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January 2005, Vol 95, No. 1 | American Journal of Public Health 9-12
© 2005 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2003.025700

GLOBAL HEALTH CONCERNS

Organizing, Educating, and Advocating for Health and Human Rights in Vieques, Puerto Rico

Maria Idalí Torres, PhD, MSPH

The author is with the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, Community Health Education, Policy and Management Concentration.

Correspondence: Request for reprints should be sent to M. Idalí Torres, MSPH, PhD, University of Massachusetts-Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences, 715 North Pleasant St, Arnold House, Amherst, MA 01003 (e-mail: mitorres{at}schoolph.umass.edu).

I briefly review the process of community organization, education, and advocacy activities that ended the harmful military practices in the island-municipality of Vieques, Puerto Rico, while drawing attention to the intersection of human rights and social justice in the context of local and global implications.

The Viequense experience was one of building an organization based on people’s experiences and strengths, educating people to increase individual and collective efficacy and power, and advocating for policy change with an assertive cohesive action. Public health practitioners must continue supporting community-led interventions in the restoration of the island’s environment and other resources vital for people’s health and well-being.




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