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Systems Alignment Innovation Hub (SAIH)
Decolonize. Indigenize. Organize.
About us
The Systems Alignment Innovation Hub (SAIH) was launched in November 2022 to help medical, social service, and public health providers in racially marginalized and historically disenfranchised communities dismantle inequities and improve health and well-being for all. SAIH provides outreach, power-building and support to Black, Brown, and Indigenous-led Practice-Based Organizations in developing and evaluating health equity solutions.
SAIH's Community Power Network is a catalyst for change on a national scale to undo structural racism and advance health equity by amplifying the expertise of communities most impacted by injustice. At its core, the SAIH is a movement-building initiative that unites frontline organizations, grassroots leaders, and system changemakers to drive transformational shifts in how health equity research is conducted, published, governed, and applied.
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SAIH operates with the core belief that there are many ways of knowing, doing, and sharing. To amplify diverse ways of knowing and challenge repetitive "Western" research methods, SAIH aims to employ, share, and uplift Indigenous, localized, and decolonized approaches to community, health, research, and practice. SAIH believes that long-term solutions only work when there is cultural wisdom, buy-in, and systems change.
SAIH currently collaborates with over 50 organizations across the US and the occupied territories. Four organizations have received research funding to pilot systems alignment innovations, and 12 have been awarded Equity Capacity-Building Grants to advance community-driven knowledge and systems change. Additionally, over 40+ organizations have received free technical assistance and consulting as part of a powerful hub-and-spoke network that amplifies community-generated knowledge, builds community power to transform systems, and impacts population-level health and economic outcomes.​
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Building Community Power Through
SAIH works directly with a broad array of Practice-Based Organizations that include community-based nonprofits, public agencies, professional associations, and advocacy organizations that are uniquely positioned to develop new ideas for systems alignment, but could benefit from additional resources and supports to plan and implement strong research designs to determine the impact of their ideas on health — and on health equity. In this way, we can position vital organizations to receive targeted research funding while expanding the evidence base for alignment innovations that improve health outcomes and reduce disparities.
SAIH does this by providing four specific services:​
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