About us
Founded in 2023, RI CHW Voices is a powerful grassroots network led by Community Health Workers (CHWs) dedicated to uniting our efforts to create the future we envision. We confidently support one another in our collective mission to serve our communities. We are committed to elevating CHWs and vigorously advocating for equity in all aspects of our work.
We elevate CHWs while we advocate to advance equity
- for ourselves
- our workforce, and
- our community
Meetings
Join us as we align statewide efforts to support our workforce. Our membership form helps us understand your interests and organize our communication.
- CHW Voices holds a virtual meeting on the last Monday of the month (11:00 – 12:30). This drop-in networking group organizes CHW advocacy efforts for our communities. Link here to register for the meeting.
- The CHW Role Agency and Leadership Team meets in person on the 2nd Thursday of the month (9:00 – 10:30) at the CTC-RI. Our current focus to coordinate the 2025 CHW Conference.
- Let us know how you would like to support our next conference.
- The Community Coordination Team meets virtually on the 2nd Wednesday of the month (1:00 – 2:30). We are currently focused on opportunities to tell stories of CHW’s impact.
Resources
- 11/17/25 – Food Access Slide Deck
- 10/25 – Career Closets & Clothing Resources: Slide deck – Zoom Recording – List of Resources
- 9/25 – Looking to 2026
- 8/25 – CHW Awareness Week Gathering
- 7/25 – RI CHW Updates
- 5/25 – Food & Transportation Focus
- 3/25 – Housing Resources
- 2/25 – Storytelling Focus, with Conference & Capitol Hill Planning
- 1/25 – New Year, New Voices
- Link to Envision Tools
- Legal Key Digital Digest
- Link to NACHW tools
- Link to C3 Council tools
- Link to Center for Research + Evaluation Common Indicators
- Link to PHERN
- Link to Pathways to Population Health Equity tool
RI CHW Strategy Team -Meets quarterly or more to discuss statewide CHW issues. Email James.Day@health.ri.gov with interest.
Increasing Pediatric IBH Capacity Using Community Health Workers CTC-RI.
CHW Led Advocacy to Increase Food Access. In this NACHW publication, page 5 speaks to the efforts by RI CHW Lina Roman
- NEJM publication:https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2409034
- CHW Emily Bernstein Advocate of the Year Award
- RIDOH CHW Success Stories
- 2025 CHW Voices Community Impact Awards
- CTC-RI CHW Highlight: https://ctc-ri.org/04/24/2025/community-health-workers-making-difference-northern-ri-community
CHWs need to be involved at every level of advocacy, including legislative. Below is the start of a directory of CHWs who are experts in the following areas:
Older Adults
- Lina Roman, CCHW
- Facilitator “Working with Older Adults,” Community Health Worker Association of RI
- luisarmn14@gmail.com
Autism
- Linda Brunetti, Linda.Brunetti@brownhealth.org
Maternal Health
- Swanette Salazar, CCHW, First Connections Program, FSRI SalazarSw@familyserviceri.org
If you are passionate about amplifying the voices of CHWs in RI, you are welcome to join at any time. Please reach out to Geraldine McPhee, CCHW, mcphee@ripin.org or Swanette Salazar, CCHW salazarsw@familyserviceri.org with any questions.