Dear Friends, Welcome to the Health Equity Leadership Exchange Network (HELEN)! HELEN is launching at a crucial time in our country's history and will work to advance health equity by connecting people, ideas, and information. Increasingly, philanthropic organizations, elected officials, business leaders, and many others are recognizing that health equity – when all people, regardless of race, gender, socio-economic status, geographic location, or other social categories have the same access, opportunity, and resources to achieve their highest potential for health – is critically important for our society. Not only is health equity deeply rooted in…