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Communicating Now: Strategic Framing for Health Justice
Join Dr. Carmen Nevarez (Public Health Institute) and Dr. Julie Sweetland (FrameWorks Institute) for a candid discussion on reframing conversations about health justice. Learn evidence-based strategies for bridging differences and taking a stand against harmful policies.
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Unlocking Excellence: Evaluating Public Health Core Competencies
This Web Forum explores how the Core Competencies can guide public health training and professional development efforts, how to align job responsibilities, and methods for evaluating training programs and training effectiveness.
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Leadership Academy for the Public's Health Masterclass Series: Tapping the Power of the Arts and Culture in Improving Health for All
The second webinar in the series focuses on tapping into the power of the arts and culture in advancing health for all. Through sharing specific examples, resources, and ideas, the session will demonstrate the strength and potential of the arts to shape health policy; advance narrative change; strengthen messaging; and enhance the functioning, engagement and effectiveness of collaborations and teams.
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Leadership Academy for the Public's Health Masterclass Series: Partnership Development and Community Engagement
The first session in this series focuses on community engagement and partnership development as essential tools in advancing health equity and optimal health for all.
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Acting for Public Health: Challenges and Opportunities in Legislatures and the Courts
Speakers representing a collaborative of public health law organizations will discuss recent legislative and litigation trends to roll back public health authority as well as positive developments.
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Sustaining Collaborative Impact
Join the Leadership Academy for the Public’s Health for a conversation with Dr. Karen Smith, former California State Public Health Officer and Director of the California Department of Public Health.
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Opportunities in Public Health Law: Building an Equity Minded Workforce
In this Web Forum, CDC’s Public Health Law Program, NLAPH, and ChangeLab Solutions will explore critical connections between public health law, health equity, and public health practice.
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Cutting through the Chaos: Reframing Public Health
This session will dive into the framing strategies we all need right now, with examples of how to talk about health equity in conservative contexts, how to rebuild vaccine confidence, and other timely topics.
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The Leadership Required NOW
During this Web Forum, Professor Loretta Ross will provide her insight on the leadership required for public health professionals in the current climate.

Strategies in Public Health: Using Law to Advance Health Equity
In this Web Forum, the CDC’s Public Health Law Program (PHLP) and the National Leadership Academy for the Public’s Health (NLAPH) consider the relationship between health equity and law.
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Rocky Times: Why Agile Leadership is Crucial for Impact
This Web Forum will feature panelists from multi-sector partnerships that are working to advance equity in their communities.

Stories from the Field: Partnerships for Achieving Health Equity
This Web Forum will feature panelists from three multi-sector partnerships in Michigan, Arizona and California, working to address social determinants of health and improve equity in their communities.

Media Advocacy as a Tool for Narrative Change
In this Web Forum Berkeley Media Studies Group will provide a brief introduction to media advocacy as a narrative change tool public health advocates can use in their work.

Law and Health Equity: A Pathway for Moving Forward
This is Part Two of a series on public health, equity, and law. Speakers will discuss legal mapping, surveillance, and critical evaluation of implemented policies by comparing population health outcomes across national, state, and local levels.

Communicating in Conservative Contexts: Strategies for Raising Health Equity Issues Effectively
In this session, the FrameWorks Institute will share pragmatic strategies for navigating toward justice in red-state terrain. Each recommendation is grounded in evidence from empirical research showing that reframing can help to build common ground on even the most divisive public health topics.
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Framing Health Equity: Communication Strategies that Work
We can’t achieve health equity without moving mindsets past health individualism – and that requires us to conscientiously frame health equity topic. Participants will walk away with practical strategies to define issues more effectively, make innovative solutions come to life, and leverage the power of a good explanation.
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Bridging Researchers and Impacted Communities for Health Equity in Breast Cancer
Join us for the first in our Advancing Health Equity in Breast Cancer series to learn how cancer advocates and scientists are partnering to improve equity in prevention, treatment and quality of life, and how you can get involved.

Leaders’ Introduction to Legal Epidemiology
CDC’s Public Health Law Program and the National Leadership Academy (NLAPH) for the Public’s Health will explore key competencies for public health leaders in utilizing legal epidemiology as an effective tool for planning and decision-making.

Protecting Older Adults from the Harms of Social Isolation and Providing a Continuum of Care During COVID-19
Learn about the consequences of social isolation, how the aging services sector has adapted its delivery models, and hear about promising practices from the field.

Combating COVID-19: Why Paid Sick Leave Matters to Controlling its Spread
Join us to learn about the important role of paid sick leave in combating COVID-19 and controlling its spread.