Health Justice is Democracy in Action, with Dr. Sharon Goldfarb

Thursday, November 13th, 6:30 – 8:00PM. Register online HERE. Donations of a minimum of $40 are requested; students receive free admission — all proceeds will support the work of LWVBAE in promoting civic engagement, community action and voter service.
The evening will delve into the following question and discussion: How do policies about wages, housing, climate, and reproductive rights determine who gets to live a healthy life?
This engaging, interactive session will explore how social and political decisions shape our collective well-being—and how civic participation can be the most powerful health intervention of all. Participants will learn how health inequities are built through policy, discover examples of successful community advocacy, and leave with concrete ways to take action locally and statewide.

About the Speaker: Dr. Sharon Goldfarb

Dr. Sharon Goldfarb is a nurse practitioner, educator, and public health advocate with more than three decades of experience advancing health equity, workforce development, and evidence-based policy. She currently serves as faculty in the School of Nursing and Health Professions at the University of San Francisco, where she teaches community and mental health nursing, and mentors the next generation of nurse leaders.She is also a LWVBAE Board Member

Dr. Goldfarb is the founder and CEO of ACHIEVE Innovations, a consulting and education collective dedicated to improving nursing-faculty equity, clinical education access, and leadership diversity. Her initiatives include advancing statewide pay-equity proposals for nursing faculty, designing leveled assessment systems beyond traditional TEAS/HESI testing, and developing innovative mentorship pipelines for underrepresented nurses.

She is the co-chair of the 2025 DNPs (Doctor of Nursing Practice) of Color National Conference, “Rest & Resistance,” to be held in Oakland, California. A founding member of Nurses Shift Change, Dr. Goldfarb has helped shape national conversations around vaccine confidence, misinformation, and the role of narrative in public health advocacy.

Her prior leadership roles include Director of the Patricia Benner Institute for the Advancement of Nursing Practice, union leadership at the University of San Francisco, and multiple academic and clinical leadership positions across California. Her teaching and research focus on narrative medicine, structural competency, and nursing policy reform, integrating data-driven storytelling to influence systems-level change.

Dr. Goldfarb’s work has been featured in The New York Times, NPR, and other major media outlets, and she is recognized nationally for her contributions to diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, and advocacy (DEIAA) within nursing and public health.

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