70+ chapters.
1,000+ members.
1 mission.
At Voices of Equity, impact is measured in mobilization — the community partnerships built, the initiatives launched, and the undergraduates equipped to lead health equity work beyond their campuses. Since our founding in December 2024, we've grown from one chapter to a nationwide movement of students turning health equity principles into action.
Where We Work
A Nationwide Network
Each marker represents a chapter of undergraduates organizing health equity work in their community. Behind every dot is a team running workshops, building partnerships, and launching community-based initiatives.
70+ chapters across the United States and Canada
The network, on one call
Seventy campuses in one room.
From the August leadership intensive to national calls through the year, chapter presidents and the national team meet over Zoom to plan the work, share what’s working, and keep seventy campuses moving as one organization.
Every square is a student leading health equity work on their own campus.
How We Mobilize
The Community-Based Initiative Framework
Every VoE chapter uses our Community-Based Initiative (CBI) Framework to build meaningful, sustainable health equity work. Rather than creating parallel programs, chapters partner with the organizations already leading community health work — amplifying their capacity with the outreach power, volunteer energy, and university resources undergraduates uniquely offer.
Understand the community.
Identify
Chapters begin by mapping their community's health landscape through Community Health Assessments (CHAs) and Community Health Improvement Plans (CHIPs). This phase is about listening — not proposing. Members identify existing organizations, unmet needs, and the specific gaps where undergraduate capacity can add value.
By The Numbers
Impact at a Glance
Impact is measured in mobilization — the partnerships built, the initiatives launched, and the undergraduates equipped to lead.
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Chapters
Across the United States and Canada — grown from a single Cornell chapter founded in December 2024.
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Student Members
Undergraduates running health equity programming on their own campuses.
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Events Run
Workshops, panels, tabling drives and fundraisers led by chapters.
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Partner Organizations
Community health organizations our chapters work alongside as stakeholders.
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Community Initiatives
Programs co-designed with local partners through our five-phase framework.
$0+ raised through chapter fundraisers, national campaigns, and individual and corporate giving — supporting community and educational events run by chapters nationwide.
Plus 100,000+ views across our educational and advocacy content.
Flagship Initiative
National Health Equity Week
Our first National Health Equity Week launched in Fall 2025 with the theme Addiction in Health Equity — examining how substance use is shaped by disparities in access to care, stigma, systemic bias, and socioeconomic barriers. The week mobilized chapters nationwide through online speakers, virtual panels, advocacy tabling, and a national fundraiser, including a keynote from addiction recovery advocate and former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf.
$43,000+ raised · 50+ campuses engaged
Learn about NHEWPartnerships
Standing With Community
We partner with organizations that share our commitment to on-the-ground health equity work. Our partners bring deep expertise in the communities they serve — we bring undergraduate energy, reach, and resources to amplify their impact.
Mobilizing Students as Community Partners
VoE chapters don't show up to 'help' communities — they show up to listen, learn, and contribute where undergraduate capacity is genuinely needed.
Our chapters approach community health work with humility, grounding every initiative in Community Health Assessments and direct conversations with local health organizations before proposing any action.
Building Durable Partnerships
A successful CBI isn't a single semester's project — it's the foundation of an ongoing relationship.
Chapters maintain partnerships across leadership transitions through structured documentation, transition plans, and mentorship from outgoing leaders to incoming ones.
From Principles to Practice
Health equity frameworks often live in academic papers. The CBI Framework translates them into something undergraduates can actually execute.
By providing structured phases, clear deliverables, and honest guidance on what goes wrong, we equip chapters to move from good intentions to measurable community impact.
Amplify Impact
Community health organizations already know what their communities need. As an undergraduate organization, we don't reinvent the wheel — we map our resources onto the work already underway.
Our chapters contribute what undergraduates uniquely offer: student outreach capacity, volunteer energy, university resources, and a national network. Those assets extend the reach of partners already leading the work — not replace them.
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