Cultures and Health: An Introduction 

This video introduces a fourteen-part series that provides insider access to cultures of health. We meet Ava, a young ballerina who draws on African-American traditions and defies stereotypes. And Israel, a transgender teen. Both learn from their elders to respect their bodies and themselves. Other videos in the series feature Kitchu line-dancing with seniors in a library garage; Zindy organizing mothers in a trailer park to start an on-site preschool; Carrol, an unemployed garment worker, making quilts for young mothers, and Charlie, a Lakota elder, building relationships between children and horses. This series of personal narratives is designed to equip organizations from across sectors to explore the significance of culture and leverage cultural resilience and innovation. The stories are proving valuable in a variety of contexts including staff development, teaching, program outreach and community-driven planning.
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