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Operationalizing Equity-Promoting Policies

to improve the Social Determinants of Health

September 12 & 13, 2:00-4:30pm EST

Day 1 | Mon Sep 12

2:00pm EST | Opening Session Remarks

Jennifer Fassbender, Reinvestment Fund and Shauneequa Owuzu, ChangeLab Solutions

2:20pm EST | Fireside Chat with Intermediary Leaders

Moderated by Maria Godoy, NPR Science Desk, with panelists from The Rippel Foundation (Jane Erickson), Reinvestment Fund (Jennifer Fassbender), The BUILD Health Challenge (Emily Yu) , National League of Cities (Lourdes Aceves), Build Healthy Places Network (Jen Lewis-Walden), and Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (Colleen Dawicki) 

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3:05pm EST | Concurrent Sessions
1. Budgeting and Expenditure – Participatory Budgeting Project (Shari Davis)

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Resources:

Pew Research Center Tools 

Participatory Budgeting for Organizations

Next Generation Democracy 

Democracy Beyond Elections 

2. Equitable data practice in Understanding the Lived Experience – Seam Social Labs (Tiasia O’Brien)

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Resources: 

USAFacts 

Census Bureau Data 

Why Am I Always Being Researched?

How to Embed a Racial and Ethnic Equity Perspective in Research 

Inclusive Community Engagement & Equitable Participation to Improve 4 Core Functions of Local Government

How to make research more inclusive

How barbershops can keep men healthy | TED Talk 

3. Community Development Funders – Reinvestment Fund (Kareem Thomas), Hope Credit Union (Cassandra Williams), and Bon Secours Mercy Health (Kendra Smith)

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4. Wealth Creation Solutions – Fair Share Housing Center (James Williams)

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5. Community Power Building – The Praxis Project (Xavier Morales and Jenna Garde)

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Resources:

Jemez Principles for Democratic Organizing 

Language Justice Toolkit  

Working Principles for Health Justice & Racial Equity Organizational Self-Assessment

4:00 pm EST | Closing Keynote
Achieving Health Equity: What will it Take? Systems, mindsets, and conditions enabling equity

Shavon Arline-Bradley, R.E.A.C.H. Beyond Solutions

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Day 2 | Tue Sep 13

2:00pm EST | Opening Keynote
Uncovering the Hidden WE in Operationalizing Equity

Soma Saha, WE in the World & Well-being in the Nation (WIN) Network

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Field Quick Bites – Brief presentations on lessons from cities

Moderated by Jeremy Moore, Reinvestment Fund

Invest Health – Missoula City County Health Department

Building Healthier, More Equitable Communities – LAEDA

Community Innovations for Racial Equity – The Cihuapactli Collective

National League of Cities – City of Dubuque

Working Communities – West Elmwood Housing Development Corporation

ReThink Health – Palm Health Foundation

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3:30pm EST | Concurrent Sessions
1. Equity in Anchor Institution Procurement  – Anchors in Resilient Communities (ARC)

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2. Equity in Data  – City of Rancho Cucamonga

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Resources: 

City Health Dashboard 

3. Equity in Food Systems – NeuWater & Associates (Buffalo, NY)

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4. Equity in Public Health Investment  – Bay Area Regional Health Inequities Initiative (BARHII)

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Resources: 

 The 4 Rs of COVID-19 Recovery

COVID-19 Equity Investment Guide

Embedding Equity Into Emergency Operations

5. Peer Exchange – ChangeLab Solutions
4:15 pm EST | Closing – Spoken Word

Alyea Pierce, National Geographic Explorer, Poet, Educator

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