The Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity (MACHE) is an institutionally sponsored Center that promotes health equity through:
- Interdisciplinary community-engaged research
- Health education and training
- Health promotion and literacy
- Social justice initiatives
The Center’s defining characteristics include the following:
- Trusting relationships with underserved and underrepresented communities
- Community-engaged research to inform best practices and best strategies
- High-quality educational and training programs
- Delivery of outstanding culturally relevant curricula
- Viable and sustainable community and corporate partnerships
- Intra-institutional and cross-campus engagement
Our Vision
Our vision is to be nationally known as a preeminent health equity center that reduces health disparities in the most underserved population.
Our Mission
MACHE will dismantle systemic inequity and support the health of communities through:
- Building and nurturing mutually beneficial and reciprocal relationships
- Respecting and honoring community as experts and equal partners
- Engaging, educating, and empowering communities
- Cultivating formal and informal leadership
- Creating a culture of transparency and fairness in research
- Promoting advocacy and policy change
