East Palo ALto Community Health Network

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The East Palo Alto Community Health Network (CHN) brings together community-based organizations, healthcare providers, and residents to build a healthier East Palo Alto, together.

Convened by ‘Anamatangi Polynesian Voices through a Get Healthy San Mateo grant, the CHN is a community-centered space where lived experience leads the way. We center the voices and needs of youth, families, and elders to work across organizations by sharing information, strengthening relationships, and taking collective action.

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Youth Advisory Group

Our Promise:

We listen.

We collaborate.

We act together.

We create change.

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  1. Behavioral Health & wellness

Strengthening culturally responsive and trusted pathways to mental and behavioral health support.

2. Workforce development

Creating Community Health Worker and Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialist recruitment, certification, field experience, and career pathways.

3. Youth & Family wellbeing

Connecting youth-serving organizations and families to health, wellness, prevention, and workforce opportunities.

4. Community Connection & Resource Navigation

Making existing services easier for residents and organizations to find, understand, and access.

The annual Mama Dee Day Pacific Islander Festival in August 2026 carried the theme ““Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Families.”

The event brought together community-based organizations, healthcare providers, cultural performers, musicians, merchants, and food vendors.

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Hula dancers performing on an outdoor stage during a community festival, wearing yellow tops, blue skirts with a white flower pattern, and yellow headbands, with balloons and trees in the background.
Hula dancers performing on an outdoor stage during a community festival, wearing yellow tops, blue skirts with a white flower pattern, and yellow headbands, with balloons and trees in the background.
Crowd of people attending an outdoor event or festival with palm trees in background, some behind metal barricades, many smiling and taking photos.
Crowd of people attending an outdoor event or festival with palm trees in background, some behind metal barricades, many smiling and taking photos.
Two men on an outdoor stage. One is holding a microphone and wearing a red Washington baseball cap and a black jacket; the other is holding a phone, wearing a T-shirt with the word 'TONGA' and a graphic design.
Two men on an outdoor stage. One is holding a microphone and wearing a red Washington baseball cap and a black jacket; the other is holding a phone, wearing a T-shirt with the word 'TONGA' and a graphic design.
A woman singing into a microphone on a stage with a man playing drums behind her at an outdoor festival featuring a group of children, likely in a cultural setting.
A woman singing into a microphone on a stage with a man playing drums behind her at an outdoor festival featuring a group of children, likely in a cultural setting.
Three women standing behind a table at a health fair or community event, smiling at the camera. The table has papers, a spinning wheel, stones, and a sign for Stanford Medicine. Behind them is a food truck and some trees.
Three women standing behind a table at a health fair or community event, smiling at the camera. The table has papers, a spinning wheel, stones, and a sign for Stanford Medicine. Behind them is a food truck and some trees.
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An outdoor market stall with flags hanging above, selling hats and merchandise, with trees, palm tree, and a blue sky with some clouds in the background.

21 community-based organizations like Fit to the Core and Live in Peace Bike Shop

8 cultural performances

8 musical performances

8 merchant vendors

12 food vendors

680+ attendees from a grand total of 67 different zipcodes

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CHN meets on the last Monday of each month, 6-7pm PT

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Your Voice, Your Community, Your Future

The CHN Youth Advisory Group brings young people into the conversations shaping health, wellness, and opportunity in East Palo Alto and East Menlo Park.


You'll sit at the table with community organizations, leaders, and professionals, and help decide what the network works on next.

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Youth ages 14–24 who live, work, or go to school in East Palo Alto or East Menlo Park. All backgrounds welcome.

Who can apply?

  • Join the monthly CHN Community Meeting (Zoom and in person)

  • Attend Youth Advisory Group meetings between CHN meetings

  • Share youth perspectives and community needs

  • Help develop youth-focused ideas, activities, and solutions

  • Connect with community organizations, leaders, and professionals

  • Help plan Mama Dee Day and the Health Summit 2027

What will you do?

  • Leadership training

  • Community service hours

  • Letters of recommendation

  • Networking and mentorship

  • Real youth leadership experience

  • Stipend for every Youth Advisory Group meeting you attend

What will you gain?

Ready to contribute to a healthier future for your community, learn valuable skills, and get paid?

APPLY HERE