennepin Healthcare, and Rachel Stoll, a community health worker and ABH Board President.

ABH Guest Post: Hannah Maher + Reproductive Justice for Patients Living with Sickle Cell Disease
Improving the lives and care of sickle cell warriors is a critical piece of the fight for reproductive justice.

2025 Day at the Capitol Events
ABH recognizes that there are many pathways to creating change, and one of those pathways is legislative advocacy. We warmly invite you to join an upcoming 2025 advocacy day.

Introducing the ABH 2024–2027 Strategic Plan
We are thrilled to unveil our 2024–2027 Strategic Plan, a roadmap that will guide our efforts to create a more equitable and thriving state.

Engage in Food Justice: Consider a CSA share with The Good Acre
One way you can engage in local food justice is by investing in a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) share, and our friends at The Good Acre just released their 2025 shares for purchase.

Apply to serve on ABH Board of Directors by March 1
Since 2023, we’ve been intentionally building a new board with healthcare, public health, and community leaders. Apply by March 1, 2025.

An Evening with Ricardo Levins Morales
At ABH, we love creating spaces for health professionals to connect and grow. Recently, we hosted a special evening with artist and activist Ricardo Levins Morales.

2025 ABH Legislative Priorities
ABH is committed to continuing our work in commercial tobacco prevention and hunger advocacy.

Legislative Workshop Empowers ABH Public Health Advocacy Fellows
2024-25 ABH fellows and mentors gained valuable insights into advocacy and the legislative process from a lineup of speakers at our legislative workshop.

Celebrating Dr. Sarah Traxler’s six years of board service
In 2025, we bid a heartfelt farewell to Dr. Sarah Traxler, whose unwavering commitment and transformative leadership have been instrumental in shaping Advocates for Better Health.

Dr. Yoav Messinger Honored with 2024 Charles Bolles Bolles-Rogers Award by ABH | The Foundation
ABH | The Foundation was pleased to present the 2024 Charles Bolles Bolles-Rogers Award to Dr. Yoav Messinger in recognition of his exceptional contributions to pediatric oncology and his lifelong dedication to advancing research and clinical care for children with cancer.

2024 in Review: Celebrating what we’ve accomplished together!
Celebrating ABH’s 2024 accomplishments as we look forward to the work ahead in 2025.

Helping Make Hunger History with Second Harvest Heartland
The ABH team recently had the pleasure of volunteering at Second Harvest Heartland and helping to pack thousands of pounds of food, which will be distributed to food shelves across Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Successful Interdisciplinary Commercial Tobacco Cessation Training
Over 30 medical and dental students joined to learn from our guest presenter, Vikki Ebenhoh, TTS, about the disproportionate community impact of commercial tobacco and tools they can use to support their patients.

ABH Guest Post: Hailey Frye + VOT-ER
Working to support an inclusive democracy with HealthPartners, VOT-ER, We Will Vote, and ABH.

Join Us: An Evening with ABH & Ricardo Levins Morales
Join for our first Evening with ABH event in 2025 featuring artist & activist, Ricardo Levins Morales.



