The Health Equity Roadmap, launched in March 2022 by the AHA's Institute for Diversity and Health Equity, has now crossed the 1,000-member mark in engaged participants. In a Q&A , Joy A. Lewis, AHA senior vice president for health equity strategies and executive director of IFDHE, and Leon D. Caldwell, AHA senior director of health equity strategies, discuss the meaning of the milestone and what’s next for roadmap participants. 

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