Supporting a Thriving Democracy

Advocates for Better Health believes that a thriving democracy is essential to building healthy communities. Through partnerships with statewide coalitions, we advance civic engagement as a public health priority and strengthen pathways for Minnesotans to participate in democracy.

Featured Resources

Institute for a Responsive Government Health & Democracy Index

This compares 12 public health indicators and voter turnout to the restrictiveness of voting policies in each state.

Vot-ER

Vot-ER is revolutionizing voter engagement by transforming routine healthcare visits into opportunities for civic empowerment, partnering with trusted health professionals, and reaching historically underrepresented communities.

Additional Resources

Policy & Advocacy Leaders

  • Institute for a Responsive Government’s mission is to help policy makers find solutions that make government more efficient, accessible, and responsive to the needs of real human beings.

  • Vot-ER is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization working to integrate civic engagement into healthcare. 

  • Civic Health Alliance is a non-partisan coalition of health and civic leaders allied around one common cause: the advancement of America’s health, through civic engagement in care settings and communities.

  • Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Healthy People 2023 sets data-driven national objectives to improve health and well-being over the next decade

  • We Choose Us is a campaign coalition of grassroots organizations, unions, and advocacy groups fighting for multiracial democracy in Minnesota.

  • Braver Angels is leading the nation’s largest cross-partisan, volunteer-led movement to bridge the partisan divide and strengthen our democratic republic.