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Closing RemarksCommunity Health Workers As Change AgentsIf there is one thing that CHWs do well in terms of “community” it is“advocacy” in, for, and with people for public policy change andsystems change that promote and provide “equal access” to theresources and opportunities essential for human health. These includeadequate schools, quality education, basic clean housing, jobs payinga decent wage, nutrition, clean water and proper sanitation, safety inneighborhoods, access to health care and human services, civilliberties, religious freedom, a political voice, and the like…all thethings that any citizen can expect to enjoy in the United States.When we (as CHWs) examine the needs of “segregated” people in our“disadvantaged” and “disenfranchised’ neighborhoods…look first atthe picture seen there with respect to our cultural richness, humanvalues, and survival assets, then go about the hard work of gettingpolicy-makers, educators, health care service and human servicesystems with culturally competent health professionals and ourselvesto intervene as part of the social justice picture for the humancondition in the U.S.