Convergence Partnership Webinars
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The Convergence Partnership FUTURE WEBINARS: September 21
TALKING ABOUT HEALTHY PEOPLE IN HEALTHY PLACES: LINKING VALUES TO POLICY AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE, JULY 27, 2010 Webinar Description: Creating healthy places where people can be healthy requires broad-based policy and environmental change. Developing these changes requires effective communication with others about the importance of healthy, equitable communities. Social science research demonstrates specific techniques for successfully conveying messages. For example, for most people in the U.S., the starting point for change of any kind is at the individual level. But when audiences are reminded early in the communication of the influence environments have on health, they are receptive to messages about policies that can change those environments. This webinar addressed effective communication strategies to advance the reality of healthy people in healthy places. Panelists discussed framing, language and techniques to develop messages that can garner support for policies and environmental change strategies. Panelists specifically addressed the challenges of talking about equity. View a recording of this webinar here. Featured Speakers:
SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES GRANT PROGRAM: OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC HEALTH LEADERSHIP AND HEALTHY COMMUNITY DESIGN, JULY 7, 2010 Webinar Description: To create sustainable communities, equity and health organizations must drive planning and investments in housing, health, environment, transportation, and other infrastructure needs. The $100 million HUD-DOT-EPA Sustainable Communities Regional Planning grants and the $75 million HUD-DOT Challenge grants are an important new opportunity to make this happen. We provided an opportunity for organizations to find out more and engage in this vital effort. During the webinar, the sponsors provided two new resources to help applicants address equity in their applications—a NOFA summary, and an 'equity guide.' View a recording of this webinar here. Featured Speakers Ken Smith, (moderator), National Association of City and County Health Officials (powerpoint) Dwayne Marsh, Senior Advisor, HUD Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities (powerpoint) Rajiv Bhatia, Director of Occupational and Environmental Health, San Francisco Department of Public Health (powerpoint) Karen Nikolai, Hennepin County (Minn.) Community Design Liaison (powerpoint) For more information about the Sustainable Communities Grant Program, including powerpoints, a webinar recording, and resources click here.
A PATH FROM HOPE TO CHANGE: IMPLEMENTING EQUITY-FOCUSED PRINCIPLES AND STRATEGIES, JUNE 29, 2010 Webinar Description: "Equity: Just and fair inclusion. An equitable society is one in which all can participate and prosper. The goals of equity must be to create conditions that allow all to reach their full potential. In short, equity creates a path from hope to change." - Angela Glover Blackwell, PolicyLink. Creating healthy places is critical to improving the overall health of Americans. Our neighborhoods must allow people the opportunity to make healthy decisions. Yet, not all places are created equal. Some neighborhoods have safe places for children to play outside, good schools and proximity to healthy food outlets like grocery stores and farmers markets. Other neighborhoods have only liquor stores, and lack sidewalks and parks to play in. Those neighborhoods lacking in healthy opportunities are where low-income people and communities of color live. They are also where people experience the worst health outcomes. Yet, all people should have the opportunity to live healthy lives. To create healthy people it’s critical to focus on low-income people and communities of color whose environments often do not allow for healthy choices. In this session, participants learned how equity-based strategies and principles can form the basis of environmental policy change. To view a recording of this complete presentation click here. Featured Speakers Angela Glover Blackwell, Founder and CEO, PolicyLink (no powerpoint) Linda Jo Doctor, Program Officer, The W.K. Kellogg Foundation (powerpoint) Robert Garcia, Founder and Executive Director, City Project (powerpoint) Shireen Malekafzali, PolicyLink (moderator)
SUCCESSFUL PARTNERSHIPS: STRATEGIES FOR MULTI-FIELD AND CROSS-SECTOR COLLABORATIONS, MAY 25, 2010 Webinar Description: Health and place are inextricably linked. People are healthy when the places they live in support health. But the systems that shape communities and health are complex, from how food is grown, processed, distributed, and sold to how neighborhoods are built to the transportation systems that serve them. Creating healthy, equitable communities requires the broad expertise and influence of funders, advocates, and practitioners working across multiple fields to change these systems. This webinar explored the importance of engaging partners that extend beyond health. We heard about initiatives that involve collaboration across a broad spectrum of fields, including health, urban planning, transportation, food and sustainable agriculture, and community/economic development. To view a recording of this complete presentation click here. Featured Speakers David D. Fukuzawa, Program Director, Kresge Foundation (powerpoint) Chetrice Gillon, Special Project Launch Manager, Detroit Department of Health and Wellness Promotion, Bureau of Substance, Prevention Treatment and Recovery (powerpoint) Jill Fuglister, Co-Director, Coalition for a Livable Future (powerpoint) Shireen Malekafzali, PolicyLink (moderator)
Webinar Description: To view a recording of this complete presentation click here. Rajiv Bhatai, San Francisco Department of Public Health (powerpoint) Yael Lehmann, The Food Trust (powerpoint) Shireen Malekafzali, PolicyLink (moderator) |
