[Home](https://healthequity4all.org/) / Insights From the collective # Insights Plain-language writing on health equity, leadership and the work of building systems that serve every community. Equity Is the WordNovember 7, 2026 ## [What a Board Governance Review Covers, and What You Get at the End](https://healthequity4all.org/insights/board-governance-review-health-nonprofits.html) What a board governance review looks at in a health nonprofit, what community health center boards say about their own gaps, and the plan you leave with. Read the article → Equity Is the WordNovember 7, 2026 ## [Executive Coaching for HIV Nonprofit Leaders: What It Is and What to Expect](https://healthequity4all.org/insights/executive-coaching-hiv-nonprofit-leaders-what-to-expect.html) What executive coaching is, how engagements are usually structured, and why HIV nonprofit executive directors are asking for it right now. Read the article → Equity Is the WordNovember 7, 2026 ## [LGBTQ+ Equity Training for Healthcare: What to Ask Before You Hire a Trainer](https://healthequity4all.org/insights/lgbtq-equity-training-healthcare-what-to-ask.html) Training formats for LGBTQ+ affirming care range from one-hour sessions to simulations. Here are the questions to ask before you pick one for your staff. Read the article → Equity Is the WordNovember 6, 2026 ## [Beyond the One-Hour Session: Making LGBTQ+ Affirming Care Last](https://healthequity4all.org/insights/beyond-one-hour-lgbtq-affirming-care.html) A single training rarely changes care. Here is how readiness assessments, better forms, follow-up and leadership development make LGBTQ+ affirming care stick. Read the article → Equity Is the WordNovember 6, 2026 ## [Who Takes the Chair? Succession and Term Limits on Health Boards](https://healthequity4all.org/insights/board-succession-term-limits-health-nonprofits.html) Most health nonprofit boards have no plan for the day the executive director or board chair leaves. Here are the numbers, and three plans to write this quarter. Read the article → Equity Is the WordNovember 6, 2026 ## [How to Choose an Executive Coach for Your Nonprofit: Eight Questions to Ask](https://healthequity4all.org/insights/how-to-choose-nonprofit-executive-coach.html) Eight questions to ask before you hire an executive coach for your nonprofit, from sector experience and approach to cost, confidentiality and evidence of results. Read the article → First published on TheBodySeptember 24, 2026 ## [An HIV Conference in Resilience](https://healthequity4all.org/insights/an-hiv-conference-in-resilience.html) Ace Robinson reports from AIDS 2026 in Rio: a year after a conference in mourning, the HIV response gathered again, and this time it showed resilience. Read the article → First published on TheBodyAugust 27, 2026 ## [“Trust Black Women” Is More Than a Concept: It’s the Future of Our HIV Response](https://healthequity4all.org/insights/trust-black-women-future-of-our-hiv-response.html) Ace Robinson talks with Danielle Houston and Monique Carry, two Black women now leading major HIV organizations, about what their leadership changes. Read the article → First published on TheBodyAugust 20, 2026 ## [They Don’t Want Us to Talk About Race. But It’s the Only Way We’ll End HIV](https://healthequity4all.org/insights/they-dont-want-us-to-talk-about-race.html) At AIDS 2026 in Rio, Oni Blackstock explained how racism drives HIV disparities in Brazil and the U.S., and what ending HIV requires of the field. Read the article → First published on TheBodyJanuary 21, 2026 ## [The State of Our HIV Union in 2026 Is Stronger Than You Think](https://healthequity4all.org/insights/state-of-our-hiv-union-in-2026.html) Ace Robinson on the HIV response in 2026: what funding cuts cost, what the science gained, and why the community is stronger than you think. Read the article →