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Community Health Equity Academy

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We Show Up. We Challenge. We Support. We Protect.

Mission 

As CHEA, our job is to understand, dismantle, and transform the social determinants that contribute to health inequities in our community:

  • Housing
  • Food
  • Money
  • Social Environment/Relationships
  • Education
  • Safety

CHEA students and educators understand that a quality education is one of the most important tools our students have to take back East Oakland from the grips of gentrification and build a community where everyone can reach their full health potential.

The Castlemont Health Equity Academy (CHEA) activates students as agents of change by:

  • Developing knowledge of self, including strengths, interests, and leadership;
  • Deepening our understanding of the Social Determinants of Health and health outcomes;
  • Supporting opportunities to practice skills and apply knowledge through work-based learning and action research.

Work-Based Learning

  • Employment: Public Health is a leading Bay Area employment sector.
  • Skills: Research, health care, communications, cultural relations, social design
  • Degrees/Careers: Health worker, counselor, nutritionist, therapist, Early childhood, policy writer, business owner among others

Course Sequence 

  • 9th - Introduction to Public Health
  • 10th - Public Health Solutions
  • 11th - Public Health Advocacy
  • 12th - Senior Seminar

Dual Enrollment Berkeley City College: Early Childhood Development Class and Apprenticeship

CHEA Student Outcomes

  • Critical Thinking
  • Health Advocacy
  • Action Research
  • Collaboration

For more information about CHEA

Marvin Boomer
Pathway Coach

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Dionne Embry
CHEA Pathway Lead Teacher

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