Policy Agenda
Human Agenda recognizes that in order to meet our human needs we must take personal, programmatic, policy, and political actions. We know that real change is ultimately about power and, under our current U.S. constitution, the agenda of elected representatives. As a 501c3 non-governmental organization, Human Agenda cannot advocate for or donate to individual political campaigns, but we do advocate on the level of improvements of ourselves and transformation of programs and public policies.

For example, in the realm of health care we believe that such a fundamental human right should not ultimately be subject to private sector decisions about who can actually access health care or the extent of coverage. All industrial countries except the United States provide universal health care through state systems, and we support that. At the same time, our health also depends upon our own individual responsibility: not only must we be willing to assume our fair share for universal coverage, but we must also be willing to (1) take care of our personal health through decent diet and exercise and (2) work to improve health care delivery programs on the ground when we observe or experience flaws that can be improved.

The policy agenda of Human Agenda incorporates all human needs but we think it is particularly important to focus our attention in the following TEN CRITICAL NEED AREAS: