CHW Champion Network

CHW Champions Network (CHWCN) is an umbrella whose mission is uniting Community Health Workers to pursue health equity and social justice. The CHWN was founded in December 2021 after several months of planning and organizing by Community Health Workers (CHWs) across geography, ethnicity, sector and experience to support communities to achieve health, equity and social justice. The CHWCN was created with a driven purpose of sharing life experience, trust, compassion, cultural and value alignment with the communities where we live and serve. Our Mission To unify the voices of the community health workers and strengthen the profession's capacity to promote healthy communities. Our Vision Community health workers united nationally to support communities in achieving health, equity, and social justice. Our Values 1. Self-empowerment Promoting self-actualization and self-advocacy among community health workers. 2. Social Justice & Equity Ensuring fair treatment, access, opportunity advancement and outcomes for individual and communities. 3. Self-determination Promoting the efforts of the community health workers, and the communities in which they work to create a shared vision and direction for the future. Dignity & Respect Building trusted relationships based on honoring the inherent value and contribution of every person irrespective of socioeconomic class, religion, race, national origin, language spoken, immigration status, abilities or disabilities, age, sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity or expression. 4. Unity Encouraging collaboration among community health workers to promote a common professional identity regardless of job title or work-setting. 5. Integrity promoting and nurturing the authenticity and character of the community health workers profession and promoting the contributions made by community health workers toward eliminating health disparities and advancing.