San Juan Community Collaborative for Health Equity

Goal & Vision Statement

The San Juan Collaborative for Health Equity’s (SJCHE) purpose is to work with Rural and Metropolitan communities that are impacted by social, economic and health disparities stemming from environmental racism, lack of unity or apathy in tribal and urban communities and in working together in addressing issues of the disadvantaged Native Americans/Navajos/Dine’. The SJCHE has priority community engagement projects to include: Homeless Task Force; Race Healing; Dine’ Food Sovereignty; Dine’ Youth; and the impacts of environmental fracking. Hazel James, a full blood Diné woman, serves as the San Juan Coordinator. She works with community advocates who address; Social Justice, Racial Justice, Environmental and Health Justice issues. She actively engages communities in the use of Indigenous Knowledge of Hozhoogo na ada Research and Evaluation epistemology & pedagogy with scholars/professors/elders.

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At Ojo Encino chapter local chapters giving testimony on non safety n health related road conditions impacted by oil n gas industry trucks. About 15 state reps 6 represent San Juan – partial.

Tri chapter health concerns from hydraulic fracking concerns testimony

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DCRE meeting on May 25, 2018, in Twin Lakes, NM. Meetings are held in an Earth Hogan a Navajo Traditional Home, where traditional teachings are held.

A member of San Juan Collaborative for Health Equity, and team member of the Evolving Dine’ Centered Research and Evaluation, everyone, enjoyed storytelling and wisdom teachings, at the IBH Conference on July 31, 2018