Community Health Centers. Unfiltered. is the official podcast of Advocates for Community Health, where we dive deep into the policy, politics, and people shaping the future of America’s health care safety net.
Hosted by ACH CEO Amanda Pears Kelly, each episode strips away the jargon to deliver honest conversations with policymakers, community leaders, and health center champions on the frontlines. From Capitol Hill to local neighborhoods, we explore how community health centers are driving change, expanding access, and standing up for a healthier America.
If you care about the health of communities—and the policies and people that make it possible—this podcast is for you.
Cancer prevention begins long before a diagnosis with access to trusted primary care, recommended screenings and timely follow-up.
In this episode of Community Health Centers Unfiltered, host Amanda Pears Kelly speaks with Katie McMahon, MPH, Principal of Policy Development–Prevention at the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network. They explore what effective cancer prevention looks like in practice, why many patients still miss lifesaving screenings and how Medicaid coverage and other public policies influence prevention and early detection.
The conversation also highlights the essential role community health centers play as the front door to cancer prevention, helping patients overcome barriers, addressing disparities and connecting people with care before a health concern becomes a crisis.
13 Aug 2026
S2 E14: Community Health Centers in the Digital Age
In this episode of Community Health Centers Unfiltered, host Amanda Pears Kelly sits down with Jennifer Goldsack, CEO of the Digital Medicine Society, to explore how digital medicine is transforming healthcare—and what that transformation means for community health centers.
From artificial intelligence and remote monitoring to virtual care and digital therapeutics, Jennifer examines the opportunities these tools offer to expand access and improve outcomes, as well as the risks of deepening inequities, overwhelming clinicians and leaving patients behind. The conversation explores the importance of trust and patient involvement, the policy and payment barriers slowing adoption, and how community health centers can embrace innovation while keeping care accessible and centered on the communities they serve.
23 Jul 2026
S2 E13: How Trust Shapes Better Care
Season 2, Episode 14: How Trust Shapes Better Care
Trust is essential to effective health care, but it can be difficult to build and easy to lose, particularly among patients who have experienced discrimination or felt unseen by the healthcare system.
In this episode, ACH CEO Amanda Pears Kelly speaks with Naseema Shafi, CEO of Whitman-Walker Health in Washington, DC, about how creating spaces where patients feel seen, heard, and treated with dignity can improve access, engagement, and health outcomes.
For more than 50 years, Whitman-Walker has served the community and helped shape patient-centered care, from its leadership during the HIV epidemic to its work today as a nationally recognized provider, researcher, educator, and advocate.
Shafi discusses how that history continues to inform Whitman-Walker’s approach, how the organization integrates care delivery with research and advocacy, and what health centers must do every day to earn their communities’ trust. She also examines the financial, workforce, and policy pressures threatening access to community-based care and the changes needed to help health centers continue meeting patients where they are.
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