MetroDoctors Guest Post: Hanna Getachew-Kreusser, M.A, Face to Face Health & Counseling
Face to Face centers its work on building trusting youth-adult relationships because we cannot help young people have better health outcomes if they do not trust us. Read ideas on how to earn the trust of transgender and gender diverse youth from Face to Face Executive Director, Hanna Getachew-Kreusser.
MetroDoctors Guest Post: Angela Kade Goepferd, MD
All kids deserve access to inclusive and affirming health care, including and especially transgender and gender-diverse youth and their families. Read Angela Goepfred, MD’s full article for MetroDoctors.
ABH in the Community: Roseville Juneteenth Celebration
ABH volunteers and staff connected with community members at the 2023 Roseville Juneteenth Celebration.
ABH Spring Social - An Evening to Celebrate
ABH staff and supporters gathered to celebrate five years of the Public Health Advocacy Fellowship, to present the First a Physician Award to Dr. Sarah Traxler, and to reconnect at the 2023 ABH Spring Social.
Update: Earth Day Environmental Justice Tour
The Earth Day tour, led by Community Members for Environmental Justice, brought medical students and other health professionals to several sites of industrial pollution in North Minneapolis.
Join us May 16th for the ABH Spring Social
Join ABH and ABH | The Foundation for our Spring Social on May 16th!
ABH | The Foundation Awards $64,000 in Grants
ABH | The Foundation held its annual grant-making meeting where it awarded over $64,000 in grants to eight community-based organizations.
Sarah Traxler, MD, MSHP Honored with 2022 First a Physician Award
Sarah Traxler, MD, MSHP Honored with 2022 First a Physician Award
2023 Legislative Priorities
The 2023 legislative session is officially here! Beginning earlier than recent years, this year’s session opens at 12:00pm on January 3rd.
At ABH, we’re excited and hopeful for what we can get done together this year. If you’d like a bit more information about our 2023 legislative priorities, visit our policy briefs page. Our legislative priorities for the upcoming session will include:
Thank You Nancy Bauer, Veteran Staff Member of ABH!
On behalf of the Boards of Directors of Advocates for Better Health (ABH) and ABH | The Foundation, society members, and coworkers privileged to work with our cherished colleague Nancy Bauer, we want to wish her a fond farewell as she completes 32 years of service at the end of 2022.
For Immediate Release: Light the Legacy revitalizes Honoring Choices Minnesota as it transitions away from Advocates for Better Health
Minneapolis, MN – September 8, 2022 – Effective September 1, 2022, Advocates for Better Health is passing the torch for statewide advance care planning leadership to Light the Legacy, a non-profit devoted to advance care planning since 2009. Honoring Choices Minnesota has been ABH’ advance care planning initiative since 2008. Due to funding constraints, ABH ended Honoring Choices Minnesota’s active programming in 2021,
TCMS Rebrands as Advocates for Better Health
A leading group of Twin Cities Metro-area physicians and medical students, formerly known as Twin Cities Medical Society (TCMS), announced today they will now be called Advocates for Better Health, or ABH. The new name and identity reflect an ongoing evolution in the organization’s mission and the vision toward physician and medical student advocacy dedicated to healthier, more equitable communities.
