Public Health Advocates (PHAdvocates) believes everyone has the right to be healthy and that good public policy gives people that right. #WeArePHAdvocates

Davis/Sacramento/Stockton/LA
Joined February 2010
Public Health Advocates is seeking a bold and visionary Director of Advocacy Communications to lead our organization-wide communications strategy. Apply here: idealist.org/en/nonprofit-jo… Applications received by Friday, May 23rd will be given priority consideration.
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“We appreciate @CAGovernor's commitment to public health & urge our lawmakers to stand behind the public health workforce that makes prevention & response possible.” - Harold Goldstein, Executive Director Read our full statement on the May Revise: phadvocates.org/statement-on… #CALeg
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People in power are trying to tear us apart. Let’s come together instead to keep California’s kids healthy and safe in these stressful times. Join us for April 2-3 in Sacramento for the 2025 ACT Conference. Registration is open until March 28! act-caconference.org.
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In turbulent and increasingly stressful times, let’s come together to keep our children health and safe. Join us April 2-3 in Sacramento for the 2025 ACT Conference. Registration is open! act-caconference.org #2025ACTConference
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In the face of climate disasters, immigration sweeps, and political turmoil, let’s come together to keep our children healthy and safe. Join us for April 2-3 in Sacramento for the 2025 ACT Conference. Registration is open! act-caconference.org #2025ACTConference
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The Trump Administration’s freeze of federal grant money has been paused by a court ruling. Is your organization still unable to access federal funds? Read our new post and follow the link to email the CA Office of the Attorney General. phadvocates.org/is-your-orga…
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People in power are trying to tear us apart. Let’s come together instead! Join us for April 2-3 in Sacramento for the 2025 ACT Conference: Community Strategies to Help All Children Thrive. Registration is open! Learn more at act-caconference.org #2025ACTConference
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In turbulent times, let’s come together to protect California’s children. Join us April 2-3 in Sacramento for the 2025 ACT Conference: Community Strategies to Help All Children Thrive. Registration is open! Learn more here: act-caconference.org #2025ACTConference
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Join us April 2-3 in Sacramento for the #2025ACTConference: Community Strategies to Help All Children Thrive. Connect with advocates, policymakers, researchers & community leaders working on transformational change. Registration is open! Learn more: act-caconference.org
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Thank you for helping us get the word out about these impactful propositions, @CPEHN
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Public Health Advocates recommends voting YES on #Prop4 This $10B bond investment will cut pollution and help us adapt to climate change while prioritizing the communities hit hardest by environmental changes and disasters. Full voter guide: phadvocates.org/2024votergui… #YesonProp4
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Public Health Advocates recommends voting YES on Prop 4. “It’s not enough to ask individuals to be resilient to climate change. We have to make investments that build more resilient communities,” says Abigail Freshley @WeArePHA Full voter guide: phadvocates.org/2024votergui…
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We recommend voting NO on #Prop36. Prop 36 threatens to reverse the progress of Prop 47, which reduced the prison population. Prop 36 is costly, and it won't reduce crime or make communities safer. Full voter guide: phadvocates.org/2024votergui… #NoOnProp36 #PHA2024VoterGuide
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We recommend voting NO on #Prop36 Prop 36 is costly, and it won't reduce crime or make communities safer, explains Oussama Mokeddem, Director of State Policy for Public Health Advocates. Full voter guide: phadvocates.org/2024votergui… #NoOnProp36 #PHA2024VoterGuide #prison
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Public Health Advocates recommends a YES vote on Prop 6! Forcing people in California prisons to work for no pay is slavery. SLAVERY = BAD. Full voter guide: ow.ly/WvH250TAGHQ #PHA2024VoterGuide #Prop6 #Proposition6
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Vote YES on #Prop6 Here's why, from Dr. Flojaune Cofer, who served as our senior director of state policy. She is no longer on PHAdvocates' staff, but before departing to pursue new endeavors she recorded this lovely video for us. Full voter guide: ow.ly/W7E850TAzf9
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.@WeArePHA recommends a NO vote on Prop 35, stating that it “has significant flaws” and that it “could reduce money in the General Fund for vital safety net programs like CalWORKs and other public health investments”.
Learn how the propositions on your ballot impact health, equity & racial justice in California. Check out our 2024 voter guide! Visit our website for our full voter guide, available in English and Spanish. Visit phadvocates.org/2024votergui… Share this TODAY! #PHA2024VoterGuide
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🎉@CAgovernor signing #SB976 into law is an incredible victory for the wellbeing of our youth! 🎉 This landmark bill (authored by @NancySkinnerCA; sponsored by @WeArePHA, @AGRobBonta, @ACSA_info) helps protect kids from the harms of social media addiction. gov.ca.gov/2024/09/20/govern…
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Learn how the propositions on your ballot impact health, equity & racial justice in California. Check out our 2024 voter guide! Visit our website for our full voter guide, available in English and Spanish. Visit phadvocates.org/2024votergui… Share this TODAY! #PHA2024VoterGuide
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The #CALeg has passed #SB976 to give families tools to protect their kids from social media addiction. Authored by @NancySkinnerCA, it provides protections for the most harmful aspects of social media. @CAgovernor, we urge you to sign SB 976 into law. ow.ly/470250ToqSZ
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