Rachelle Reyes Wenger on the Multifaceted Approach to Tackling Health Inequity

 

On this special re-release of a conversation from last year, Rachelle Reyes Wenger, System Vice President of Public Policy & Advocacy Engagement for Common Spirit Health, joins host Barbara Petee to discuss the power of collaboration in the face of seemingly insurmountable societal obstacles.

 

From climate change to social justice reform to health inequity, Rachelle believes that through the determination of many working in lockstep, change is always possible.  “I think what the beauty is about collaborating with so many different folks within the RCC (Root Cause Coalition), is because we have the advantage of not only looking through our own individual lens, but through the lens of others within healthcare and our friends outside of healthcare. Those who are really committed to this work and who have various ways of looking at the problem, I think that's really what's needed and also what Congress needs to hear.”