Northern California

Academic Partners

  • CSU Sacramento

    Sacramento County

    Dale Ainsworth PhD, MSOD (dale.ainsworth@csus.edu): Associate Professor, Department of Public Health

    Michael Mink PhD, MPA (m.mink@csus.edu): Chair and Professor, Department of Public Health

    Yousif "Joe" Abulhassan PhD, MS (abulhassan@csus.edu): Associate Professor, Department of Public Health

    https://www.csus.edu/

  • CSU Chico

    Butte County

    Stanley Salinas DHA, MHA (srsalinas@csuchico.edu): Chair, Department of Public Health and Health Services Administration

    https://www.csuchico.edu/

  • UC Davis

    Yolo County

    Carolyn Dewa PhD, MPH (csdewa@ucdavis.edu): Chair, Department of Public Health Sciences and Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

    https://www.ucdavis.edu/

Community Based Organizations (CBOs)

  • Raizes Collective

    Sonoma County

    Renee Saucedo , Program Coordinator (raizescollective@gmail.com ): Based in Santa Rosa, CA, it is a CBO focusing on empowerment and mobilization in the areas of art, culture, and environment.

    https://raizescollective.org/

  • Level Up NorCal

    Sacramento County

    Richard Budar (rick@levelupnc.org)

    Meuy Lei, Executive Director (meuy@levelupnc.org)

    Mission is to improve and promote the health, well-being, and advancement of ethnic minorities through education, support, and advocacy. Involves a team of first-generation immigrants focusing on emergency preparedness, cultural programs, diversity/implicit bias training, immigrant rights, health equity, etc.

    https://levelupnc.org/