Phyllis Hill
A Georgia native, Phyllis Hill is Lead Organizer for ISAIAH and works in Minneapolis, organizing over 20 congregations. Staff lead on ISAIAH’s education and mass incarceration work, she is currently building a school discipline/suspensions campaign that emphasizes the cradle-to-prison pipeline. Phyllis studied History at Georgia Southern University and received a MA in African American Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Prior to ISAIAH, Phyllis worked at Beloit College as the Ronald E. McNair Coordinator which assisted students whom were low-income, first generation, and persons of color pursue graduate school education.
Presentations from Facing Race 2014
Public Health Research and Framing as Organizing and Advocacy Tools
Over 50% of our health is determined by social and environmental conditions, not by doctors or genetics. In this session, we explore how research and communications about the effects of proposed policies related to these conditions and on community health can be effective organizing and advocacy tools for racial justice. Specifically, we will discuss how this approach was used in recent organizing campaigns related to school integration in Minnesota and Federal immigration reform. We highlight how health provides a lens to: address issues of community concern through holistic and integrated organizing; frame issues; build broader coalitions; and mobilize additional spokespeople.
Speakers: Jonathan Heller, Phyllis Hill, Wendy Cervantes