initiatives
Our initiatives are how My City My Health turns awareness into action. They help us focus on the issues, communities, and conversations that matter most. They also help us learn. Every initiative gives us a way to listen closer, gather real-life insight, and better understand what community health looks like on the ground.
My City My Health is a nonprofit rooted in health education, health promotion, and health awareness. But our work does not stop at sharing information. We also use our initiatives to gather stories, surface patterns, build relationships, and collect community-informed insight that can help shape better outreach, stronger awareness efforts, and more informed support.
That is part of what makes our model different.
We are a community-centered organization with a data mindset.
We believe some of the most useful community health data starts with people. It starts with what they are experiencing, what they are facing, what support they need, and what their stories reveal. Through our initiatives, we create the spaces and platforms to hear that clearly.
Why initiatives matter
Our initiatives give structure to our mission.
They help us:
- Focus on key community health issues
- Create education and awareness around specific topics
- Build trusted connections with people and partners
- Gather stories and lived experience from the community
- Turn what we learn into insight that can help move the work forward
We do not view data as numbers alone.
We view data as a fuller picture of community life. That includes stories, conversations, patterns, experiences, questions, participation, and what people are telling us through the way they engage with our work.
That is why our initiatives matter. They help us do more than launch programs. They help us understand community health in a deeper way.
Our initiatives
My City My Health Conference
The My City My Health Conference is our first and foundational initiative.
It is where conversation, education, and community come together. The conference brings together leaders, advocates, professionals, and community members to talk about the issues shaping health in real life.
But the conference is more than an event.
It is also one of the ways we gather community insight.
Every panel discussion, audience question, live conversation, and partner interaction helps us better understand what people care about, what challenges are rising to the surface, and where more awareness, education, and support are needed.
The conference helps us listen at scale.
It helps us capture what matters to the community and turn that energy into ongoing content, stronger partnerships, and deeper understanding.
Save the Homies
Save the Homies is our second initiative and a key part of how we bring focused awareness and education to the community.
This initiative centers on Black men’s health and creates space for honest conversation, visibility, and community-centered outreach. Through Save the Homies, we aim to raise awareness, share education, and create content that speaks directly to the real experiences and real concerns impacting Black men and the people who care about them.
Save the Homies is more than a campaign.
It is a platform for connection, learning, and insight.
Through its newsletter, community engagement, storytelling, and future podcast, Save the Homies helps us better understand the questions people have, the barriers they face, the stories they carry, and the kind of support that resonates most.
That matters because community health work is stronger when it is informed by real people and real experience.
Save the Homies helps us gather that insight in a way that is focused, culturally grounded, and action-driven.
Educate
We share useful, relevant information that helps people better understand health topics and community issues.
Raise awareness
We bring visibility to issues that deserve more attention and create platforms where people can engage with them in a real way.
Gather insight
We learn from the community through stories, conversations, events, newsletters, podcasts, and lived experience. That insight helps us better understand where support is needed and how community health can be moved forward.