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Building Narrative Power for Health: Strategies and Tools for This Moment
Join Berkeley Media Studies Group (BMSG) for a webinar on strengthening narrative power in public health. Learn how to assess power dynamics and craft compelling, values-driven messages that drive action and equity.

Empowering Communities: Tools for Building Partnerships between Health Departments and Community Health Workers
Community Health Workers (CHWs) play a vital role in building trust and improving public health. This webinar explores their key roles, training, and scope of work, along with resources from NACHW on hiring, partnerships, and program funding.
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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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The Power of Connection
Hear from Brooke Briggance, Program Director at Cypress Resilience Project to learn about “collective care” and “community care” and which stems directly from the brain’s need for healthy connection.
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The Evolution of the CHW Hub within Public Health
Come learn how Riverside University Health System – Public Health has created the Community Health Workers Hub to serve the community in a health system that includes public health, hospital, and outpatient clinical setting partners.
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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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Building Bridges: Strengthening Refugee Communities Through Education
This event aims to shed light on the myriad challenges confronted by refugees, with a special focus on refugee students. Through insightful presentations and discussions, we will explore actionable strategies to collectively honor their journeys and determine how we can best support and uplift refugee students and their families within our communities.

CHWs Working in Diverse Settings - The Hawai'i Exemplar
Join us for an enlightening conversation with the Hawai'i Community Health Worker Association on their unique history and experience in forming a statewide CHW Association through assistance from the Hawai'i Public Health Institute.
Telehealth in Cancer Care: Strategies for Equitable Implementation in New York State
Join the Center for Health Law & Policy Innovation for a review of key findings from research with diverse cancer care stakeholders in New York State about opportunities, challenges, and policy considerations surrounding the future of telehealth implementation.
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Linking Patients to WIC and Other Food Safety Net Programs: Perspectives from Health Care
Join the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation in conversation with three health care systems driving increased coordination of health care, referrals, and food safety net programs.
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WEST Environmental Justice Center Virtual Kickoff
Join the WEST Environmental Justice Center’s team and the Director, Dr. Paloma Beamer, to talk about how you and your organization can move towards environmental and energy justice with our free services.
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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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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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Policy Applied: Addressing Nutrition through Produce Prescriptions in Medicaid Managed Care
Get an overview of a new report from the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation of Harvard Law School and DC Greens entitled, Mainstreaming Produce Prescriptions in Medicaid Managed Care: A Policy Toolkit and Resource Library. Then hear from a panel of experts on their experiences in navigating these opportunities on the ground.

2022 National Overdose Prevention Leadership Summit
NOPLS highlights real solutions to the overdose crisis that bridge justice, health care, and public health sectors.

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.

Big Ideas in Overdose Prevention: Reach People Where They're At
Join the National Overdose Prevention Network for a discussion with Dr. Maridee Shogren about the importance of promoting overdose prevention services in hard-to-reach parts of America, and strategies to reach people where they're at.
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