{"id":120055,"date":"2018-02-13T16:49:19","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T21:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/?page_id=120055"},"modified":"2025-07-02T11:40:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T15:40:54","slug":"take-a-stand","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/practice\/activist-lab\/take-a-stand\/","title":{"rendered":"Take a Stand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Change and neutrality are mutually exclusive. The social, economic, and environmental conditions that shape health are themselves shaped by often hotly contested political debates, making our commitment to supporting local, regional, and global advocacy efforts all the more important. We seek to stand with, support, and amplify the voices of those who are fighting for change. These organizations and individuals are experts in community organizing, communications strategies, building coalitions, and so much more in order to challenge injustice and create the conditions for all to be healthy and well.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"callout aligncenter has-image \"><figure class=\"callout-img\"><img src=\"\/sph\/files\/2022\/02\/Podcast_FB_no-AL.png\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"callout-content\"><br \/>\n<strong>PODCAST<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>Conversations that offer a megaphone to those who have been marginalized, othered, disempowered, and removed from our public health practice, policymaking, and acceptance in mainstream society.<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/activist-lab\">LISTEN NOW<\/a><br \/>\n<\/div><\/aside>\n<h2>Explore Our Work<\/h2>\n<aside class=\"callout aligncenter\"><div class=\"callout-content\">\n<h3>A Call for Bold, Brave Public Health Practice<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/news\/articles\/2020\/a-call-for-bold-brave-public-health-practice\/\" class=\"button btn-arrow\" >Learn More<\/a><br \/>\n<\/div><\/aside><aside class=\"callout aligncenter\"><div class=\"callout-content\"><\/p>\n<h3>Advocacy, Activism, and Justice in Practice<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/announcement\/advocacy-activism-and-justice-in-practice\/?announcement-category=faculty\" class=\"button btn-arrow\" >Learn More<\/a><br \/>\n<\/div><\/aside><aside class=\"callout aligncenter\"><div class=\"callout-content\"><\/p>\n<h3>In the Classroom: Amid Trauma, &#8216;Finding Their Own Voice&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/news\/articles\/2019\/in-the-classroom-amid-trauma-finding-their-own-voice\/\" class=\"button btn-arrow\" >Learn More<\/a><br \/>\n<\/div><\/aside><aside class=\"callout aligncenter\"><div class=\"callout-content\"><\/p>\n<h3>When Should Schools Take Sides?<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/news\/articles\/2017\/when-should-schools-take-sides\/\" class=\"button btn-arrow\" >Learn More<\/a><br \/>\n<\/div><\/aside><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Change and neutrality are mutually exclusive. The social, economic, and environmental conditions that shape health are themselves shaped by often hotly contested political debates, making our commitment to supporting local, regional, and global advocacy efforts all the more important. We seek to stand with, support, and amplify the voices of those who are fighting for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13432,"featured_media":0,"parent":120049,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"bu-publication":[],"profile_tax":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/120055"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13432"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120055"}],"version-history":[{"count":45,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/120055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":250337,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/120055\/revisions\/250337"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/120049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"bu-publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-publication?post=120055"},{"taxonomy":"profile_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile_tax?post=120055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}