April is just around the corner, marking the start of National Minority Health Month—a time to bring greater attention to the persistent health disparities impacting racial and ethnic minority populations. It’s also an opportunity to elevate the importance of equitable access to care, encourage healthier lifestyles, and spotlight the initiatives working to close these gaps. As communities, providers, and leaders come together, the goal remains clear: ensuring everyone has a fair and equal opportunity to live a healthier, longer life—regardless of background. This week’s Friday Five focuses on various organizations supporting the cause and highlights HCNR’s bi-weekly podcast, Healthcare for Humans that delves into healthcare inequities and how to support minority communities.
Healthcare for Humans Podcast
Healthcare for Humans is a podcast on our HCNR network that is dedicated to educating you on how to care for culturally diverse communities so we can be better healers. Join host Dr. Raj Sundar on his journey to better understanding patients worldview, to better care for those patients we struggle to help, within the context of their own struggle, and thereby, even ameliorate our own struggle.
2026 National Minority Quality Forum Leadership Summit on Health Disparities and Health Braintrust
When: April 27 – 28, 2026
Where: Conrad Washington, DC
Register now.
LinkedIn: National Minority Quality Forum
The National Minority Quality Forum established the Annual Summit on Health Disparities to assist health care providers, professionals, administrators, researchers, policy makers, community and faith-based organizations in delivering quality care to diverse populations. With nearly 1000 attendees annually, the Summit has educated thousands of health leaders.
NMQF 2026 40 Under 40 Leaders in Minority Health Award Recipients
The National Minority Quality Forum (NMQF) announced its 40 Under 40 Leaders in Minority Health for 2025 that will receive recognition and awards at the NMQF Leadership Summit on Health Disparities and Health Braintrust on April 27-28th in Washington, D.C.
EmPOWERED to Serve Community Innovation Exchange™
The EmPOWERED to Serve Community Innovation Exchange is a searchable, interactive digital hub where aspiring trailblazers and seasoned innovators meet and share ideas.
The hub fosters connections with like-minded organizations and provides access to mentors and investors, new and emerging grassroots business models, municipal strategies and community-led models to improve the social determinants of health in communities.
IHS Find Health Care Map
ICYMI – Our other Friday Fives.
