As healthcare costs skyrocket and the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) predicts a physician shortage, it's important for healthcare consumers to engage in preventive health behaviors and advocate for their health. This applies to patient care settings and at home when dealing with health-related issues. Various societal and structural barriers hinder patient access to reliable healthcare information including transportation, distrust, healthcare costs, health literacy, and misinformation in the media and online. Medical and community educators can work together to provide reliable health education materials and activities to keep community members healthy. However, it is often challenging to establish successful partnerships and maintain those relationships over time.  This session will highlight examples of interdepartmental and inter-institutional collaboration between medical education staff, biomedical sciences and clinical faculty, medical and public librarians, and school teachers to develop and offer health education programs in local schools, public libraries, churches, and other organizations. Medical students can also benefit from institution-led community outreach programs that provide opportunities to practice communication skills with the public. The session will explore different methods of assessing community needs, promoting health education, and providing guidance on how to implement such initiatives; a beginner's checklist will be provided.